Fact · Transcription
2.00US dollars per hour of audio
Speak AI's pay-as-you-go plan charges 2 credits per hour of transcription in standard languages, and each credit is US$1, so US$2.00 per hour of audio.
Checked against its source on October 26, 2026
In the source's own words
“Top up credits (1 credit = US$1) ... 2 credits /hr transcription (standard languages)”
Speak AI Pricing, Speak AI Inc., 2026, Pricing page, Pay as you go card (Credit rates); FAQ on credit value.
Open the original- What it measures
- The pay-as-you-go card has no monthly fee. You top up a credit balance, and the page says the same rates apply across the web app, API, CLI and MCP server. The rate applies to transcribing recordings, which the page describes as uploaded files.
- What it does not show
- A list price in US dollars, with no volume discount shown. The page does not state a currency code beyond US$, and the 7-day free trial is not counted. Other products on the page, such as translation and AI chat, are not in this row.
In the data
A row of Speech-to-Text API Pricing: Cost per Hour of Audio, as Speak AI pay as you go, standard: 2 US dollars per hour of audio.
- Provider
- Speak AI Inc.
- Product
- Speak AI
- Mode
- Batch (recorded audio)
- Tier
- Pay as you go, standard languages
- As of
- 2026-10
- Note
- 2 credits per hour at US$1 per credit is US$2.00 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.