Sensory TrulyHandsfree

by Sensory

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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.

Sensory's on-device wake-word + small-vocab ASR — long-standing OEM voice IP.

Hardware, Edge  ·  Enterprise · OEM contract

TL;DR

Best for oEMs adding always-on wake words to consumer hardware — TVs, earbuds, appliances, toys. Pricing: Enterprise · OEM contract.

Category
Products
Pricing
Enterprise · OEM contract
Platforms
Hardware, Edge

What it is

Sensory has shipped on-device speech IP since 1994. TrulyHandsfree is the wake-word engine; TrulyNatural is the small-vocabulary recognizer. Both are widely embedded in consumer hardware OEMs but not customer-facing.

Best for: OEMs adding always-on wake words to consumer hardware — TVs, earbuds, appliances, toys.
Watch out for: Not consumer-purchasable; commercial licensing only; pairs with Sensory TrulyNatural for larger vocab.

Install / use

sensory.com — OEM evaluation + licensing

What people actually do with Sensory TrulyHandsfree-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 Amazon S3n8nMake.comGoogle DriveZapierSlack

Features

Speaker diarizationNo
Word-level timestampsNo
Streaming / real-timeYes
Languages supported40
HIPAA eligibleNo

Sensory TrulyHandsfree vs Whipscribe

FeatureSensory TrulyHandsfreeWhipscribe
CategoryProductsTranscription 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
Languages4099
PlatformsHardware, EdgeWeb, API, MCP

Alternatives to Sensory TrulyHandsfree

Frequently asked about Sensory TrulyHandsfree

How much does Sensory TrulyHandsfree cost?

Sensory TrulyHandsfree 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 Sensory TrulyHandsfree work on Mac, Windows and Linux?

Sensory TrulyHandsfree runs on Hardware and Edge. It is not listed for other platforms; check the vendor for anything beyond Hardware and Edge.

How do I get started with Sensory TrulyHandsfree?

There is nothing to install — Sensory TrulyHandsfree is used in the browser. Create an account on the vendor's site and upload or connect your audio.

How many languages does Sensory TrulyHandsfree support?

Sensory TrulyHandsfree lists 40 languages.

What are the limitations of Sensory TrulyHandsfree?

Not consumer-purchasable; commercial licensing only; pairs with Sensory TrulyNatural for larger vocab.

Who is Sensory TrulyHandsfree best for?

OEMs adding always-on wake words to consumer hardware — TVs, earbuds, appliances, toys.

Is Sensory TrulyHandsfree open source?

No. Sensory TrulyHandsfree is a proprietary product. 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 Sensory TrulyHandsfree in the browser?

No — Sensory TrulyHandsfree is a Hardware and Edge application, not a web app. You install it rather than sign in to it.

What kind of tool is Sensory TrulyHandsfree?

In this directory Sensory TrulyHandsfree is filed under wake word, edge, platform as a product.

What are the alternatives to Sensory TrulyHandsfree?

There is a side-by-side page at /tools/sensory-trulyhandsfree-alternatives comparing Sensory TrulyHandsfree with the closest tools in the same category on price, platform and features.

Can I automate Sensory TrulyHandsfree-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 Sensory TrulyHandsfree?

Sensory TrulyHandsfree 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 Sensory TrulyHandsfree?

$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 Sensory TrulyHandsfree 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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