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Speechmatics provides speech-to-text APIs designed for real conversations, supporting multiple speakers, accents, and multilingual speech. It offers real-time, low-latency transcription with high accuracy and supports over 55 languages, suitable for various industries including healthcare, media, and legal transcription.

THE PRODUCT, BEYOND THE PITCH

Editorially reviewed · Sources checked Sep 14, 2026

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A good fit for

  • Organizations requiring secure deployment options including on-device, on-premises, and cloud with no data logging by default.

Know the limitations

  • Standard transcription model does not provide turnaround time benefits for real-time speech-to-text compared to Enhanced model.

What you can do

  • Medical and healthcare transcription with a specialized Medical Model that reduces errors on key terms by up to 50%.
  • Live captioning for events, sports, and news with scalable, accurate real-time transcription.
  • Legal transcription for court reporters and legal professionals requiring real-time, accurate speech recognition across accents and speakers.

Features

  • Real-time speech-to-text with latency under 1 second and high accuracy.
  • Custom vocabularies, formatting rules, and flexible deployment options for transcription customization.

Integrations

  • Flexible API and native integrations to power AI voice agents across 55+ languages.

Platforms & data export

  • Deployable on device, on-premises, private cloud, container, virtual appliance, and multi-region cloud (US, EU, Australia).

THE COST FOR YOUR TEAM

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A practical workflow

  1. Use the API portal to trial, test, and build with Speechmatics' speech APIs starting with $100 in free credit and no card required.
  2. Add a credit card after using free credits to continue usage on a pay-as-you-go basis billed monthly.

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What changed

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    bestFor

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    After: ["Organizations requiring secure deployment options including on-device, on-premises, and cloud with no data logging by default."]

    features

    Before: ["Real-time speech-to-text with latency under 1 second.","Custom vocabularies, formatting rules, and flexible deployment options for transcription customization.","Audio events detection in transcriptions.","Profanity and disfluency detection in speech recognition."]

    After: ["Real-time speech-to-text with latency under 1 second and high accuracy.","Custom vocabularies, formatting rules, and flexible deployment options for transcription customization."]

    integrations

    Before: ["Flexible API and native integrations to power AI voice agents."]

    After: ["Flexible API and native integrations to power AI voice agents across 55+ languages."]

    limitations

    Before: []

    After: ["Standard transcription model does not provide turnaround time benefits for real-time speech-to-text compared to Enhanced model."]

    platforms

    Before: []

    After: ["Deployable on device, on-premises, private cloud, container, virtual appliance, and multi-region cloud (US, EU, Australia)."]

    summary

    Before: "Speechmatics provides speech-to-text APIs designed for real conversations, supporting multiple speakers, accents, and multilingual speech. It offers real-time, low-latency transcription with high accuracy and supports over 55 languages, suitable for various industries including healthcare, media, and legal sectors."

    After: "Speechmatics provides speech-to-text APIs designed for real conversations, supporting multiple speakers, accents, and multilingual speech. It offers real-time, low-latency transcription with high accuracy and supports over 55 languages, suitable for various industries including healthcare, media, and legal transcription."

    useCases

    Before: []

    After: ["Medical and healthcare transcription with a specialized Medical Model that reduces errors on key terms by up to 50%.","Live captioning for events, sports, and news with scalable, accurate real-time transcription.","Legal transcription for court reporters and legal professionals requiring real-time, accurate speech recognition across accents and speakers."]

    walkthrough

    Before: []

    After: ["Use the API portal to trial, test, and build with Speechmatics' speech APIs starting with $100 in free credit and no card required.","Add a credit card after using free credits to continue usage on a pay-as-you-go basis billed monthly."]

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