Speech is Cheap
Fast and accurate speech-to-text, priced for scale.
Speech is Cheap is a developer-focused API for transcribing prerecorded audio and video across 100 languages, returning structured output. It handles files up to 24 hours or 2 GiB and can detect the language of each segment when none is specified, returning a likely candidate with an accuracy score. The service processes prerecorded media rather than live streams.
Core transcription can be extended with optional add-ons: Parse Speakers for speaker diarization, Word-Level Timestamps, Label Audio for tagging segments as speech, music, or silence, and Edge Transcribe with Edge Word-Level Timestamps for supported short-audio workflows. Jobs can be submitted by URL or through an Upload API, and a private-job option redacts the input URL and deletes transcript segments after 12 hours.
Pricing is usage-based, with a pay-as-you-go option that has no upfront service charge and bills per audio minute, or a monthly subscription that includes a set minute allowance with overage billed on the invoice. Add-ons are billed separately at lower subscriber rates. A free demo tool on the homepage allows test transcriptions of a recording.
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