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AI Subtitles & Translation Tools
- Introduction
- Google Cloud Speech-to-Text converts audio into text with APIs, streaming recognition, 85+ languages, and speaker diarization.
- Added on
- 10/22/2026
- Pricing
- Freemium
- Official links
- Website, company & support ↗
PRODUCT OVERVIEW
What is Google Cloud Speech-to-Text?
Google Cloud Speech-to-Text is a speech recognition service that turns audio into text transcriptions and lets developers integrate speech recognition into applications through easy-to-use APIs. It supports short, long, and streaming audio, real-time recognition, speaker diarization, automatic punctuation, model adaptation, noise robustness, multichannel recognition, and domain-specific models. Chirp 3 provides improved recognition across 85+ languages and variants. Teams can transcribe audio, caption videos, add speech-to-text to apps, and translate audio into text. Access is pay-as-you-go, with new customers receiving up to $300 in free credits and 20+ products available in a free tier.
How to use Google Cloud Speech-to-Text
- 1
Start in the Google Cloud console
Open the Speech-to-Text console to create an audio transcription and try streaming, short, or long audio.
- 2
Test with the demo
Use the Speech-to-Text demo to transcribe a file upload or microphone input and review JSON output.
- 3
Integrate the API
Use the Speech-to-Text V2 API to add speech recognition to applications with synchronous, asynchronous, or streaming methods.
Google Cloud Speech-to-Text Features
Transcribe short, long, and streaming audio
Real-time streaming speech recognition
Support for 85+ languages and variants
Speaker diarization
Automatic punctuation (beta)
Model adaptation and speech adaptation
Noise robustness
Multichannel recognition
Domain-specific models
Content filtering with profanity filter
Google Cloud Speech-to-Text Use Cases
Transcribe audio files and recordings
Caption videos using AI
Add speech-to-text to applications
Translate audio into text
Transcribe phone calls with domain-specific models
Evaluate transcription quality with your own voice data
Google Cloud Speech-to-Text FAQs
It can transcribe short, long, and streaming audio, including microphone input and prerecorded files sent inline or through Cloud Storage.
The product supports 85+ languages and variants, with Chirp 3 providing improved recognition across many spoken languages and accents.
Yes. Speaker diarization provides automatic predictions about which speaker in a conversation spoke each utterance.
Yes. Model adaptation and speech adaptation let you boost accuracy for domain-specific terms, rare words, and phrases.
Yes. The demo lets you create a transcription from a file upload or microphone input, and Chirp 3: Transcription in Agent Platform offers a no-code web interface.
Google Cloud uses pay-as-you-go pricing, so you only pay for the services you use, with no up-front fees or termination charges.
New customers can get up to $300 in free credits to try Speech-to-Text and other Google Cloud products.
Yes. Speech-to-Text On-Prem lets you use Google’s speech recognition technology in your own private data centers; contact sales to get started.
Google Cloud Speech-to-Text Official Information
- Company
- Google Cloud
- Website
- https://cloud.google.com/speech-to-text
- Documentation
- https://docs.cloud.google.com/speech-to-text/docs
Google Cloud Speech-to-Text Pricing
Google Cloud uses pay-as-you-go pricing; new customers get up to $300 in free credits, and 20+ products are available in a free tier with monthly usage limits.
Free trial credits
$300USD / one-time
New customers can receive up to $300 in free credits to try Speech-to-Text and other Google Cloud products.
- Up to $300 in free credits
- For new customers
- Can be used across Google Cloud products
Free tier
/ monthly
All customers can use 20+ products for free up to monthly usage limits.
- 20+ products available
- Available to all customers
- Subject to monthly usage limits
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