Mobvoi Speech
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The first 20 minutes of any recording are transcribed free: a recording up to 20 minutes transcribes in full, a longer one is previewed, and a pack from $6 (500 minutes) transcribes the rest and opens every export, and credits never expire.
Mobvoi (Chumen Wenwen) speech APIs — Mandarin recognition behind TicWatch and Volkswagen voice.
Best for wearable, automotive, and IoT integrations that need low-latency Mandarin command recognition. Pricing: enterprise · contact sales.
What it is
Mobvoi (founded by ex-Googlers) built its name on the TicWatch wearable line and also licenses its speech stack into automotive (Volkswagen-JAC) and smart-home OEMs. The ASR engine is optimised for short-utterance command-and-control rather than long-form transcription, but the company has expanded into longer-form models for enterprise customers. Best fit when the buyer is wearable, automotive, and iot integrations that need low-latency mandarin command recognition. The honest caveat: not generally available as a self-serve saas — most relationships start through partner sales. Procurement is via direct sales rather than a developer signup, so plan for a discovery call and a written proposal before the first transcript runs.
Watch out for: Not generally available as a self-serve SaaS — most relationships start through partner sales.
Install / use
mobvoi.com — partner inquiry
What people actually do with Mobvoi Speech-style transcription
The tool is the means. These are the jobs — each one priced at published rates, each one wired up on its own page.
Features
| Speaker diarization | No |
| Word-level timestamps | No |
| Streaming / real-time | Yes |
| Languages supported | None |
| HIPAA eligible | No |
Mobvoi Speech vs Whipscribe
| Feature | Mobvoi Speech | Whipscribe |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Transcription APIs | Transcription APIs |
| Pricing | Not verified | $6–$24 one-time packs (credits never expire) · first 20 minutes free |
| Speaker identification | Not verified | Named in the summary, key quotes and chapters |
| Word timestamps | Not verified | Yes |
| Streaming | Not verified | No |
| Languages | — | 99 |
| Platforms | Linux, Android | Web, API, MCP |
Alternatives to Mobvoi Speech
Frequently asked about Mobvoi Speech
How much does Mobvoi Speech cost?
Mobvoi Speech does not publish a self-serve price — it is quoted by the vendor on contact. Expect an enterprise-style agreement rather than a card-and-go signup.
Does Mobvoi Speech work on Mac, Windows and Linux?
Mobvoi Speech runs on Linux and Android. It is not listed for other platforms; check the vendor for anything beyond Linux and Android.
How do I get started with Mobvoi Speech?
There is nothing to install — Mobvoi Speech is used in the browser. Create an account on the vendor's site and upload or connect your audio.
What are the limitations of Mobvoi Speech?
Not generally available as a self-serve SaaS — most relationships start through partner sales.
Who is Mobvoi Speech best for?
Wearable, automotive, and IoT integrations that need low-latency Mandarin command recognition.
Is Mobvoi Speech open source?
No. Mobvoi Speech is a proprietary API. If you need source you can read and run yourself, the open-source tools in this directory are the place to look.
Can I use Mobvoi Speech in the browser?
No — Mobvoi Speech is a Linux and Android application, not a web app. You install it rather than sign in to it.
What kind of tool is Mobvoi Speech?
In this directory Mobvoi Speech is filed under regional asia, api as a API.
What are the alternatives to Mobvoi Speech?
There is a side-by-side page at /tools/mobvoi-speech-alternatives comparing Mobvoi Speech with the closest tools in the same category on price, platform and features.
Can I automate Mobvoi Speech-style transcription without running it myself?
Yes. If what you want is transcripts rather than the tool itself, Whipscribe does the same job as a hosted API: submit a file or URL, poll a job id, pull the result as txt, json, srt, vtt or docx. $0.012 a minute — about $0.72 an audio hour — bought as credits that never expire. The automation recipes on this site show it wired to Drive folders, Zoom recordings, S3 buckets and no-code platforms.
How is Whipscribe different from Mobvoi Speech?
Mobvoi Speech is another vendor's product; Whipscribe is a per-minute transcription service. Recordings are transcribed on our own servers and never used for training, and every job returns five formats plus an AI summary, quotes and topics. The first 20 minutes of any recording are transcribed free, and a pack from $6 (500 minutes) transcribes the rest and opens every export.
What does transcription cost if I use Whipscribe instead of Mobvoi Speech?
$0.012 a minute — about $0.72 an audio hour — bought as credits that never expire. There is no subscription and no monthly minimum: a 3-hour recording is about $2.16, a thousand-hour archive is about $720 once. The first 20 minutes of any recording are transcribed free, and a pack from $6 (500 minutes) transcribes the rest and opens every export, so you can see what your recording holds before paying anything.
Where is the Mobvoi Speech category heading?
Three things are moving across the whole speech-to-text market right now: summaries, action items and speaker insights generated on top of the transcript rather than sold separately; private, secured deployment where the audio never leaves a boundary you control; and agent access — transcription exposed as a tool that Claude, Cursor or a workflow runner can call directly. Whipscribe ships all three today: per-job insights, our own servers, and an MCP server.
Whipscribe is a hosted transcription service. If you want transcripts without running infrastructure, paste a URL or drop a file in the form below — you'll have a transcript in seconds.
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