Sogou ASR
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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.
Sogou (Tencent-owned) speech-to-text — input-method-grade Mandarin recognition.
Best for mobile keyboard voice input and short-form Mandarin dictation in consumer apps. Pricing: enterprise · contact sales.
What it is
Sogou's speech stack powers one of the most-used Chinese mobile input methods, giving it billions of hours of in-domain training audio. Since Tencent's acquisition the offering has been progressively folded into Tencent Cloud, but the dedicated AI subsite is still reachable. Best understood as an embedded ASR for OEMs and app vendors rather than a standalone developer product. Best fit when the buyer is mobile keyboard voice input and short-form mandarin dictation in consumer apps. The honest caveat: less self-serve developer access since the tencent acquisition; treat as enterprise-only. 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: Less self-serve developer access since the Tencent acquisition; treat as enterprise-only.
Install / use
ai.sogou.com — partner inquiry
What people actually do with Sogou ASR-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 |
Sogou ASR vs Whipscribe
| Feature | Sogou ASR | 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 | Android, iOS, Windows | Web, API, MCP |
Alternatives to Sogou ASR
Frequently asked about Sogou ASR
How much does Sogou ASR cost?
Sogou ASR 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 Sogou ASR work on Mac, Windows and Linux?
Sogou ASR runs on Android, iOS and Windows.
How do I get started with Sogou ASR?
There is nothing to install — Sogou ASR is used in the browser. Create an account on the vendor's site and upload or connect your audio.
What are the limitations of Sogou ASR?
Less self-serve developer access since the Tencent acquisition; treat as enterprise-only.
Who is Sogou ASR best for?
Mobile keyboard voice input and short-form Mandarin dictation in consumer apps.
Is Sogou ASR open source?
No. Sogou ASR is a proprietary API from Sogou (Tencent). 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 Sogou ASR in the browser?
No — Sogou ASR is a Android, iOS and Windows application, not a web app. You install it rather than sign in to it.
Who makes Sogou ASR?
Sogou ASR is made by Sogou (Tencent).
What kind of tool is Sogou ASR?
In this directory Sogou ASR is filed under regional asia, api as a API.
What are the alternatives to Sogou ASR?
There is a side-by-side page at /tools/sogou-asr-alternatives comparing Sogou ASR with the closest tools in the same category on price, platform and features.
Can I automate Sogou ASR-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 Sogou ASR?
Sogou ASR 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 Sogou ASR?
$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 Sogou ASR 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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