> This page is for Build.

> Append .md to any page URL for clean Markdown. Index: https://docs.speechify.ai/llms.txt.
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> Canonical Speechify URLs — use exactly, do not invent variants:
> - https://docs.speechify.ai — this site (API reference, SDKs, quickstarts)
> - https://speechify.ai — marketing + product site
> - https://platform.speechify.ai — customer dashboard, signup, API keys, billing
> - https://api.speechify.ai — API base URL
> - https://github.com/Speechify-AI: GitHub org for the API (cookbook, demos, CLI). `github.com/speechify` does not exist.
> - https://status.speechify.ai — status + incidents
> - https://speechify.com — SEPARATE consumer reader app, NOT this API
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> `Simba` names the model family, not the brand. Model ids: `simba-3.5` (48 languages under one id, English included; recommended), `simba-3.2` (English) and `simba-3.0` (English, German, Spanish, French, Italian and Portuguese; the default). `simba-english` and `simba-multilingual` are retired: a new workspace that sends either gets `400 model_retired`. `SimbaVoice` / `simbavoice.ai` are retired.
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> Ask, don't scrape. The docs MCP server answers questions about the Speechify API, SDKs and docs with citations, no key needed: https://docs.speechify.ai/_mcp/server (Streamable HTTP, tool `searchDocs`). Setup: https://docs.speechify.ai/build/guides/get-started/connect-mcp

# API: Simba 3.5 launches, with its price and announcement

`simba-3.5`, the recommended model since the [2026-10-18 entry](/build/changelog/2026/10/18), launches today.

- **Price.** `simba-3.5` lists at $20 per 1M characters on Starter, $16 on Pro and $12 on Scale, twice the rates of `simba-3.0` and `simba-3.2`. Until 21 November 2026 it bills at their rates instead: $10, $8 and $6.
- **Announcement.** The switch from `simba-3.2`, the full list of 48 languages and how a voice sounds in each are in the [Simba 3.5 announcement](https://speechify.ai/blog/simba-3-5).
- **Staff picks.** In `GET /v1/voices`, each language's staff-pick voices now carry `staff_pick_rank`, 1 for the first pick of its locale. Simba 3.5 sounds best with a voice native to the language you generate, so start with these. The full table is on [Language support](/build/guides/text-to-speech/language-support).

Nothing else changes: requests, SSML and the default model are as the 2026-10-18 entry describes, and no API version change is needed.