IBM Watson Speech to Text
A speech recognition API that converts audio into real-time or batch text for transcription, captioning and voice-analytics use cases.
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The Lite tier is a persistent free plan (500 min/mo); Plus and Premium tiers are usage-based or enterprise-quoted.
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The product's "Ways to buy" block offers a self-serve plan for this API: "Lite" / "500 minutes of free speech recognition a month and 38 pre-trained speech models." / "Start for free"; Plus ("View details") and Premium are also listed. No Plus unit price is printed on the page.
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Official documentation · 1 Oct 2026
Page: 'Convert speech into text using AI-powered speech recognition and transcription.'
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