DeepSeek opens app search, files, and voice on its API

DeepSeek's Nov. 13 API changelog says deepseek-flash now offers web search, deep-thinking search, file input, URL reading, and safety checks on the Messages, Responses, and Chat Completions APIs. Search, Fetch, OCR, speech-to-text, and text-to-speech are also standalone endpoints, and public-facing apps must turn safety checks on. A pricing page read Nov. 15 lists search and web fetch at $0.75 per 1,000 uses, file parsing and OCR at $0.225 per 1,000 pages, text-to-speech at $0.45 per 10,000 characters, and speech-to-text at $0.116 per hour, with speech half off for an undated limited time.