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Keys belong to a workspace and are deleted to revoke. Browsers pass a one-time token in the `bearer_` WebSocket subprotocol rather than the URL.", "pricing": "usage", "pricingNotes": "$0.15 an hour of audio on the free On-Demand plan and $0.10 on the paid plans ($25 to $1,500 a month), billed per second. On-Demand includes up to 400 minutes free. Diarisation and Voice Profile are separate per-second add-ons. Asynchronous jobs need a payment method.", "priceSummary": "Pay per use", "where": "local", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the docs, llms.txt or pricing page (checked 2026-11-06). Plans and credits are bought in the Portal.", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": 0, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-11-06" }, "docsUrl": "https://docs.inworld.ai/stt/overview", "llmsTxt": "https://docs.inworld.ai/llms.txt", "capabilities": [ "speech.stt", "speech.streaming", "speech.batch", "speech.diarisation", "speech.languages" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "usage", "free-tier", "no-card", "closed-source", "llms-txt", "streaming", "batch", "mcp", "enterprise" ], "lastRelease": "2026-10-29", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 54.7, "grade": "C", "agentReady": false, "rank": 895, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1486, "categoryRank": 16, "methodology": "0.7", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 56, "maintenance": 41, "payments": 40, "reliability": 60, "schema": 54, "security": 63, "transparency": 60 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "breakdown": [ { "key": "reliability", "name": "Reliability", "weight": 16, "effectiveWeight": 20, "score": 60, "points": 12, "reason": "Hosted reading of the checklist. status.inworld.ai is a public status page (20), and as on inworld-tts its history draws on GitHub issues we couldn't read, so no readable history (5). Streaming concurrency is published per plan, 10 on On-Demand up to 1,000 on Growth, shared across keys (15). 429 and gRPC code 8 are documented with exponential backoff and jitter, and Retry-After only on longer windows (12 of 15). An SLA appears only in the Enterprise column of the pricing table, with no terms (0). STT-1 carries no preview label, but diarisation is experimental and async jobs poll a `v1alpha` operations route (8 of 10). 20 + 5 + 15 + 12 + 0 + 8 = 60.", "checked": "2026-11-06" }, { "key": "performance", "name": "Performance", "weight": 10, "effectiveWeight": 0, "pending": true, "points": 0, "reason": "Pending. Latency is measured per call by our probes, which haven't run yet, so this run doesn't score it. Its weight is shared across the assessed categories until the first probe window closes." }, { "key": "schema", "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "weight": 13, "effectiveWeight": 16.25, "score": 54, "points": 8.78, "reason": "No OpenAPI or other machine-readable file. The usual spec paths redirect, and the reference pages are Markdown (0). llms.txt, Markdown twins and a docs MCP server (10). Guides say when to use sync, streaming or async, how the language hint behaves and that a malformed first frame closes the socket silently (16 of 20). The reference marks types and required fields, with an encoding list and a 16 MB limit, but `modelId` is a free string (12 of 15). Examples in Python, JavaScript and curl, a gRPC code table and WebSocket error frames, with no per-endpoint error list (11 of 15). Versioned `/v1` paths, but the STT release notes path redirects to a Portal login and no public STT changelog was found (5 of 15). Total 54.", "checked": "2026-11-06" }, { "key": "ergonomics", "name": "Agent ergonomics", "weight": 13, "effectiveWeight": 16.25, "score": 56, "points": 9.1, "reason": "API reading of the checklist. Voice Profile, word timestamps and diarisation are opt-in, and responses carry a `usage` block (18 of 25). No lists to page. Async jobs return an operation to poll (8 of 20). Errors carry a numeric gRPC code and message on both endpoints, but a malformed first message closes the socket with 1005 and no frame (12 of 20). Sync calls are stateless and async calls return an operation, with no idempotency key, and empty transcripts and add-ons are billed (10 of 20). A call needs a model, an encoding and the audio. No STT SDK was found, only the CLI and its MCP server and REST examples (8 of 15). Total 56.", "checked": "2026-11-06" }, { "key": "security", "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "weight": 14, "effectiveWeight": 17.5, "score": 63, "points": 11.03, "reason": "Model reading of the checklist, with training and retention in place of the least-privilege and injection lines. Workspace API keys sent as Basic credentials, deleted to revoke, with separate keys per environment advised. The CLI mints read-only keys unless `--write` is given, but write toggles cover only the Voice and Router APIs, so no key is limited to one product. Browsers use short-lived tokens minted server side, via the `bearer_` WebSocket subprotocol, not the URL (25 of 30). The Terms (11 June 2025) say Inworld won't train generally available models on customers' non-public Materials, except feedback and flagged content, while the Privacy Notice (18 January 2026) lists training AI models among its uses, per the inworld-tts check of 4 November (12 of 20). Zero data retention keeps STT audio and transcripts in memory and out of logs, included on Developer ($300 a month) and above per the docs, while the STT page says Enterprise or a Growth add-on. Async results and audio go after 7 days, and no default period is given for logs (8 of 15). Usage is attributed per key and a Performance page shows errors and throttling (8 of 15). SOC 2 Type II and HIPAA claimed and a vulnerability report form, with no security.txt or bug bounty, per the 4 November reading (10 of 20). Total 63.", "checked": "2026-11-06" }, { "key": "payments", "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "weight": 10, "effectiveWeight": 12.5, "score": 40, "points": 5, "reason": "No x402, MPP or L402 (0). Per-hour prices for every plan published without a login (20). On-Demand includes up to 400 minutes of STT and lists no payment method, while async jobs need one (20). A person signs up in the Portal or through `inworld login` in a browser before a key exists (0). Total 40.", "checked": "2026-11-06" }, { "key": "tasks", "name": "Task success", "weight": 10, "effectiveWeight": 0, "pending": true, "points": 0, "reason": "Pending. Task success needs the category task suites run through each tool, which haven't run yet, so this run doesn't score it. Its weight is shared across the assessed categories until then. A data provider's data-quality score is published on its listing now and becomes half of this category when it's scored." }, { "key": "maintenance", "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "weight": 7, "effectiveWeight": 8.75, "score": 41, "points": 3.59, "reason": "Read as a model. No public STT changelog. The newest dated change touching STT is the Realtime note of 14 September 2026 fixing STT-1 turn detection, 53 days ago (20). The CLI, which carries the STT command and MCP tool, shipped 1.4.0 to 1.5.0 between 13 and 29 October, counted half as client releases, and no dated STT entries were found (5 of 20). Discord and support@inworld.ai, with no evidence of answers read (6 of 15). No official STT SDK; the CLI is current (5 of 15). CLI on npm under MIT, current, CI not read (5 of 10). Total 41.", "checked": "2026-11-06" }, { "key": "transparency", "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "weight": 7, "effectiveWeight": 8.75, "score": 60, "points": 5.25, "note": "editorial 45, provenance 75", "reason": "Closed service with clear terms naming Theai, Inc. dba Inworld AI (15). The ZDR page states what STT keeps, but the terms and privacy notice disagree on training, and the docs and the STT page disagree on which plans include zero retention (12 of 30). No dated STT deprecation or change notices are public (8 of 20). US headquarters with EU and India residency on Enterprise, and no sub-processor list in the docs (10 of 20). Total 45.", "checked": "2026-11-06" } ], "assessment": { "date": "2026-11-06", "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "notes": { "ergonomics": "API reading of the checklist. Voice Profile, word timestamps and diarisation are opt-in, and responses carry a `usage` block (18 of 25). No lists to page. Async jobs return an operation to poll (8 of 20). Errors carry a numeric gRPC code and message on both endpoints, but a malformed first message closes the socket with 1005 and no frame (12 of 20). Sync calls are stateless and async calls return an operation, with no idempotency key, and empty transcripts and add-ons are billed (10 of 20). A call needs a model, an encoding and the audio. No STT SDK was found, only the CLI and its MCP server and REST examples (8 of 15). Total 56.", "maintenance": "Read as a model. No public STT changelog. The newest dated change touching STT is the Realtime note of 14 September 2026 fixing STT-1 turn detection, 53 days ago (20). The CLI, which carries the STT command and MCP tool, shipped 1.4.0 to 1.5.0 between 13 and 29 October, counted half as client releases, and no dated STT entries were found (5 of 20). Discord and support@inworld.ai, with no evidence of answers read (6 of 15). No official STT SDK; the CLI is current (5 of 15). CLI on npm under MIT, current, CI not read (5 of 10). Total 41.", "payments": "No x402, MPP or L402 (0). Per-hour prices for every plan published without a login (20). On-Demand includes up to 400 minutes of STT and lists no payment method, while async jobs need one (20). A person signs up in the Portal or through `inworld login` in a browser before a key exists (0). Total 40.", "reliability": "Hosted reading of the checklist. status.inworld.ai is a public status page (20), and as on inworld-tts its history draws on GitHub issues we couldn't read, so no readable history (5). Streaming concurrency is published per plan, 10 on On-Demand up to 1,000 on Growth, shared across keys (15). 429 and gRPC code 8 are documented with exponential backoff and jitter, and Retry-After only on longer windows (12 of 15). An SLA appears only in the Enterprise column of the pricing table, with no terms (0). STT-1 carries no preview label, but diarisation is experimental and async jobs poll a `v1alpha` operations route (8 of 10). 20 + 5 + 15 + 12 + 0 + 8 = 60.", "schema": "No OpenAPI or other machine-readable file. The usual spec paths redirect, and the reference pages are Markdown (0). llms.txt, Markdown twins and a docs MCP server (10). Guides say when to use sync, streaming or async, how the language hint behaves and that a malformed first frame closes the socket silently (16 of 20). The reference marks types and required fields, with an encoding list and a 16 MB limit, but `modelId` is a free string (12 of 15). Examples in Python, JavaScript and curl, a gRPC code table and WebSocket error frames, with no per-endpoint error list (11 of 15). Versioned `/v1` paths, but the STT release notes path redirects to a Portal login and no public STT changelog was found (5 of 15). Total 54.", "security": "Model reading of the checklist, with training and retention in place of the least-privilege and injection lines. Workspace API keys sent as Basic credentials, deleted to revoke, with separate keys per environment advised. The CLI mints read-only keys unless `--write` is given, but write toggles cover only the Voice and Router APIs, so no key is limited to one product. Browsers use short-lived tokens minted server side, via the `bearer_` WebSocket subprotocol, not the URL (25 of 30). The Terms (11 June 2025) say Inworld won't train generally available models on customers' non-public Materials, except feedback and flagged content, while the Privacy Notice (18 January 2026) lists training AI models among its uses, per the inworld-tts check of 4 November (12 of 20). Zero data retention keeps STT audio and transcripts in memory and out of logs, included on Developer ($300 a month) and above per the docs, while the STT page says Enterprise or a Growth add-on. Async results and audio go after 7 days, and no default period is given for logs (8 of 15). Usage is attributed per key and a Performance page shows errors and throttling (8 of 15). SOC 2 Type II and HIPAA claimed and a vulnerability report form, with no security.txt or bug bounty, per the 4 November reading (10 of 20). Total 63.", "transparency": "Closed service with clear terms naming Theai, Inc. dba Inworld AI (15). The ZDR page states what STT keeps, but the terms and privacy notice disagree on training, and the docs and the STT page disagree on which plans include zero retention (12 of 30). No dated STT deprecation or change notices are public (8 of 20). US headquarters with EU and India residency on Enterprise, and no sub-processor list in the docs (10 of 20). Total 45." }, "sources": [ { "what": "llms.txt docs index", "url": "https://docs.inworld.ai/llms.txt", "seen": "2026-11-06" }, { "what": "billing, plan limits and free usage", "url": "https://docs.inworld.ai/portal/billing.md", "seen": "2026-11-06" }, { "what": "pricing page", "url": "https://inworld.ai/pricing", "seen": "2026-11-06" }, { "what": "rate limits and 429 handling", "url": "https://docs.inworld.ai/resources/rate-limits.md", "seen": "2026-11-06" }, { "what": "zero data retention", "url": "https://docs.inworld.ai/portal/zero-data-retention.md", "seen": "2026-11-06" }, { "what": "Inworld CLI and MCP server", "url": "https://docs.inworld.ai/developer-tools/inworld-cli.md", "seen": "2026-11-06" }, { "what": "CLI on npm", "url": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@inworld/cli", "seen": "2026-11-06" }, { "what": "terms, privacy, security and status, per the inworld-tts check", "url": "https://inworld.ai/terms", "seen": "2026-11-04" }, { "what": "STT overview", "url": "https://docs.inworld.ai/stt/overview.md", "seen": "2026-11-06" }, { "what": "STT errors", "url": "https://docs.inworld.ai/stt/troubleshooting.md", "seen": "2026-11-06" }, { "what": "async transcription", "url": "https://docs.inworld.ai/stt/async-transcription.md", "seen": "2026-11-06" }, { "what": "STT WebSocket reference", "url": "https://docs.inworld.ai/api-reference/sttAPI/speechtotext/transcribe-stream-websocket.md", "seen": "2026-11-06" }, { "what": "STT product page", "url": "https://inworld.ai/speech-to-text", "seen": "2026-11-06" } ], "openQuestions": [ "unchecked: status history, because status.inworld.ai draws on GitHub issues our reader can't open", "unchecked: prices of the diarisation and Voice Profile add-ons", "unchecked: when STT-1 was released, since the STT release notes require a login", "Docs say zero data retention is included from the Developer plan, while inworld.ai/speech-to-text says Enterprise or a Growth add-on" ] }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "Inworld STT costs $0.10 to $0.15 an hour with 400 free minutes, and covers files, live streams and async jobs in 30 languages with Voice Profile signals. There is no machine-readable spec, no public STT changelog and no readable status history, and diarisation is still experimental.", "bestFor": "Low-cost live transcription for voice agents, with speaker traits.", "strengths": [ "$0.15 an hour on the free plan and $0.10 on paid plans, billed per second, with 400 free minutes", "Sync, WebSocket streaming and async jobs on one model, with turn detection and Voice Profile signals", "Browser tokens travel in a WebSocket subprotocol, not the URL", "Zero data retention keeps audio and transcripts in memory, and the docs include it from the Developer plan", "llms.txt, Markdown twins and a docs MCP server" ], "weaknesses": [ "No OpenAPI or other machine-readable contract", "The STT release notes path asks for a login, so changes to the model aren't publicly dated", "Status history couldn't be read, and an SLA exists only for Enterprise", "Speaker diarisation is experimental and async jobs run on a `v1alpha` operations route", "Docs and the STT product page disagree on which plans include zero data retention" ], "agentNotes": [ "Send the Base64 credential as-is in `Authorization: Basic`; don't encode it again", "Wrap the first WebSocket message in `transcribeConfig`, because a malformed first frame closes the socket with 1005 and no error", "Use `POST /stt/v1/transcribe:async` for files over about 16 MB and collect the transcript within 7 days", "Retry 429 or gRPC code 8 with exponential backoff and jitter, and stay within the plan's streaming concurrency", "Stop sending audio when nobody speaks, since streams are billed for every second sent" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "C", "methodology": "0.7", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 54.7 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 56, "maintenance": 41, "payments": 40, "reliability": 60, "schema": 54, "security": 63, "transparency": 45 }, "provenanceScore": 75, "checked": { "categories": { "ergonomics": "2026-11-06", "maintenance": "2026-11-06", "payments": "2026-11-06", "reliability": "2026-11-06", "schema": "2026-11-06", "security": "2026-11-06", "transparency": "2026-11-06" }, "last": "2026-11-06", "oldest": "2026-11-06", "stale": false, "staleAfterDays": 90 }, "scoreHistory": [ { "date": "2026-11-06", "grade": "C", "kind": "listed", "method": "0.7", "score": 54.7 } ] }, "connect": { "install": "npm install -g @inworld/cli", "claudeCode": "claude mcp add inworld -- inworld mcp" }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/speech.stt", "tool": "https://letme.dev/inworld-stt" }, "sameCompany": [ "inworld-tts", "inworld-realtime", "inworld-voice-cloning" ], "notable": [ "`POST /stt/v1/transcribe` for files up to about 16 MB, `/stt/v1/transcribe:streamBidirectional` over WebSocket for live audio, and `POST /stt/v1/transcribe:async` for long recordings polled through `/lro/v1alpha` (https://docs.inworld.ai/stt/async-transcription.md)", "Streaming concurrency of 10 on On-Demand, 20, 100, 300 and 1,000 on the paid plans (https://docs.inworld.ai/portal/billing.md)", "Speaker diarisation is marked experimental for `inworld/inworld-stt-1` (https://docs.inworld.ai/api-reference/sttAPI/speechtotext/transcribe-stream-websocket.md)", "Async results and submitted audio are deleted 7 days after the job completes (https://docs.inworld.ai/stt/async-transcription.md)", "Inworld's STT page claims under 70 ms to a final transcript, citing Coval's benchmark; that is the vendor's claim (https://inworld.ai/speech-to-text)", "The `/release-notes/stt` path redirects to a Portal login, and the public release notes cover only TTS and Realtime (https://docs.inworld.ai/sitemap.xml)" ], "area": "voice", "details": [ { "label": "Surface listed", "value": "The STT API at api.inworld.ai/stt/v1, read from docs.inworld.ai (llms.txt, Markdown pages, API reference), inworld.ai/pricing and inworld.ai/speech-to-text on 6 November 2026, with terms, privacy, security and status as read for inworld-tts on 4 November. No account was made and no request was sent" }, { "label": "Model", "value": "`inworld/inworld-stt-1`. The billing page also bills third-party STT models through the same API by the duration the provider reports, such as `groq/whisper-large-v3` with a ten-second minimum" }, { "label": "Languages", "value": "30, with `language` as a hint the model may not follow; BCP-47 codes are reduced to the base code" }, { "label": "Audio", "value": "LINEAR16, MP3, OGG_OPUS, FLAC or AUTO_DETECT, inline Base64 or multipart upload on the sync route" }, { "label": "Signals", "value": "Voice Profile (age, emotion, pitch, vocal style, accent), turn detection automatic or manual, word timestamps and experimental diarisation" }, { "label": "Same company", "value": "Inworld TTS is listed as inworld-tts. The Realtime API, listed as inworld-realtime, bills its speech recognition as STT on this model" }, { "label": "MCP server", "value": "Ships inside `@inworld/cli` (1.5.0, 29 October 2026, MIT) as `inworld mcp`, with an STT transcription tool among TTS, voice and LLM tools" } ], "unitPrices": [ { "item": "STT-1, On-Demand", "unit": "audio-minute", "usd": 0.0025, "note": "$0.15 an hour" }, { "item": "STT-1, paid plans", "unit": "audio-minute", "usd": 0.00167, "note": "$0.10 an hour on Creator to Growth" } ], "taskCosts": { "units": [ { "task": "transcribe-hour", "name": "Transcribe a one-hour meeting", "unit": "audio-minute", "quantity": 60, "lowUsd": 0.1, "highUsd": 0.15, "lowItem": "STT-1, paid plans", "highItem": "STT-1, On-Demand" } ], "note": "The quantity times this listing's own unit price, its cheapest item to its dearest. Plans, minimums and free allowances aren't counted." }, "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Theai, Inc. dba Inworld AI", "domain": "inworld.ai", "domainRegistered": "", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://inworld.ai/terms", "privacy": "https://inworld.ai/privacy", "statusPage": "https://status.inworld.ai", "changelog": "https://docs.inworld.ai/release-notes/realtime", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-11-06", "notes": [ "The Terms of Service (effective 11 June 2025) are an agreement with Theai, Inc. dba Inworld AI under California law, with courts in Santa Clara. The Privacy Notice (last updated 18 January 2026) names Theai, Inc.", "inworld.ai/.well-known/security.txt returns 404. The security page links a vulnerability report form.", "status.inworld.ai runs the open-source issue-status app, which draws incidents from GitHub issues in inworld-ai/inworld-issue-status. Its history wasn't read, because GitHub's robots.txt couldn't be read from our environment.", "inworld.ai's robots.txt allows Claude agents on the paths read and sets `Content-Signal: ai-train=no, search=yes, ai-input=no`. docs.inworld.ai has no such signal.", "The domain's registration date wasn't established, because the RDAP lookup failed.", "firstReleased is left empty. No dated STT launch was found, and the STT release notes path asks for a Portal login." ], "score": 75, "checks": [ { "check": "Legal entity named", "value": "Theai, Inc. dba Inworld AI", "points": 20, "max": 20, "state": "ok" }, { "check": "Domain age", "value": "inworld.ai, no registry record we could read", "points": 0, "max": 15, "state": "no" }, { "check": "Endpoint on the vendor's domain", "value": "inworld.ai", "points": 15, "max": 15, "state": "ok" }, { "check": "Terms of service", "value": "read, states 6 of the 7 things a reader expects", "points": 9.1, "max": 10, "state": "part" }, { "check": "Privacy policy", "value": "read, states 7 of the 8 things a reader expects", "points": 9.3, "max": 10, "state": "part" }, { "check": "Status page", "value": "status.inworld.ai", "points": 10, "max": 10, "state": "ok" }, { "check": "Changelog", "value": "published", "points": 10, "max": 10, "state": "ok" }, { "check": "security.txt", "value": "not found", "points": 0, "max": 10, 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