StepFun API model

StepFun: stepaudio-2.5-chat

StepFun StepAudio 2.5 Chat — end-to-end speech understanding that takes audio or text in and returns text, reading paralinguistic signal such as hesitation and laughter from the waveform itself rather than from a transcript. Supports persona customization across character, speech habits, and emotional range; audio is supplied as input_audio content parts on chat completions. For spoken replies use a TTS model.

Specs

Pricing and API details.

Transparent USD pricing. No mainland-China account or phone required. Token-model rates are synchronized from the gateway and may follow providers' official China list prices where configured. Live pricing is authoritative.

Context window

Modalities

Text

Input $/1M

$1.5

Output $/1M

$3.5

Endpoint

OpenAI-compatible /v1/chat/completions

About stepaudio-2.5-chat

StepFun StepAudio 2.5 Chat — end-to-end speech understanding that takes audio or text in and returns text, reading paralinguistic signal such as hesitation and laughter from the waveform itself rather than from a transcript. Supports persona customization across character, speech habits, and emotional range; audio is supplied as input_audio content parts on chat completions. For spoken replies use a TTS model.

Pricing

Transparent USD pricing.

stepaudio-2.5-chat

$1.5/M input, $3.5/M output tokens. Paid in USD. Token-model rates are synchronized from the gateway and may follow providers' official China list prices where configured. Live pricing is authoritative. View live pricing

Quickstart

Copy-paste API request.

curl -X POST https://api.chinaapi.ai/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $CHINAAPI_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "model": "stepaudio-2.5-chat",
    "messages": [
      {"role": "user", "content": "Summarize the main tradeoffs for this API workload."}
    ]
  }'

import os
from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    api_key=os.environ["CHINAAPI_API_KEY"],
    base_url="https://api.chinaapi.ai/v1",
)

response = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="stepaudio-2.5-chat",
    messages=[
        {"role": "user", "content": "Summarize the main tradeoffs for this API workload."}
    ],
)
print(response.choices[0].message.content)

Internal links

Related model pages and guides.

How do I use stepaudio-2.5-chat?

Use stepaudio-2.5-chat through ChinaAPI with an API key and the OpenAI-compatible endpoint shown above.

How much does stepaudio-2.5-chat cost?

stepaudio-2.5-chat is $1.5/M input, $3.5/M output tokens, paid in USD. The live pricing page is authoritative. Token-model rates are synchronized from the gateway and may follow providers' official China list prices where configured. Live pricing is authoritative.

Does stepaudio-2.5-chat need a Chinese account?

No. ChinaAPI provides access without a mainland-China account or phone number and includes a $2 free trial. Check live pricing for the displayed USD rate.