Tencent Cloud ASR

by Tencent Cloud

Tencent's cloud speech-to-text with one-sentence, sentence, and real-time APIs.

TL;DR

Tencent's cloud speech-to-text with one-sentence, sentence, and real-time APIs.

Best for chinese-language call-center transcription and meeting capture inside the Tencent Cloud ecosystem. Pricing: tiered · per-second pricing in CNY.

Category
Transcription APIs
License
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Stars
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Last push
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Pricing
tiered · per-second pricing in CNY
Platforms
Web, Linux, Windows, Android, iOS

What it is

Tencent Cloud ASR offers three engine families — one-sentence recognition (under 60 s), sentence recognition (under 5 hr), and real-time streaming. Strong on Mandarin plus several Chinese dialects, with hotword bias and customer-specific model training available on the enterprise tier. Often paired with Tencent Meeting transcripts and WeChat-ecosystem voice features. Best fit when the buyer is chinese-language call-center transcription and meeting capture inside the tencent cloud ecosystem. The honest caveat: console and most documentation are in simplified chinese; cross-border data flow needs review. Developer-grade API with self-serve signup; validate accuracy on representative audio for the target dialect before committing volume.

Best for: Chinese-language call-center transcription and meeting capture inside the Tencent Cloud ecosystem.
Watch out for: Console and most documentation are in Simplified Chinese; cross-border data flow needs review.

Install / use

cloud.tencent.com/product/asr — console signup, then SDK or REST

Features

Speaker diarizationNo
Word-level timestampsYes
Streaming / real-timeYes
Languages supportedNone
HIPAA eligibleNo

Tencent Cloud ASR vs Whipscribe

FeatureTencent Cloud ASRWhipscribe
CategoryTranscription APIsTranscription APIs
Pricingtiered · per-second pricing in CNYfree beta
Speaker diarization—Yes
Word timestampsYesYes
StreamingYesNo
Languages—99
PlatformsWeb, Linux, Windows, Android, iOSWeb, API, MCP

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