Speak
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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.
AI English-speaking practice app backed by OpenAI.
Best for english-language learners in Korea, Japan, Taiwan, and other Asian markets. Pricing: from $19.99/mo.
What it is
Speak is an AI English-speaking practice app backed by the OpenAI Startup Fund. The product runs conversational AI lessons that let learners practice English speaking with high-quality voice AI tutors. Speak transcribes learner speech, scores pronunciation, and adapts the lesson plan based on the learner's level. The product has grown into one of the largest paid consumer AI apps with strong revenue in South Korea, Japan, Taiwan, and increasingly the US Hispanic market. Speak raised a $20M Series B in 2024.
Watch out for: ESL focus; not a meeting bot.
Install / use
speak.com — Premium $19.99/mo or $99.99/yr
What people actually do with Speak-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 | No |
| Languages supported | None |
| HIPAA eligible | No |
Speak vs Whipscribe
| Feature | Speak | Whipscribe |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Products | 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 | iOS, Android | Web, API, MCP |
Alternatives to Speak
Frequently asked about Speak
How much does Speak cost?
Speak is a paid product — published pricing: from $19.99/mo. Pricing changes; verify on the vendor's own page before budgeting.
Does Speak work on Mac, Windows and Linux?
Speak runs on iOS and Android. It is not listed for other platforms; check the vendor for anything beyond iOS and Android.
How do I get started with Speak?
There is nothing to install — Speak is used in the browser. Create an account on the vendor's site and upload or connect your audio.
What are the limitations of Speak?
ESL focus; not a meeting bot.
Who is Speak best for?
English-language learners in Korea, Japan, Taiwan, and other Asian markets.
Is Speak open source?
No. Speak is a proprietary product from Speakeasy Labs Inc.. 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 Speak in the browser?
No — Speak is a iOS and Android application, not a web app. You install it rather than sign in to it.
Who makes Speak?
Speak is made by Speakeasy Labs Inc..
What kind of tool is Speak?
In this directory Speak is filed under meetings, education, language learning as a product.
What are the alternatives to Speak?
There is a side-by-side page at /tools/speak-language-alternatives comparing Speak with the closest tools in the same category on price, platform and features.
Can I automate Speak-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 Speak?
Speak 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 Speak?
$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 Speak 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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