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Speech-to-Text
AI that transcribes spoken audio into written text — Whisper, AssemblyAI, Deepgram.
Also known as: ASR · Speech recognition · Transcription
What is Speech-to-Text?
Speech-to-text (STT, also called ASR — automatic speech recognition) converts spoken audio into written text. OpenAI Whisper (open-weight) is the dominant baseline; AssemblyAI, Deepgram, and Sarvam Saaras lead for commercial multilingual quality. Critical for meeting transcription, customer-call analytics, voice agents, and accessibility.
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Whisper
OpenAI's open-source speech-to-text model — the baseline for AI transcription in 2026.
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Text-to-Speech
AI that turns text into natural-sounding spoken audio — ElevenLabs, OpenAI TTS, Sarvam.
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