Speech Intelligence Infrastructure

Unified API for ALL languages — built for how the world really speaks.

Turn speech into text (live or from recordings) and text into natural-sounding voice — priced per hour of audio, per language. From global majors to Singlish, regional Arabic dialects, and dozens of Asian languages most providers don't support.

Live
Supported languages highlighted below
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Services — Real-Time, Batch, Voice
9
Regions covered worldwide
More
Languages continually being added

Language availability

All listed languages are supported. Some use specialist speech engines selected automatically for the best available accuracy and coverage—no separate integration required.

Standard supportSpecialist engine support
East Asia
Mandarin ChineseCantoneseJapaneseKoreanMongolianCantonese (HK accent)Cantonese (Guangdong accent)WuMinnanSichuan dialectShanghainese (Zhejiang)Cantonese (Fujian)Dongbei dialectShandong dialectHenan dialectHubei dialectHunan dialectJiangxi dialectYunnan dialectGuizhou dialectGansu dialectShaanxi dialectShanxi dialectHebei dialectTianjin dialectNingxia dialectAnhui dialect
Southeast Asia
IndonesianMalayVietnameseThaiFilipinoJavaneseCebuanoBurmeseKhmerLaoSinglishEnglish (PH)
South Asia
HindiBengaliTamilTeluguKannadaMalayalamMarathiGujaratiPunjabiUrduNepaliSindhiAssameseOdiaSinhalaKonkaniKashmiriMaithiliDogriSanskritSantaliManipuriBodo
Central Asia & Caucasus
KazakhKyrgyzUzbekTajikArmenianAzerbaijaniGeorgian
Middle East
Arabic (General)Arabic (MSA)Arabic (Algeria)Arabic (Bahrain)Arabic (Egypt)Arabic (Iraq)Arabic (Israel)Arabic (Jordan)Arabic (Kuwait)Arabic (Lebanon)Arabic (Mauritania)Arabic (Morocco)Arabic (Oman)Arabic (Palestine)Arabic (Qatar)Arabic (Saudi Arabia)Arabic (Syria)Arabic (Tunisia)Arabic (UAE)Arabic (Yemen)Persian (Farsi)TurkishHebrewKurdishPashto
Africa
SwahiliHausaAmharicIgboAfrikaansSomaliWolofXhosaZuluShonaLingalaChichewaFulahLugandaLuoNorthern SothoUmbunduKabuverdianuYorubaTwiKinyarwandaOromoTswanaSothoAkanNigerian PidginBembaNyankoleGaAfrican-accented English
Europe
EnglishFrenchGermanSpanishPortugueseItalianRussianDutchPolishUkrainianRomanianCzechHungarianSwedishBulgarianSerbianNorwegianFinnishDanishSlovakCroatianLithuanianSlovenianLatvianEstonianGreekBelarusianCatalanBosnianMacedonianGalicianLuxembourgishMalteseIcelandicIrishWelshAsturianOccitan
Pacific
Māori

Choose your plan

Spend your monthly credits across live transcription, recorded audio transcription, and voice generation.

💳 1,000 credits = $1.00  ·  the same rate at every plan — bigger plans just mean more credits
Free
$0
1K monthly credits
Billed at standard published rates
  • No credit card required
  • Hard cap — never billed automatically
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Starter
$5 / month
5K monthly credits
Same per-language rate as every plan
  • Speech-to-text
  • Text-to-speech
  • Translation
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Scale
$35 / month
35K monthly credits
Same per-language rate as every plan
  • Speech-to-text
  • Text-to-speech
  • Translation
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Best Value
Business
$88 / month
88K monthly credits
Same per-language rate as every plan
  • Speech-to-text
  • Text-to-speech
  • Translation
  • Priority support
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Enterprise
Custom
Custom credit allocation
Committed-use pricing · all language bands, incl. Ultra-Premium
  • Custom rate limits
  • Service Level Agreement (SLA)
  • Dedicated account manager
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📋 Credits are deducted at the published per-language rates, and additional credit packs use the same rate.

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Real-Time — live speech-to-text as you speak Batch — upload a recording, get text back Voice — turn text into spoken audio

Speech-to-text pricing, by tier

Pricing is grouped into tiers by language and regional coverage. Voice (text-to-speech) is priced separately — jump to Voice pricing ↓ for exact per-language rates.

Standard supportSpecialist engine support
Standard Tier Core
Global & regional languages. The default pricing band for most of the catalog.
Real-Time
$0.72/hr · $0.012/min12 credits/min
Batch
$0.25/hr · $0.0042/min4.17 credits/min
Supported languages
Albanian
Arabic (General)
Armenian
Asturian
Azerbaijani
Basque
Bulgarian
Burmese
Cantonese
Catalan
Chinese Mandarin
Croatian
Czech
Danish
Dutch
English
English (Australia)
English (Philippines)
English (UK)
English (US)
Estonian
Filipino / Tagalog
Finnish
French
French (Canada)
Galician
Gan Chinese
Georgian
German
Greek
Hakka
Hebrew
Hokkien
Hungarian
Icelandic
Indonesian
Italian
Japanese
Javanese
Jin Chinese
Khmer
Korean (General)
Kurdish
Kyrgyz
Lao
Latvian
Lithuanian
Luxembourgish
Macedonian
Malay
Maltese
Maori
Mongolian
Norwegian
Persian (Farsi)
Polish
Portuguese
Portuguese (Brazil)
Romanian
Serbian
Slovak
Slovenian
Spanish
Spanish (Mexico)
Spanish (Spain)
Spanish (US)
Swedish
Thai
Turkish
Ukrainian
Uzbek
Vietnamese
Welsh
Wu Chinese
Xiang Chinese
View regional and specialist pricing
South Asia Extended Tier Core
Indic and Central Asian languages. Same real-time rate as Standard, higher batch rate.
Real-Time
$0.72/hr · $0.012/min12 credits/min
Batch
$0.49/hr · $0.0082/min8.17 credits/min
Assamese
Bengali
Bengali (Bangladesh)
Bodo
Dogri
English (India)
Gujarati
Hindi
Kannada
Kashmiri
Kazakh
Konkani
Maithili
Malayalam
Manipuri
Marathi
Nepali
Odia
Punjabi
Russian
Sanskrit
Santali
Sindhi
Tamil
Telugu
Urdu
Asian Languages — Specialist Premium
Specialist Korean and Singlish models. Each language has one flat rate for both real-time and batch transcription.
Korean · RT & Batch
$1.50/hr · $0.025/min25 credits/min
Singlish · RT & Batch
$25.00/hr · $0.4167/min416.67 credits/min
Korean — $1.50/hr · $0.025/min · 25 credits/min Singlish — $25.00/hr · $0.4167/min · 416.67 credits/min
Arabic (MSA & Dialects) Premium
MSA plus 18 country/dialect variants, covering the Gulf, Levant, and North Africa.
Real-Time
$2.80/hr · $0.0467/min46.67 credits/min
Batch
$2.80/hr · $0.0467/min46.67 credits/min
Arabic (MSA + dialects)
Arabic (Algeria)
Arabic (Bahrain)
Arabic (Egypt)
Arabic (Iraq)
Arabic (Israel)
Arabic (Jordan)
Arabic (Kuwait)
Arabic (Lebanon)
Arabic (Mauritania)
Arabic (Morocco)
Arabic (Oman)
Arabic (Palestine)
Arabic (Qatar)
Arabic (Saudi Arabia)
Arabic (Syria)
Arabic (Tunisia)
Arabic (UAE)
Arabic (Yemen)
African Languages Premium
23 Sub-Saharan and North African languages.
Real-Time
$2.80/hr · $0.0467/min46.67 credits/min
Batch
$2.80/hr · $0.0467/min46.67 credits/min
Afrikaans
Akan
Amharic
Bemba
Fulani
Ga
Hausa
Igbo
Kinyarwanda
Luganda
Northern Sotho
Nyankole
Oromo
Pidgin
Shona
Sotho
Swahili
Tswana
Twi
Wolof
Xhosa
Yoruba
Zulu
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Voice (text-to-speech) pricing, by language

Voice generation doesn't follow the transcription tiers above — it's priced per language based on voice quality and complexity. Find your language below for its exact rate.

51 languages
$0.85 / hr · $0.0142/min14.17 credits/min
Albanian
Arabic (General)
Azerbaijani
Basque
Belarusian
Bosnian
Bulgarian
Cantonese
Catalan
Chinese Mandarin
Croatian
Czech
Danish
Dutch
English (General)
Estonian
Filipino / Tagalog
Finnish
French
Galician
German
Greek
Hebrew
Hungarian
Indonesian (General)
Italian
Japanese (General)
Kazakh
Khmer
Korean (General)
Latvian
Lithuanian
Macedonian
Malay (General)
Norwegian
Persian (Farsi)
Polish
Portuguese (General)
Romanian
Russian
Serbian
Slovak
Slovenian
Spanish
Swedish
Thai (General)
Turkish
Ukrainian
Urdu
Vietnamese
Welsh
33 languages
$1.50 / hr · $0.025/min25 credits/min
Armenian
Asturian
Burmese
English (Australia)
English (Philippines)
English (UK)
English (US)
French (Canada)
Georgian
Icelandic
Indonesian (Specialised)
Japanese (Specialised)
Javanese
Konkani
Korean (Specialised)
Kurdish
Kyrgyz
Lao
Luxembourgish
Maithili
Malay (Specialised)
Maltese
Maori
Mongolian
Nepali
Portuguese (Specialised)
Portuguese (Brazil)
Sindhi
Singlish
Spanish (Mexico)
Spanish (Spain)
Spanish (US)
Thai (Specialised)
24 languages
$1.80 / hr · $0.03/min30 credits/min
Afrikaans
Amharic
Bengali
Bengali (Bangladesh)
English (India)
Gujarati
Hausa
Hindi
Igbo
Kannada
Kinyarwanda
Luganda
Malayalam
Marathi
Odia
Oromo
Pidgin
Punjabi
Shona
Swahili
Tamil
Telugu
Wolof
Yoruba
1 languageArabic (MSA & Gulf dialect coverage)
$4.50 / hr · $0.075/min75 credits/min
81 languages — Real-Time and/or upload-based transcription available today; Voice synthesis launching soon
Not yet available
Assamese
Bodo
Dogri
Kashmiri
Manipuri
Sanskrit
Santali
Gan Chinese
Hakka
Hokkien
Jin Chinese
Wu Chinese
Xiang Chinese
Arabic (Algeria)
Arabic (Bahrain)
Arabic (Egypt)
Arabic (Iraq)
Arabic (Israel)
Arabic (Jordan)
Arabic (Kuwait)
Arabic (Lebanon)
Arabic (Mauritania)
Arabic (Morocco)
Arabic (Oman)
Arabic (Palestine)
Arabic (Qatar)
Arabic (Saudi Arabia)
Arabic (Syria)
Arabic (Tunisia)
Arabic (UAE)
Arabic (Yemen)
Akan
Bemba
Fulani
Ga
Northern Sotho
Nyankole
Sotho
Tswana
Twi
Xhosa
Zulu
Uzbek
Angami
Ao
Awadhi
Bajjika
Bearybashe
Bhili
Bhojpuri
Bundeli
Chakhesang
Chakma
Chhattisgarhi
Garhwali
Garo
Gondi
Halbi
Haryanvi
Idu Mishmi
Karbi
Khariboli
Khortha
Kokborok
Kurukh
Magadhi
Malvani
Marwari
Mizo
Nagamese
Nyishi
Rajasthani
Rengma
Rongmei
Sadri
Sambalpuri
Sumi
Surgujia
Surjapuri
Tagin
Tulu

Regional & long-tail language coverage

Beyond our priced tiers, VALSEA supports dozens of regional and tribal languages through partner infrastructure — available today via batch transcription, with pricing tailored to your use case.

India Regional & Tribal Languages Contact Us
38 regional and tribal Indian languages, supported via batch transcription. Pricing available on request.
Real-Time
N/A
Batch
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Angami
Ao
Awadhi
Bajjika
Bearybashe
Bhili
Bhojpuri
Bundeli
Chakhesang
Chakma
Chhattisgarhi
Garhwali
Garo
Gondi
Halbi
Haryanvi
Idu Mishmi
Karbi
Khariboli
Khortha
Kokborok
Kurukh
Magadhi
Malvani
Marwari
Mizo
Nagamese
Nyishi
Rajasthani
Rengma
Rongmei
Sadri
Sambalpuri
Sumi
Surgujia
Surjapuri
Tagin
Tulu

Multilingual Speech API — Frequently Asked Questions

What is VALSEA and how does its multilingual speech API work?
VALSEA is a unified multilingual speech-to-text and text-to-speech API with expanding language and regional-dialect coverage. Some languages use specialist speech engines selected automatically for the best available accuracy and coverage, with no separate integration required. The API is usage-based, priced per audio hour per language, with credits as the billing unit (1,000 credits = $1.00).
How many languages does VALSEA support for speech-to-text?
All languages in the catalog are supported. Purple indicates standard support, while grey indicates specialist engine support that is routed automatically through the same API.
What makes VALSEA different from Google Speech-to-Text, AWS Transcribe, or Azure Speech?
VALSEA is purpose-built for how the world actually speaks — not just standard broadcast speech. Our cultural intelligence layer decodes accents, slang, code-switching, and local idioms that generic providers miss. Where Google or AWS might transcribe words, VALSEA captures meaning across mixed-language conversations (e.g. Mandarin-English, Hindi-English, Malay-English), regional dialects, and colloquial expressions. We also offer 3× more Asian language coverage, in-region data residency in any geography, and pricing built for emerging-market scale.
Which regions and cloud providers does VALSEA deploy on?
VALSEA runs on AWS, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure, and Alibaba Cloud — with cloud infrastructure partners across India, China, Southeast Asia, the Middle East, Japan, Korea, and beyond. We support full in-region data residency in any geography, private cloud deployments, and custom VPC configurations. Wherever your customers or compliance requirements are, we deploy there. No on-premise hardware required.
Does VALSEA support real-time speech-to-text transcription?
Yes. VALSEA provides both real-time (streaming) transcription and batch (upload-based) transcription. Real-time mode streams results with sub-second latency — ideal for live captioning, voice agents, call centres, and conversational AI. Batch mode processes recorded audio files and is optimised for media, compliance, and analytics workloads. Availability varies by language; currently supported languages are highlighted in the catalog above.
How accurate is VALSEA's multilingual transcription?
VALSEA achieves 90%+ word accuracy across supported languages in real-world conditions — including noisy environments, accented speakers, code-switching, and mixed-language conversations. For high-value use cases, Enterprise customers can access domain-specific fine-tuned models (e.g. F&B ordering, healthcare, legal) that push accuracy above 95%. Accuracy benchmarks for each language are available on request.
Can I use VALSEA for voice AI, IVR, or conversational AI applications?
Absolutely. VALSEA's API is designed for production voice AI systems — including IVR (interactive voice response), AI voice agents, customer service bots, voice ordering, and conversational commerce. Our real-time transcription and text-to-speech work together for full-duplex voice interactions across multiple languages within a single session. Companies use VALSEA to power multilingual voice bots that understand regional accents and respond naturally.
How does VALSEA pricing compare to other speech APIs?
VALSEA uses a transparent credit-based model: 1,000 credits = $1.00, deducted per audio hour at published per-language rates. Plans start free (1,000 monthly credits, no credit card) and scale to Enterprise with volume discounts. Paid plan credits renew each billing month and unused credits do not roll over. Compared to Google ($0.024/min), AWS ($0.024/min), or Deepgram ($0.0145/min), VALSEA offers competitive rates with far broader language coverage — especially for Asian, African, and Middle Eastern languages where alternatives either don't exist or charge premium pricing.
Does VALSEA handle code-switching and mixed-language speech?
Yes — this is a core differentiator. VALSEA's models are trained on real multilingual conversations where speakers switch between languages mid-sentence (e.g. Hinglish, Singlish, Taglish, Manglish). Unlike providers that require you to specify a single language per request, VALSEA auto-detects and transcribes mixed-language speech accurately, preserving the natural flow of how multilingual populations actually communicate.
Is there a free tier or trial for the VALSEA speech API?
Yes. VALSEA offers a free tier with 1,000 credits renewed monthly and no credit card required. This lets developers test real-time transcription, batch processing, and voice synthesis across all core languages before committing to a paid plan. No feature gates on the Free plan — just a credit cap.
What industries use VALSEA's multilingual speech API?
VALSEA powers speech applications in food & beverage (voice ordering), hospitality (multilingual concierge), fintech (KYC voice verification), healthcare (clinical transcription), BPO/call centres (real-time agent assist), media (subtitling and captioning), e-commerce (conversational commerce), and logistics (driver communication). Any business serving multilingual customers across Asia, the Middle East, or Africa benefits from VALSEA's breadth of language coverage and cultural understanding.
Does VALSEA offer text-to-speech (TTS) and voice synthesis?
Yes. VALSEA provides text-to-speech through the same unified API and credit system. TTS supports natural-sounding voices across multiple languages and regional accents — enabling applications like multilingual voice bots, audio content generation, conversational AI agents, and accessible interfaces. Speech-to-text and text-to-speech are billed at the same transparent per-language credit rates.

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