If you're looking for an alternative to AssemblyAI, Deepgram offers a range of APIs for speech-to-text, text-to-speech and audio intelligence. It can handle multiple languages with high accuracy and low latency, and is good for speech analytics, media transcription and contact centers. Deepgram also offers a free API playground and flexible pricing options, including a $200 credit for getting started.
SpeechText is another powerful option for AI-based speech-to-text transcription. It employs more-advanced deep neural network models and supports more than 30 languages, including non-native speakers' accents. It offers features like domain-specific models, automatic punctuation and export options, and comes in four pricing tiers and an API for programming. SpeechText has data privacy protections like GDPR compliance and encryption.
If you need high-performance speech recognition and a lot of audio data to transcribe, Vocapia has a range of AI-based options. Its VoxSigma software suite includes speech-to-text, speaker identification and language identification tools geared for professionals. Vocapia supports 25 languages and offers scalable web services through a REST API with daily updates to language models, making it a good choice for broadcast monitoring, media asset management and speech analytics.
Last, Gladia offers a powerful AI transcription API with features like speaker diarization, code-switching and multilingual speech-to-text translation. It can handle high accuracy and near real-time automatic language detection, and has end-to-end security and encryption that complies with EU and US privacy regulations. Gladia's API is designed to be easily integrated with different tech stacks, making it good for content and media, virtual meetings and call centers. Pricing includes a free tier and customizable enterprise plans.