Qwen3.8-Omni-Flash-Realtime
Overview
Qwen3.8-Omni-Flash-Realtime enables full-duplex audio-video interaction through multiple realtime protocols and is designed for smart devices, robotics, and interactive agents. It supports multichannel audio input and various channel layouts. Video representations can be configured from fine-grained to aggregated modes based on the desired balance between accuracy and computational cost. The model supports audio input in over 60 languages and speech output in over 30 languages. Its tool capabilities include function calling and MCP service integration, with a complete event flow covering tool discovery, invocation approval, and tool-result continuation. While delivering fast realtime responses, it can orchestrate complex business logic and work with hundreds of tools, while also offering expressive and diverse voice generation.
Input
Output
Features
Prefix Completion
Enable Partial Mode when calling the Qwen API to make the model continue strictly from your provided prefix text.View docsFunction Calling
Use function calling to connect large language models with external tools and systems.View docsCache
Context Cache stores shared prefixes for long-context requests to reduce repeated computation, improve latency, and lower cost.View docsStructured Outputs
Structured Outputs help ensure the model returns a JSON string in the expected format.View docsPricing
- Input: Audio$0.93Per 1M tokens
- Input: Text$0.7Per 1M tokens
- Output: Text&Audio (Output text is not charged)$1.87Per 1M tokens
- input:Text/Image/Video$0.23Per 1M tokens
Rate Limits
- TPMTokens Per Minute2M
- RPMRequests Per Minute60
API Reference
Call API# Dependencies: dashscope >= 1.23.9, pyaudio
import os
import base64
import time
import pyaudio
from dashscope.audio.qwen_omni import MultiModality, AudioFormat, OmniRealtimeCallback, OmniRealtimeConversation
import dashscope
url = f'wss://maas.qwencloudapi.com/api-ws/v1/realtime'
# API key: if DASHSCOPE_API_KEY is not set, use: dashscope.api_key = "sk-xxx"
dashscope.api_key = os.getenv('DASHSCOPE_API_KEY')
# Voice
voice = 'Ethan'
# Model
model = 'qwen3.8-omni-flash-realtime'
# Assistant instructions
instructions = (
"You are Xiaoyun, a personal assistant. Answer the user's questions in a humorous and witty way."
)
class SimpleCallback(OmniRealtimeCallback):
def __init__(self, pya):
self.pya = pya
self.out = None
def on_open(self):
# Initialize audio output stream
self.out = self.pya.open(
format=pyaudio.paInt16,
channels=1,
rate=24000,
output=True
)
def on_event(self, response):
if response['type'] == 'response.audio.delta':
# Play audio
self.out.write(base64.b64decode(response['delta']))
elif response['type'] == 'conversation.item.input_audio_transcription.completed':
# Print user transcript
print(f"[User] {response['transcript']}")
elif response['type'] == 'response.audio_transcript.done':
# Print assistant transcript
print(f"[LLM] {response['transcript']}")
# 1. Initialize audio device
pya = pyaudio.PyAudio()
# 2. Create callback and conversation
callback = SimpleCallback(pya)
conv = OmniRealtimeConversation(model=model, callback=callback, url=url)
# 3. Connect and configure session
conv.connect()
conv.update_session(output_modalities=[MultiModality.AUDIO, MultiModality.TEXT], voice=voice, instructions=instructions)
# 4. Initialize microphone input stream
mic = pya.open(format=pyaudio.paInt16, channels=1, rate=16000, input=True)
# 5. Main loop: stream microphone audio
print("Conversation started. Speak into the microphone (Ctrl+C to exit)...")
try:
while True:
audio_data = mic.read(3200, exception_on_overflow=False)
conv.append_audio(base64.b64encode(audio_data).decode())
time.sleep(0.01)
except KeyboardInterrupt:
# Clean up
conv.close()
mic.close()
callback.out.close()
pya.terminate()
print("\nConversation ended.")