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Developer Tools
Gladia
Gladia is an audio AI API for real-time and pre-recorded transcription, translation, diarization, summarization and conversation analysis.
$0.61 async; $0.75 real-time / per audio hourTechZella Directory
Software for Real-time transcription in 2026
List of Real-time transcription Software | Last updated: September 15, 2026
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Real-time transcription Software
| # | Software / Tool | Best For | TechZella Score | User Rating | Pricing |
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| 1 | AssemblyAI | AssemblyAI provides APIs for speech-to-text, speech understanding, real-time transcription, voice agents, and… | 8.6/10 | — | $50 in credits / $0.15 per audio hour |
| 2 | Deepgram | Deepgram provides developer APIs for speech-to-text, text-to-speech, voice agents, and audio intelligence… | 8.6/10 | — | $0 / Usage-based |
| 3 | Speechmatics | Speechmatics provides multilingual speech-to-text, text-to-speech and voice AI APIs for real-time, batch,… | 8.6/10 | — | $100 credit / From $0.129 per hour |
| 4 | Gladia | Gladia is an audio AI API for real-time and pre-recorded transcription, translation,… | 8.5/10 | — | $0.61 async; $0.75 real-time / From $0.20 async;… |
| 5 | Google Cloud Speech-to-Text | Google Cloud Speech-to-Text is a cloud API that converts audio into text… | 8.4/10 | — | $0 / $0.016 per minute |
| 6 | Amazon Transcribe | Amazon Transcribe is an AWS speech recognition service for converting recorded or… | 8.2/10 | — | $0 / $0.006 per minute |
| 7 | IBM Watson Speech to Text | IBM Watson Speech to Text converts spoken audio into text through cloud,… | 8.2/10 | — | $0 / $0.02 per minute for 1 to… |
| 8 | Microsoft Azure Speech to Text | Microsoft Azure Speech to Text converts spoken audio into text through real-time,… | 8.2/10 | — | $0 / Usage-based |
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Software for Real-time transcription in 2026
Artificial Intelligence Software
IBM Watson Speech to Text
IBM Watson Speech to Text converts spoken audio into text through cloud, on-premises, REST, and WebSocket interfaces.
$0 / month
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Artificial Intelligence Software
Microsoft Azure Speech to Text
Microsoft Azure Speech to Text converts spoken audio into text through real-time, fast, batch, and customizable transcription APIs and SDKs.
$0 / month
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Developer Tools
Google Cloud Speech-to-Text
Google Cloud Speech-to-Text is a cloud API that converts audio into text through synchronous, asynchronous, streaming, and batch recognition methods.
$0 / month
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Artificial Intelligence Software
Amazon Transcribe
Amazon Transcribe is an AWS speech recognition service for converting recorded or streamed audio into text through APIs, SDKs, the CLI, and…
$0 / month
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Audio Intelligence
AssemblyAI
AssemblyAI provides APIs for speech-to-text, speech understanding, real-time transcription, voice agents, and LLM access for audio applications.
$50 in credits / one-time introductory credit
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Conversational AI
Deepgram
Deepgram provides developer APIs for speech-to-text, text-to-speech, voice agents, and audio intelligence applications.
$0 / one-time credit
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Speech Recognition Software
Speechmatics
Speechmatics provides multilingual speech-to-text, text-to-speech and voice AI APIs for real-time, batch, cloud, on-premises and on-device deployments.
$100 credit / usage credit