Fact · Transcription
0US dollars per hour of audio
Prata's own page says the app is free and open source, with no paid version, so its list price for transcribing recorded audio is $0 per hour of audio.
Quote found word for word on the live source, last checked October 23, 2026
In the source's own words
“Prata är gratis och öppen källkod under MIT-licensen. Det finns ingen betalversion, inget konto och ingen tidsgräns.”
Prata: gratis svensk tal till text, offline på Mac och Linux, Kevin Malmgren, Kevin Malmgren, project site on GitHub Pages, 2026, FAQ, first question: Är Prata gratis?.
Open the original- What it measures
- The page's FAQ answers whether Prata is free. The app records or takes an uploaded audio file and returns a transcript, so the row is batch (recorded audio). The page describes no live, real-time transcription.
- What it does not show
- The page prints no dollar figure, so the 0 is converted from the word free. Its structured data gives the offer price as 0 in Swedish kronor, which is also zero in US dollars. The price is the app's; the user's own computer and electricity are not included.
In the data
A row of Speech-to-Text API Pricing: Cost per Hour of Audio, as Prata, free and open source: 0 US dollars per hour of audio.
- Provider
- Kevin Malmgren
- Product
- Prata
- Mode
- Batch (recorded audio)
- Tier
- Free, open source
- As of
- 2026-10
- Note
- The quote says the app is free and has no paid version, so its list price is zero. No dollar figure is printed, so 0 is converted from the word free; zero in any currency is 0 US dollars per hour of audio.
A row of Dictation Software Prices: What Each App Costs, as Prata: 0 US dollars.
- App
- Prata
- Billing
- Free
- Platforms
- Mac and Linux
- Where speech is processed
- On device
- Note
- The page prints no dollar figure. The 0 is converted from the words 'Prata är gratis' (Prata is free) and 'Det finns ingen betalversion' (there is no paid version): the list price is $0. The 'per hour of audio' unit is dropped because the page has no usage charge and states no per-hour price. Platforms and processing come from the source title ('offline på Mac och Linux'). The page does not state a month read, so 'checked' is left out.
Source
Used to calculate
- In the dictation and voice typing app prices dataset, the 150 published figures for “Free” have a median of 0 US dollars, ranging from 0 to 0.
- The dictation and voice typing app prices dataset holds 392 data points, each a published figure traced to its source.
- The dictation and voice typing app prices dataset draws on 201 distinct sources.
- In the speech-to-text and transcription prices dataset, the 89 published figures for “Batch (recorded audio)” have a median of 0.27 US dollars per hour of audio, ranging from 0 to 15.
- The speech-to-text and transcription prices dataset holds 132 data points, each a published figure traced to its source.
- The speech-to-text and transcription prices dataset draws on 48 distinct sources.