Plivo Voice (Speech Recognition)

by Plivo

Don’t want to wire up the Plivo Voice API? Drop the file here.

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.

Plivo's CPaaS speech recognition for IVR + call-recording workflows.

API  ·  Plivo Voice + per-minute ASR

TL;DR

Best for plivo Voice customers building IVR menus that need speech inputs. Pricing: Plivo Voice + per-minute ASR.

Category
Transcription APIs
Pricing
Plivo Voice + per-minute ASR
Platforms
API

What it is

Plivo's Voice platform supports speech recognition in IVR via the <GetInput> XML element and post-call recording transcription. The feature set is oriented to IVR (intent matching, short utterances) rather than long-form transcription. HIPAA-eligible under a Plivo BAA on enterprise tiers. Best fit: plivo voice customers building ivr menus that need speech inputs. Caveats: asr is positioned for ivr; full meeting/transcript workflows usually need a separate vendor. Pricing as listed: Plivo Voice + per-minute ASR. Feature flags from vendor docs: streaming, HIPAA-eligible under BAA. Directory tags: commercial-api, telephony. Last vendor-page check: 2026-05-12.

Best for: Plivo Voice customers building IVR menus that need speech inputs.
Watch out for: ASR is positioned for IVR; full meeting/transcript workflows usually need a separate vendor.

Install / use

Plivo XML: <GetInput inputType='speech' ...>

What people actually do with Plivo Voice (Speech Recognition)-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.

Wire it into ZoomSlackNotionAirtableLoomMake.com

Features

Speaker diarizationNo
Word-level timestampsNo
Streaming / real-timeYes
Languages supportedNone
HIPAA eligibleYes

Plivo Voice (Speech Recognition) vs Whipscribe

FeaturePlivo Voice (Speech Recognition)Whipscribe
CategoryTranscription APIsTranscription APIs
PricingNot verified$6–$24 one-time packs (credits never expire) · first 20 minutes free
Speaker identificationNot verifiedNamed in the summary, key quotes and chapters
Word timestampsNot verifiedYes
StreamingNot verifiedNo
Languages—99
PlatformsAPIWeb, API, MCP

Alternatives to Plivo Voice (Speech Recognition)

Frequently asked about Plivo Voice (Speech Recognition)

How much does Plivo Voice (Speech Recognition) cost?

Plivo Voice (Speech Recognition) is a paid product — published pricing: Plivo Voice + per-minute ASR. Pricing changes; verify on the vendor's own page before budgeting.

What platforms does Plivo Voice (Speech Recognition) support?

Plivo Voice (Speech Recognition) is an API — you call it from whatever you build, on any platform with an HTTP client.

How do I get started with Plivo Voice (Speech Recognition)?

Plivo Voice (Speech Recognition) is used through its API: get a key from the vendor, then call it from your own code. There is no desktop app to install.

What are the limitations of Plivo Voice (Speech Recognition)?

ASR is positioned for IVR; full meeting/transcript workflows usually need a separate vendor.

Who is Plivo Voice (Speech Recognition) best for?

Plivo Voice customers building IVR menus that need speech inputs.

Is Plivo Voice (Speech Recognition) open source?

No. Plivo Voice (Speech Recognition) 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.

What kind of tool is Plivo Voice (Speech Recognition)?

In this directory Plivo Voice (Speech Recognition) is filed under commercial api, telephony as a API.

What are the alternatives to Plivo Voice (Speech Recognition)?

There is a side-by-side page at /tools/plivo-voice-stt-alternatives comparing Plivo Voice (Speech Recognition) with the closest tools in the same category on price, platform and features.

Can I automate Plivo Voice (Speech Recognition)-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 Plivo Voice (Speech Recognition)?

Plivo Voice (Speech Recognition) 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 Plivo Voice (Speech Recognition)?

$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 Plivo Voice (Speech Recognition) 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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