Speech is Cheap
Automatic speech-to-text service with API access, 100-language support, and low per-minute pricing for audio that needs clean transcripts fast.

Convert speech into accurate text with a high-speed transcription API built for developers, businesses, researchers, and content teams. Speech is Cheap delivers multilingual speech recognition, fast processing, and developer-friendly integrations that help transform audio into searchable, structured text at scale.
Turn Audio Into Accurate Transcripts in Minutes
Transcribe recorded audio through a simple API designed for products, automation workflows, media processing, and large-scale content pipelines.
Whether you're building transcription features, processing interviews, analyzing meetings, creating subtitles, or powering AI applications, Speech is Cheap provides fast and affordable speech recognition with support for over 100 languages.
Key Features
High-Speed Speech Recognition
Process large audio files in a fraction of real time.
Benefits include:
- Fast transcription
- Large batch processing
- Low latency
- Production-ready performance
- Scalable processing
for high-volume workloads.
Multilingual Transcription
Convert speech from a wide range of languages.
Features include:
- 100+ supported languages
- Automatic language detection
- Multilingual recognition
- International audio support
- Cross-language transcription
for global applications.
Developer-Friendly API
Integrate speech recognition into existing products with minimal effort.
Perfect for:
- SaaS platforms
- Mobile apps
- Web applications
- Automation workflows
- AI products
through a straightforward API.
Speaker Identification
Separate conversations by individual speakers.
Optional capabilities include:
- Speaker diarization
- Speaker separation
- Conversation analysis
- Multi-person transcripts
- Structured dialogue output
for interviews, meetings, and discussions.
Word-Level Timing
Synchronize transcripts with audio precisely.
Generate:
- Word timestamps
- Start times
- End times
- Subtitle timing
- Caption alignment
for media and accessibility workflows.
Advanced Audio Analysis
Extract more than just spoken words.
Optional analysis includes:
- Speech detection
- Music detection
- Silence detection
- Audio segmentation
- Edge transcription
to support advanced audio processing workflows.
Built for Modern Speech Processing
Speech is Cheap helps developers and organizations automate transcription with fast processing, multilingual support, and flexible APIs built for production environments.
Key benefits include:
- Fast speech-to-text conversion
- 100+ language support
- API-first integration
- Speaker identification
- Word-level timestamps
Built For
- Developers
- SaaS Companies
- Product Teams
- Researchers
- Media Companies
- Content Creators
Common Use Cases
- Audio transcription
- Meeting transcription
- Subtitle generation
- Podcast transcription
- Voice-enabled applications
- Speech analytics
Why It Matters
Converting audio into usable text is often expensive, slow, or difficult to integrate into production systems. Speech is Cheap simplifies speech recognition by combining fast processing, multilingual transcription, developer-friendly APIs, optional speaker separation, word-level timestamps, and advanced audio labeling into one scalable platform. Teams can build transcription directly into their products while keeping costs predictable and processing times low.
Build Faster Speech-to-Text Workflows
Transcribe multilingual audio, identify speakers, generate word-level timestamps, analyze audio segments, and integrate scalable speech recognition into your applications with a fast, API-first transcription platform.