Purchasing an AudioX Voice Package

Process of Purchasing an AudioX Non-English/Chinese Language Cloning Package

• Purchasing an AudioX Non-English/Chinese Language Cloning Package: If you select Voice modeling (AudioX), you need to purchase an AudioX non-English/Chinese language cloning package in KooGallery.
• Obtaining a Third-party Voice Usage Credential: Use the username and password of the purchased package as the credential for using third-party voices on the MetaStudio console.

  After purchasing an AudioX non-English/Chinese language cloning package, you also need to obtain a credential.

• Activating a Third-party Voice Usage Credential: On the MetaStudio console, add a credential, which is the username and password of the purchased package.

  After purchasing an AudioX non-English/Chinese language cloning package, you also need to activate the credential. For AudioX, only one credential needs to be configured for each Huawei Cloud account.

• Viewing Expenditure Details on the MetaStudio Console: You can view the expenditure details of a purchased AudioX non-English/Chinese language cloning package on the MetaStudio console. See the operation for DupDub TTS packages.
• Renewing a Package: If the quota of a package is used up or a package expires, you can purchase another package.

Prerequisites

The Huawei Cloud account must be bound to a valid mobile number.

Purchasing an AudioX Non-English/Chinese Language Cloning Package

If you select Voice modeling (AudioX), you need to purchase an AudioX non-English/Chinese language cloning package in KooGallery.

1. Go to the AudioX page in KooGallery.
   Figure 1 KooGallery
   

2. Click view details to view the package specifications and prices, as shown in Figure 2.

   Currently, only the Clone Speech and 1 million words per year specification can be purchased for voice cloning and video production.

   A cloned voice can be used for video compositing and the fee is $300 USD per one million characters, which is deducted from the purchased package.

   Figure 2 Package specifications
   

3. Select Clone Speech and 1 million words per year and click Continue to Submit. The purchase page is displayed.
   Figure 3 Package purchase page
   

4. Read and select all agreements and related authorizations, and click Pay Now. The order payment page is displayed.
   Figure 4 Order payment
   

5. Select a payment method and complete the payment.

Obtaining a Third-party Voice Usage Credential

The following uses the TTS package as an example. The operation is the same for other voice packages.

View the purchased TTS package and obtain the username and password of the package, which are the credential for activating third-party voices on the MetaStudio console.

1. Access KooGallery Buyer Console. The page of purchased services is displayed.
   You can see information about the purchased TTS package.

   Figure 5 Purchased services
   

2. Click Resource Details on the right of the purchased package. The resource details page is displayed.

   Record the username and password, as shown in Figure 6.

   As shown in Activating a Third-party Voice Usage Credential, the access key and secret key are used to add or update a credential on MetaStudio to activate third-party voices.

   Figure 6 Resource details
   

Activating a Third-party Voice Usage Credential

After purchasing a third-party voice, you need to activate it on the MetaStudio console.

After purchasing an AudioX non-English/Chinese language cloning package, you also need to activate the credential. For AudioX, only one credential needs to be configured for each Huawei Cloud account.

1. Log in to the MetaStudio console.
2. In the navigation pane, choose My Creations.
3. Choose Voices > Purchased, as shown in Figure 7.
   Figure 7 Purchased voice credentials
   

4. Click Add Credential in the upper right corner of the page. The Buy Serial Number dialog box is displayed, as shown in Figure 8.
   See Table 1.

   Figure 8 Buying a serial number
   

   Table 1 Parameter description

   Parameter	Description
   Third Party	Owner of the package purchased in Purchasing an AudioX Voice Package. Select AudioX from the drop-down list box. If you select Voice modeling (AudioX), you need to purchase a non-English/Chinese language cloning package and add a credential.
   Access Key	This parameter will be set as Username on the Resource Details page, as shown in Obtaining a Third-party Voice Usage Credential. The operation for AudioX is the same as that for DupDub.
   Secret Key	This parameter will be set as Password on the Resource Details page, as shown in Obtaining a Third-party Voice Usage Credential. The operation for AudioX is the same as that for DupDub.

5. Click Activate. The message Activated. is displayed.

   There is a new user credential on the page, meaning that you can use Voice modeling (AudioX).

   Figure 9 Voice credentials
   

Viewing Expenditure Details on the MetaStudio Console

The following uses the TTS package as an example. The operation is the same for other voice packages.

You can view the expenditure details of a purchased package on the MetaStudio console.

1. Log in to the MetaStudio console.
2. In the navigation pane, choose My Creations.
3. Choose Voices > Purchased, as shown in Figure 10.

   On the page displayed, you can view access keys, secret keys, and balance.

   Figure 10 Voice credentials
   

4. Click Manage Payment in the Operation column of the target voice. The Resource Details dialog box displayed, as shown in Figure 11.

   In the Bills area, view expenditure details.

   Figure 11 Viewing expenditure details
   

Renewing a Package

The following uses the TTS package as an example. The operation is the same for other voice packages.

After the purchased TTS package resources are used up:

• If you use the same Huawei Cloud account to purchase a package, the access key and secret key remain unchanged.
• If you use another Huawei Cloud account to purchase a package, update the access key and secret key by referring to Renewing a Package.

1. On the Voices > Purchased tab, you can view the activated access keys and secret keys.
   Figure 12 Voice credentials
   

2. Click Edit in the Operation column of the target voice. In the Modify Serial Number dialog box displayed, enter the user credential of the TTS package that is purchased using another Huawei Cloud account, as shown in Figure 13.
   Obtaining a Third-party Voice Usage Credential describes how to query user credentials.

   Figure 13 Updating a credential
   

3. Click Modify. The message Modified. is displayed.

   The modification takes effect automatically. You do not need to activate the third-party voice again.