Tencent Cloud ASR
Tencent's managed Chinese-first ASR with one-sentence, real-time, and recording-file modes.
Tencent's managed Chinese-first ASR with one-sentence, real-time, and recording-file modes.
Best for products embedded in WeChat / Tencent ecosystem and China-region content workflows. Pricing: tiered RMB-per-second pricing.
What it is
Tencent Cloud ASR offers three primary modes: one-sentence recognition (short utterances up to 60s), real-time streaming, and recording-file recognition (asynchronous batch). Models are tuned for Mandarin and several Chinese dialects, with English available as a secondary option. The service is most often deployed alongside Tencent Real-Time Communication and the WeChat ecosystem. Pricing is RMB-tiered per second; international customers can use Tencent Cloud International with currency-converted rates. Best fit: products embedded in wechat / tencent ecosystem and china-region content workflows. Caveats: chinese-first; international docs lag the chinese version; tencent cloud international is a separate billing entity. Pricing as listed: tiered RMB-per-second pricing. Feature flags from vendor docs: word-level timestamps, streaming. Directory tags: commercial-api, hyperscaler, regional-asia. Last vendor-page check: 2026-05-12.
Watch out for: Chinese-first; international docs lag the Chinese version; Tencent Cloud International is a separate billing entity.
Install / use
Tencent SDK: AsrClient.CreateRecTask(...)Features
| Speaker diarization | No |
| Word-level timestamps | Yes |
| Streaming / real-time | Yes |
| Languages supported | None |
| HIPAA eligible | No |
Tencent Cloud ASR vs Whipscribe
| Feature | Tencent Cloud ASR | Whipscribe |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Transcription APIs | Transcription APIs |
| Pricing | tiered RMB-per-second pricing | free beta |
| Speaker diarization | — | Yes |
| Word timestamps | Yes | Yes |
| Streaming | Yes | No |
| Languages | — | 99 |
| Platforms | API | Web, API, MCP |
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