2 posts tagged with "speech-to-text"

You want to add voice recognition to your web app. You discover Web Speech API - it's free, browser-based, and seems perfect. But is it right for your project?

Here's a quick test:

const recognition = new webkitSpeechRecognition();
recognition.onresult = (event) => {
  console.log(event.results[0][0].transcript);
};
recognition.start();

That's it. Free speech recognition in three lines.

This guide covers what Web Speech API is, how to use it, its limitations, and when you need to upgrade to production-grade cloud APIs. By the end, you'll know exactly which approach fits your use case.

If you’re choosing the best speech to text API in 2025, you’re probably comparing Whisper vs Google Speech-to-Text, AWS, and Azure — and you care about pricing per minute, accuracy, and streaming support. This speech to text API comparison covers five leading providers with real code examples, honest tradeoffs, and up-to-date per-minute pricing so you can choose the best speech recognition API for your use case.

Updated November 2025 — includes the latest OpenAI Whisper API pricing per minute and Google/AWS/Azure speech-to-text pricing (including streaming).