SoundHound Houndify Automotive

by SoundHound AI

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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.

Independent voice-AI platform — Cerence competitor used by Mercedes, Hyundai, and Stellantis.

Hardware, Web  ·  Tiered — free dev / commercial license / OEM

TL;DR

Best for automakers and restaurant POS chains needing a Cerence-alternative voice stack with custom domains. Pricing: Tiered — free dev / commercial license / OEM.

Category
Products
Pricing
Tiered — free dev / commercial license / OEM
Platforms
Hardware, Web

What it is

Houndify is SoundHound's developer-facing voice AI platform — powers in-car assistants for Mercedes, Hyundai, Stellantis, and the SoundHound for Restaurants drive-thru product line.

Best for: Automakers and restaurant POS chains needing a Cerence-alternative voice stack with custom domains.
Watch out for: Cloud-routed for most features; on-device edition exists but is a different SKU.

Install / use

houndify.com — developer console + OEM licensing

What people actually do with SoundHound Houndify Automotive-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 Google DriveMake.comZapiern8nZoomSlack

Features

Speaker diarizationNo
Word-level timestampsNo
Streaming / real-timeYes
Languages supported25
HIPAA eligibleNo

SoundHound Houndify Automotive vs Whipscribe

FeatureSoundHound Houndify AutomotiveWhipscribe
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
Languages2599
PlatformsHardware, WebWeb, API, MCP

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Frequently asked about SoundHound Houndify Automotive

Is SoundHound Houndify Automotive free?

Yes. SoundHound Houndify Automotive is free (Tiered — free dev / commercial license / OEM).

Does SoundHound Houndify Automotive work on Mac, Windows and Linux?

SoundHound Houndify Automotive runs on Hardware and Web. It is not listed for other platforms; check the vendor for anything beyond Hardware and Web.

How do I get started with SoundHound Houndify Automotive?

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

How many languages does SoundHound Houndify Automotive support?

SoundHound Houndify Automotive lists 25 languages.

What are the limitations of SoundHound Houndify Automotive?

Cloud-routed for most features; on-device edition exists but is a different SKU.

Who is SoundHound Houndify Automotive best for?

Automakers and restaurant POS chains needing a Cerence-alternative voice stack with custom domains.

Is SoundHound Houndify Automotive open source?

No. SoundHound Houndify Automotive is a proprietary product from SoundHound AI. If you need source you can read and run yourself, the open-source tools in this directory are the place to look.

Who makes SoundHound Houndify Automotive?

SoundHound Houndify Automotive is made by SoundHound AI.

What kind of tool is SoundHound Houndify Automotive?

In this directory SoundHound Houndify Automotive is filed under automotive, platform as a product.

What are the alternatives to SoundHound Houndify Automotive?

There is a side-by-side page at /tools/soundhound-houndify-alternatives comparing SoundHound Houndify Automotive with the closest tools in the same category on price, platform and features.

Can I automate SoundHound Houndify Automotive-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 SoundHound Houndify Automotive?

SoundHound Houndify Automotive 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 SoundHound Houndify Automotive?

$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 SoundHound Houndify Automotive 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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