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IBM watsonx Speech to Text Review

Enterprise cloud STT API

Among the 43 speech-to-text tools we track, IBM watsonx Speech to Text has the 35th-widest language coverage.

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What we know about IBM watsonx Speech to Text

IBM watsonx Speech to Text sits in the speech-to-text apis category, where it is enterprise cloud STT API. We keep this IBM watsonx Speech to Text profile grounded in primary sources, each fact dated to when we last confirmed it.

IBM watsonx Speech to Text does not publish a public per-minute rate we have been able to verify, so the price figure here stays blank until we can confirm one. We would rather show nothing than a guessed number; if you have a current IBM watsonx Speech to Text quote, it is the fastest way for us to close that gap.

On capabilities, IBM watsonx Speech to Text covers language auto-detection, word-level timestamps, custom vocabulary / keyterm boosting, soc 2 type ii, gdpr / eu data residency, and self-host / on-prem option, and does not offer entity detection, sentiment analysis, and summarization endpoint. Each of those is verified against IBM watsonx Speech to Text's own docs or dashboard, not marketing copy.

For compliance, with IBM watsonx Speech to Text: SOC 2 Type II is in place. If you are in a regulated space, confirm the current posture with IBM watsonx Speech to Text before you commit, since these change plan by plan.

Among the 43 speech-to-text tools in our matrix, IBM watsonx Speech to Text leads with the 35th-widest language coverage; the fact sheet below has the raw numbers behind that placement.

In total we track 27 verified facts for IBM watsonx Speech to Text today, each linking the primary source it came from so you can check our work - and vendor claims we have not measured ourselves are labeled as such on the IBM watsonx Speech to Text fact sheet below.

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Fact sheet

Pricing
Pricing facts
Batch price per audio minute0.02 $/audio-minJul 20
Streaming price per audio minute0.02 $/audio-minJul 20
Pricing modelusageJul 20
Free tier quota500 min/monthJul 20
Published volume discountsYes - $0.01/min above 1M min/moJul 20
Concurrency on base plan100 concurrent (Plus)Jul 20
Capabilities
Capabilities facts
Languages supported14 languagesJul 20
Language auto-detection✓ YesJul 20
Speaker diarization✓ IncludedJul 20
Diarization add-on price per minute0 $/audio-minJul 20
PII redaction✓ IncludedJul 20
PII redaction add-on price per minute0 $/audio-minJul 20
Word-level timestamps✓ YesJul 20
Custom vocabulary / keyterm boosting✓ YesJul 20
Entity detection✗ NoJul 20
Sentiment analysis✗ NoJul 20
Summarization endpoint✗ NoJul 20
Speech translation✗ NoJul 20
Priced audio-intelligence add-onsSmart formatting, profanity filter, keywordsJul 20
Compliance & trust
Compliance & trust facts
HIPAA BAA available◑ Enterprise onlyJul 20
SOC 2 Type II✓ YesJul 20
GDPR / EU data residency✓ YesJul 20
Self-host / on-prem option✓ YesJul 20
Build experience
Build experience facts
Official SDKsNode.js, Python, Java, .NET, browser JSJul 20
Max file size / duration100 MB sync / 1 GB asyncJul 20
Supported audio formatsFLAC, MP3, WAV, Ogg, WebM, L16, mulaw, alawJul 20
Websocket streaming API✓ YesJul 20

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