Play.HT (STT endpoints)
Play.HT's transcription endpoint as a counterpart to its TTS family.
Play.HT's transcription endpoint as a counterpart to its TTS family.
Best for play.HT TTS customers needing STT round-trip without onboarding another vendor. Pricing: per-minute (see Play.HT pricing).
What it is
Play.HT is primarily a TTS / voice-cloning vendor that has added STT endpoints to round out a full voice-AI stack. Useful for builders already on Play.HT for TTS who need transcription within the same vendor's billing. Pricing is per-minute. Best fit: play.ht tts customers needing stt round-trip without onboarding another vendor. Caveats: stt is secondary to their tts product; verify feature parity vs dedicated asr vendors. Pricing as listed: per-minute (see Play.HT pricing). Feature flags from vendor docs: word-level timestamps. Directory tags: commercial-api. Last vendor-page check: 2026-05-12.
Watch out for: STT is secondary to their TTS product; verify feature parity vs dedicated ASR vendors.
Install / use
Play.HT REST APIFeatures
| Speaker diarization | No |
| Word-level timestamps | Yes |
| Streaming / real-time | No |
| Languages supported | None |
| HIPAA eligible | No |
Play.HT (STT endpoints) vs Whipscribe
| Feature | Play.HT (STT endpoints) | Whipscribe |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Transcription APIs | Transcription APIs |
| Pricing | per-minute (see Play.HT pricing) | free beta |
| Speaker diarization | — | Yes |
| Word timestamps | Yes | Yes |
| Streaming | — | No |
| Languages | — | 99 |
| Platforms | API | Web, API, MCP |
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