{"id":14938,"date":"2026-11-13T21:20:14","date_gmt":"2026-11-13T19:20:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/heshamsaad.com\/?p=14938"},"modified":"2026-11-13T20:09:35","modified_gmt":"2026-11-13T18:09:35","slug":"deepseek-full-suite-app-api","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/heshamsaad.com\/en\/deepseek-full-suite-app-api\/","title":{"rendered":"DeepSeek API Full-Suite App Release: Search, Files, OCR, Voice and Pricing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<aside class=\"wp-block-hesham-saad-key-takeaways hs-key-takeaways\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading hs-key-takeaways__title\">Key takeaways<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>DeepSeek released the capabilities behind the DeepSeek App through the DeepSeek API on November 13, 2026, running on DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017 under the model name deepseek-flash.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Built-in server tools handle web search, multi-step deep thinking search, URL reading, file input, and high-level content safety checks across the Messages, Responses, and Chat Completions endpoints.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Standalone tool endpoints expose raw Search, Web Fetch, page-by-page OCR, Speech to Text with Arabic support, and Text to Speech with Arabic support for custom pipelines.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Extended capabilities add per-use tool fees on top of standard deepseek-flash token charges, starting at 0.75 USD per 1,000 searches or fetches and 0.225 USD per 1,000 OCR pages.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>WordPress and WooCommerce businesses in MENA can use these endpoints inside server-side middleware for Arabic voice support, invoice OCR, and grounded catalog search without shipping raw API keys to the browser.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/aside>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">DeepSeek announced on November 13, 2026 that the core features powering its consumer DeepSeek App are now available directly through the DeepSeek API. Previously, teams integrating DeepSeek into custom software had to wire up their own search providers, link scrapers, PDF text extractors, and speech services around a text model. With this release, developers can enable server-side web search, URL reading, document parsing, and content safety checks inside chat requests, or call standalone Search, Fetch, OCR, Speech to Text, and Text to Speech endpoints directly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For business owners and agencies building on WordPress or WooCommerce in Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and the wider Gulf, the release matters for two practical reasons. First, both the standalone Speech to Text and Text to Speech endpoints support Arabic out of the box alongside English. Second, bundling search, document parsing, and voice under a single provider simplifies server architecture, though it still requires careful middleware design, cost caps, and compliance checks before going near live customers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What changed in the DeepSeek API release<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The November 13 release turns DeepSeek from a pure text and vision inference endpoint into an application toolkit built around the <code>deepseek-flash<\/code> model, which serves <code>DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017<\/code> with a 1M token context length and up to 384K output tokens. As detailed in our earlier breakdown of the <a href=\"https:\/\/heshamsaad.com\/en\/deepseek-v4-1-flash-harness\/\">DeepSeek V4.1 Flash Harness<\/a>, DeepSeek has been moving toward complete agentic and tool-driven workflows rather than raw prompt completions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Instead of writing local tool loops that execute web queries on your own server and feed HTML back to the model, DeepSeek now runs searching and page fetching server-side when you declare built-in tools. Your application passes the returned blocks back unchanged on subsequent conversation turns. Alongside the API update, DeepSeek published an open-source browser demo and repository so developers can test chat history imports, Mermaid diagram rendering, file uploads, and voice features with their own API key.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The chat capabilities work across three API protocols on <code>api.deepseek.com<\/code>: the Anthropic-compatible Messages endpoint (<code>POST \/anthropic\/v1\/messages<\/code>), the Responses endpoint (<code>POST \/responses<\/code>), and the Chat Completions endpoint (<code>POST \/chat\/completions<\/code>). Having all three protocols supported means WordPress plugins or Node.js microservices already built for OpenAI or Anthropic SDKs can adopt <code>deepseek-flash<\/code> server tools with minimal client refactoring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1500\" src=\"https:\/\/heshamsaad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/deepseek-full-suite-app-api-deepseek-api-architecture-en-v2.jpg\" alt=\"Diagram: DeepSeek API architecture showing WordPress calling Messages, Responses and Chat endpoints with built-in tools\" class=\"wp-image-14958\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heshamsaad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/deepseek-full-suite-app-api-deepseek-api-architecture-en-v2.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/heshamsaad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/deepseek-full-suite-app-api-deepseek-api-architecture-en-v2-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/heshamsaad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/deepseek-full-suite-app-api-deepseek-api-architecture-en-v2-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/heshamsaad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/deepseek-full-suite-app-api-deepseek-api-architecture-en-v2-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/heshamsaad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/deepseek-full-suite-app-api-deepseek-api-architecture-en-v2-400x500.jpg 400w, https:\/\/heshamsaad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/deepseek-full-suite-app-api-deepseek-api-architecture-en-v2-40x50.jpg 40w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Built-in server tools for chat workflows<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When building an interactive assistant, DeepSeek separates server-managed tools from raw utility APIs. Inside a chat request, declaring <code>deepseek_web_search<\/code> or <code>deepseek_read_url<\/code> in the tools array lets the model decide when to check the live web or read a link pasted by a visitor. Your server never runs a crawler or manages outbound search proxies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Web search, deep thinking search, and URL reading<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Web search behaves differently depending on whether reasoning is turned on. With thinking disabled and <code>deepseek_web_search<\/code> declared, the model runs web or image searches when the question calls for fresh information and replies with inline citations. With thinking enabled, DeepSeek runs what it calls Deep Thinking Search: across multiple reasoning steps, the model issues queries, opens pages, and reads passages inside those pages to verify facts before writing a final response.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">URL reading works through a separate declaration, <code>deepseek_read_url<\/code>. When enabled, the model detects links inside a user message, fetches those pages, and answers using the retrieved content as context. One technical constraint documented in the Web Tools guide is that <code>tool_choice<\/code> cannot force <code>deepseek_web_search<\/code> or <code>deepseek_read_url<\/code> by name, or the API returns a 400 error. Setting <code>tool_choice<\/code> to <code>none<\/code> disables all tools, including URL reading.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">File input, layout parsing, safety checks, and chat metadata<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Document Q&amp;A follows a two-step pattern using the Files API (<code>POST \/files<\/code>) followed by a chat request referencing the returned <code>file_id<\/code>. DeepSeek accepts images up to 64 MiB (JPEG, PNG, GIF, WebP), plain text, spreadsheets (XLSX, XLS), and ebooks (EPUB, MOBI) up to 32 MiB under the <code>user_data<\/code> purpose. PDF, Word (DOC, DOCX), and PowerPoint (PPT, PPTX) files up to 100 MiB require either <code>text_recognition<\/code> or <code>rich_layout_recognition<\/code>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The difference between those two document purposes matters for accuracy and cost. Under <code>text_recognition<\/code>, DeepSeek extracts only text and drops charts, photos, and diagrams. Under <code>rich_layout_recognition<\/code>, the parser automatically crops charts and figures and inserts them at their original positions in the text so the vision model can read them. However, DeepSeek notes that not every figure is guaranteed to be detected, and cropped figures consume input tokens and count toward per-request image limits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For public-facing assistants, DeepSeek added a <code>safety_check<\/code> parameter with levels <code>low<\/code> (the default) and <code>high<\/code>. Enabling <code>{\"level\": \"high\"}<\/code> screens both inputs and outputs, including tool results and images. When content fails review, the API either returns a <code>400 Content Exists Risk<\/code> error or closes the response with a refusal marker (<code>stop_reason: \"refusal\"<\/code> in Messages, <code>content_filter<\/code> in Responses and Chat Completions). DeepSeek states explicitly that public apps must enable safety checks while developers retain primary responsibility for content moderation, model registration, and AI labeling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Two smaller chatbot utilities round out the stack: a user metadata marker that passes the current date, user location, and language so answers match local context, and automatic conversation title generation at the end of a reply.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Standalone tool APIs: Search, Fetch, OCR, ASR, and TTS<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For automation pipelines where you do not want a chat model deciding when to call tools, DeepSeek exposes five standalone REST and WebSocket endpoints under <code>https:\/\/api.deepseek.com\/v1\/tools\/<\/code>. These are particularly useful for backend WordPress jobs such as <a href=\"https:\/\/heshamsaad.com\/en\/gemini-decisions-api\/\">structured document routing<\/a> or scheduled catalog enrichment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Search API (<code>POST \/v1\/tools\/search<\/code>):<\/strong> Queries DeepSeek&#8217;s in-house search index and returns 1 to 50 structured results, with optional Markdown page content via <code>need_content<\/code> and operators such as <code>site:<\/code>, <code>-site:<\/code>, exact phrase quotes, and <code>lang:<\/code>. Standalone image search is not available yet and works only through the chat web tools.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Fetch API (<code>POST \/v1\/tools\/fetch<\/code>):<\/strong> Retrieves a single web page URL and returns clean Markdown text for custom RAG pipelines.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>OCR API (<code>POST \/v1\/tools\/ocr<\/code>):<\/strong> Recognizes text page by page in PDF, Word, PowerPoint, and image files up to 100 MiB and 1,000 pages (within a 180-second total timeout) without storing files in the Files API. Raw model output includes normalized 0 to 1000 bounding-box coordinates so applications can locate regions or crop figures.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Speech to Text \/ ASR (<code>POST \/v1\/tools\/asr<\/code>):<\/strong> Transcribes 16-bit PCM WAV or Ogg Opus audio files up to 8 MiB and 120 seconds across 21 auto-detected languages including Arabic (<code>ar<\/code>) and English (<code>en<\/code>). Streaming ASR is not supported, stereo audio reads only the left channel, and accounts are capped at 50 concurrent requests.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Text to Speech \/ TTS (<code>POST \/v1\/tools\/tts<\/code> and <code>wss:\/\/api.deepseek.com\/v1\/tools\/tts<\/code>):<\/strong> Converts up to 10,000 billed characters (64 KiB max request, 30 minutes max audio) into speech using two voices, <code>stella<\/code> (female default) and <code>tide<\/code> (male), across 10 auto-detected languages including Arabic and English. It supports Markdown filtering and WebSocket streaming, though speed control and resuming cut-off streams are not supported.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Official pricing and rate limits compared<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">DeepSeek bills tool calls per use on top of standard model token fees when built-in tools run inside chat, or standalone per use when you call <code>\/v1\/tools\/<\/code> directly. All figures below come from the official DeepSeek Models and Pricing documentation as of November 13, 2026. Peak token rates apply Monday through Friday from 01:00 to 04:00 UTC and 06:00 to 10:00 UTC excluding Chinese public holidays, while off-peak hours and weekends are half price.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<table><thead><tr><th>Capability or tier<\/th><th>Official price (USD)<\/th><th>Key technical limits<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>deepseek-flash input (cache hit)<\/td><td>0.003 off-peak \/ 0.006 peak per 1M tokens<\/td><td>1M context window, 2,500 concurrency limit<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>deepseek-flash input (cache miss)<\/td><td>0.15 off-peak \/ 0.30 peak per 1M tokens<\/td><td>1M context window, Vision supported<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>deepseek-flash output<\/td><td>0.60 off-peak \/ 1.20 peak per 1M tokens<\/td><td>Up to 384K output tokens<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Web Search (text and image)<\/td><td>0.75 per 1,000 searches<\/td><td>1 to 50 results via standalone Search API<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Web Fetch<\/td><td>0.75 per 1,000 fetches<\/td><td>Returns Markdown; chat URL reading uses fetch<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>File parsing and OCR API<\/td><td>0.225 per 1,000 pages<\/td><td>Up to 100 MiB, 1,000 pages, 180s OCR timeout<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Text to Speech (TTS)<\/td><td>0.45 list \/ 0.225 limited-time per 10,000 chars<\/td><td>2 voices (stella, tide), 10 languages including Arabic<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Speech to Text (ASR)<\/td><td>0.116 list \/ 0.058 limited-time per hour<\/td><td>Billed per second; max 8 MiB, 120s, 50 concurrent<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1500\" src=\"https:\/\/heshamsaad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/deepseek-full-suite-app-api-deepseek-pricing-peak-windows-en-v2.jpg\" alt=\"Diagram: Unified DeepSeek API token rates and tool fees compared with Cairo peak windows 03:00 to 06:00 and 08:00 to 12:00\" class=\"wp-image-14960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heshamsaad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/deepseek-full-suite-app-api-deepseek-pricing-peak-windows-en-v2.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/heshamsaad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/deepseek-full-suite-app-api-deepseek-pricing-peak-windows-en-v2-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/heshamsaad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/deepseek-full-suite-app-api-deepseek-pricing-peak-windows-en-v2-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/heshamsaad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/deepseek-full-suite-app-api-deepseek-pricing-peak-windows-en-v2-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/heshamsaad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/deepseek-full-suite-app-api-deepseek-pricing-peak-windows-en-v2-400x500.jpg 400w, https:\/\/heshamsaad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/deepseek-full-suite-app-api-deepseek-pricing-peak-windows-en-v2-40x50.jpg 40w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For MENA teams operating in Cairo, Riyadh, or Dubai, those UTC peak windows translate to 03:00 to 06:00 and 08:00 to 12:00 Cairo time (UTC+2) on weekdays. High-volume background jobs like overnight document OCR or batch product summarization run on off-peak token rates outside those windows, while search, fetch, OCR, ASR, and TTS tool fees remain flat regardless of time of day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Notice one nuance on voice and OCR pricing: DeepSeek currently lists limited-time 50 percent promotional discounts on TTS (0.225 USD per 10,000 characters) and ASR (0.058 USD per hour). Because DeepSeek reserves the right to adjust pricing, production budgets should model the full list rates (0.45 USD and 0.116 USD) rather than relying permanently on the promo tier. Compared with <a href=\"https:\/\/heshamsaad.com\/en\/gemini-4-hydrogen\/\">Gemini 4 Hydrogen<\/a> at 1.50 USD per million input tokens and 7.50 USD per million output tokens, <code>deepseek-flash<\/code> stays aggressive on raw token cost while adding native search, OCR, and Arabic voice endpoints in the same account.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Pros, cons, and limits to weigh before adoption<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A unified API stack removes multiple vendor contracts, yet it brings specific architectural trade-offs that engineering and business leads need to review before wiring it into a customer portal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Unified billing and three SDK protocols:<\/strong> Teams using Anthropic or OpenAI client libraries can adopt built-in web search, file parsing, and safety screening without adding third-party scraping or OCR APIs.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Arabic voice support at low cost:<\/strong> Native Arabic recognition in ASR and Arabic synthesis in TTS make voice-enabled customer portals cheaper to prototype, though only two voice personas (<code>stella<\/code> and <code>tide<\/code>) exist today with no speed control.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Strict upload and timeout bounds:<\/strong> ASR rejects files over 8 MiB or 120 seconds and does not stream input; OCR enforces a 180-second total budget covering upload and recognition, which means multi-hundred-page scans need splitting and retry queues.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Data residency and compliance obligations:<\/strong> DeepSeek&#8217;s safety parameter provides basic screening, yet the docs remind operators that they remain responsible for moderation, regulatory compliance, and AI-content labeling, and files parsed through <code>POST \/files<\/code> cannot be downloaded back.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What this means for WordPress and WooCommerce businesses<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you run a WordPress service site or WooCommerce store, you should never drop a raw DeepSeek API key into browser JavaScript. Even though DeepSeek published a browser-only frontend demo for developers, that demo explicitly warns that keys stay in the user&#8217;s browser and is meant for personal testing, not public storefronts. Any production integration needs a secure WordPress REST endpoint or external server middleware via <a href=\"https:\/\/heshamsaad.com\/en\/wordpress-development\/\">custom WordPress development<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In practical terms, three real-world workflows stand out for MENA businesses:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Arabic and English voice pre-sales assistants:<\/strong> A clinic, real estate developer, or B2B supplier can accept short Arabic voice notes up to 120 seconds in a custom inquiry widget, transcribe them via <code>\/v1\/tools\/asr<\/code>, answer from approved service pages, and optionally read replies aloud via <code>\/v1\/tools\/tts<\/code>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Supplier PDF and catalog OCR:<\/strong> Wholesale WooCommerce stores that receive scanned Arabic or English price lists and spec sheets can run <code>\/v1\/tools\/ocr<\/code> in background WP-Cron or queue workers to extract clean page text and bounding boxes before human review imports them into WooCommerce attributes.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Grounded research and support triage:<\/strong> Internal editorial or support dashboards inside WordPress can combine <code>deepseek_read_url<\/code> or <code>\/v1\/tools\/fetch<\/code> with <a href=\"https:\/\/heshamsaad.com\/en\/ai-in-wordpress-7\/\">AI workflows in WordPress<\/a> so staff verify manufacturer specs or documentation links without switching tools.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1500\" src=\"https:\/\/heshamsaad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/deepseek-full-suite-app-api-deepseek-wordpress-middleware-en.jpg\" alt=\"Diagram: Safe WordPress server middleware flow handling Arabic voice notes and PDF OCR without exposing DeepSeek API keys\" class=\"wp-image-14948\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heshamsaad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/deepseek-full-suite-app-api-deepseek-wordpress-middleware-en.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/heshamsaad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/deepseek-full-suite-app-api-deepseek-wordpress-middleware-en-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/heshamsaad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/deepseek-full-suite-app-api-deepseek-wordpress-middleware-en-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/heshamsaad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/deepseek-full-suite-app-api-deepseek-wordpress-middleware-en-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/heshamsaad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/deepseek-full-suite-app-api-deepseek-wordpress-middleware-en-400x500.jpg 400w, https:\/\/heshamsaad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/deepseek-full-suite-app-api-deepseek-wordpress-middleware-en-40x50.jpg 40w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Before deploying any public chat or file upload endpoint on WordPress, pair <code>safety_check<\/code> level <code>high<\/code> with per-IP rate limits, file-type validation, and strict token and tool-call caps so a single abusive visitor cannot trigger expensive search loops or rich-layout PDF parsing bills. If you want to evaluate whether DeepSeek&#8217;s API fits your WooCommerce catalog, Arabic support flow, or internal automation stack, <a href=\"https:\/\/heshamsaad.com\/en\/free-consultation\/\">book a free consultation<\/a> to map the server architecture, cost controls, and privacy boundaries before writing plugin code.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Frequently asked questions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-wpseopress-faq-block-v2 is-layout-flow wp-block-wpseopress-faq-block-v2-is-layout-flow\">\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\" id=\"faq-which-model-supports-tools\"><summary>Which DeepSeek API model supports the new app tools?<\/summary>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The built-in web search, URL reading, file parsing, and content safety tools run on DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017 using the model name deepseek-flash. DeepSeek supports these capabilities across the Messages, Responses, and Chat Completions endpoints, with a 1M context window and up to 384K output tokens.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\" id=\"faq-arabic-voice-support\"><summary>Do the DeepSeek speech APIs support Arabic for MENA websites?<\/summary>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yes, both the Speech to Text and Text to Speech endpoints automatically detect Arabic alongside English and several other languages without needing a manual language parameter. Audio recognition accepts WAV or Ogg Opus files up to 8 MiB and 120 seconds, while speech synthesis offers two voices named stella and tide.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\" id=\"faq-how-tool-billing-works\"><summary>How does DeepSeek charge for web search, OCR, and voice calls?<\/summary>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">DeepSeek charges per-use tool fees on top of standard model token rates whenever tools run during a chat, or standalone fees when you call the tool endpoints directly. Search and web fetch each cost 0.75 USD per 1,000 calls, file parsing and OCR cost 0.225 USD per 1,000 pages, and speech endpoints bill per character or per audio second.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\" id=\"faq-wordpress-frontend-safety\"><summary>Can I connect a WordPress frontend directly to the DeepSeek API?<\/summary>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You should never place an API key in browser JavaScript on a public WordPress website because visitors can extract and abuse it. Keep all requests in server-side PHP or Node.js middleware, enable high-level safety checks, validate uploaded files, and enforce strict rate limits per user.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\" id=\"faq-file-parsing-vs-ocr\"><summary>When should a business choose file parsing instead of the OCR API?<\/summary>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Use the Files API with file parsing when you want deepseek-flash to answer user questions directly about an uploaded PDF, slide deck, or report, especially with rich layout mode enabled for charts. 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