Fact · Transcription
3.00US dollars per hour of audio
Speak AI's pay-as-you-go plan charges 3 credits per hour of transcription in premium languages, and each credit is US$1, so US$3.00 per hour of audio.
Checked against its source on October 26, 2026
In the source's own words
“Top up credits (1 credit = US$1) ... 3 credits /hr premium languages”
Speak AI Pricing, Speak AI Inc., 2026, Pricing page, Pay as you go card (Credit rates); FAQ on credit value.
Open the original- What it measures
- The pay-as-you-go card has no monthly fee. The page lists premium languages at 3 credits per hour, one credit more than standard languages. The page does not name the premium languages in the text read.
- What it does not show
- A list price in US dollars for uploaded recordings, with no volume discount shown. The page does not state a currency code beyond US$.
In the data
A row of Speech-to-Text API Pricing: Cost per Hour of Audio, as Speak AI pay as you go, premium: 3 US dollars per hour of audio.
- Provider
- Speak AI Inc.
- Product
- Speak AI
- Mode
- Batch (recorded audio)
- Tier
- Pay as you go, premium languages
- As of
- 2026-10
- Note
- 3 credits per hour at US$1 per credit is US$3.00 per hour of audio.
Source
Used to calculate
- In the speech-to-text and transcription prices dataset, the 141 published figures for “Batch (recorded audio)” have a median of 0.31 US dollars per hour of audio, ranging from 0 to 30.
- The speech-to-text and transcription prices dataset holds 191 data points, each a published figure traced to its source.
- The speech-to-text and transcription prices dataset draws on 74 distinct sources.