Smallest.ai Pulse STT
by Smallest AI Model API in Speech-to-text
Smallest, Inc. · smallest.ai since 2023 · status page · who's behind it
Smallest AI's Pulse speech-to-text API transcribes pre-recorded files over HTTP and live audio over WebSocket, with three models (Pulse, Pulse 2.0 and Pulse Pro), diarisation, word timestamps, redaction and turn detection.
Best for Low-cost transcription for voice agents and call analytics, with Indic coverage and turn detection.
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Assessment. Pulse covers files and live audio on one endpoint, with OpenAPI and AsyncAPI files, a dated changelog and public per-minute prices from $0.003. The shared API's health checks failed in every region on five days in September, keys carry no scopes and can travel in a URL, and zero retention is Enterprise only.
Facts
Access how an agent reaches and pays for it
- Transport
- HTTP, websocket
- Auth
- API key
- Pricing
- Pay per use
- x402
- No
- Licence
- not stated
- Tools exposed
- 0
Where it lives packages, source, docs and releases
- Packages
pypismallestainpmsmallestainpm@developer-smallestai/smallest-mcp-server- llms.txt
- published
- Last release
From our research 8 facts checked against the vendor's pages
- Surface listed
- The Pulse speech-to-text routes of the Models API at api.smallest.ai/waves/v1, read from docs.smallest.ai (Markdown pages, llms.txt, OpenAPI and AsyncAPI files, changelog), smallest.ai pricing, terms and privacy pages and status.smallest.ai on 6 November 2026. No account was made and no request was sent to the API
- Models
pulse(multilingual, streaming and batch),pulse-2(English streaming with end-of-turn, emotion and gender) andpulse-pro(English batch only, which the vendor says is tied second on the Open ASR Leaderboard at 5.42% WER)- Languages
- Streaming takes 21 single-language codes plus
north_indic,multi-asianandmulti-south-indic. Batch takes 12 codes plusmulti-eu,multi-asianandmulti-indic. Eleven languages are labelled Beta, and East Asian streaming runs from the US region - Options
- Word timestamps, utterances, diarisation with integer speaker labels, PII and PCI redaction (Pulse only), keyword boosting up to 100 terms, emotion and gender detection, inverse text normalisation, VAD events and webhooks for batch results
- Regions
- Mumbai and Oregon, routed by proximity, with region-pinned hosts api.india.smallest.ai and api.us.smallest.ai
- MCP server
@developer-smallestai/smallest-mcp-server0.11.2 (MIT, npm) runs locally with npx and mostly manages voice agents, with atranscribe_audiotool among about 80- Other products
- Lightning text to speech (listed separately), Hydra speech to speech, the Electron LLM, voice cloning and the Atoms voice agent platform share the same key and quota
- SDKs
- Python
smallestai5.14.0 (7 October 2026). The npmsmallestaiNode SDK is at 1.0.1, last published in May 2025
Facts verified 6 November 2026 from vendor docs, repositories and package registries. JSON · Markdown
Strengths
- OpenAPI 3.1 and AsyncAPI 2.6 files cover the batch route and the streaming socket, with llms.txt and Markdown copies of every page
- Public prices of $0.003 a minute for batch, $0.004 for streaming and $0.005 for Pulse 2.0, with $10 of trial credits
- Dated Pulse changelog with nine entries between 30 August and 2 November 2026
- Opt-in diarisation, word timestamps, PII and PCI redaction, keyword boosting and turn detection on the same endpoint
- Region-pinned hosts in Mumbai and Oregon for data residency
Weaknesses
- Health checks on the shared API failed in all three regions on 9, 10, 13, 14 and 15 September 2026, the longest about 64 minutes
- Keys grant full account access with no scopes, and the docs pass keys or tokens as URL query parameters on WebSockets
- Zero data retention is Enterprise only or a $1,000 a month add-on, and no retention period is published for other plans
- No published SLA below Enterprise, and the terms allow changes or discontinuation without notice
- Several changelog entries correct response fields the reference had documented wrongly
Before you call it notes for agents
- Pass
?model=on every call, since a missing model returns 400; usepulse-profor English files andpulsefor other languages or streaming - Send booleans such as
diarizeandword_timestampsas the lowercase strings "true" or "false" - Retry 429 with backoff from 500 ms up to 30 s and honour Retry-After; keep within 25 batch requests a minute on the Standard plan
- Use the region-pinned host api.us.smallest.ai or api.india.smallest.ai when the audio must stay in one region
- Read speaker labels only from final events, because interim streaming events carry no
words[]
Who's behind it provenance 87/100
- Legal entity namedSmallest, Inc.20/20
- Domain agesmallest.ai, registered 2023-09-02 (3 years)7/15
- Endpoint on the vendor's domainsmallest.ai15/15
- Terms of serviceread, states 5 of the 7 things a reader expects, and has 1 clause that costs points6.3/10
- Privacy policyread, states 5 of the 8 things a reader expects7.8/10
- Status pagestatus.smallest.ai10/10
- Changelogpublished10/10
- security.txtvalid10/10
- People named2 named with their role, none with a public profile7/10
- Support routea support address, help pages, a community5/5
Terms and privacy, as read
Terms of service gives no date, states 5 of 7, 3 to know
TL;DR Gives no date. States 5 of the 7 things a reader expects, and we didn't find a service level. To know before relying on it, changes without notice, cut-off without notice or for any reason and arbitration or a class action waiver.
Says the terms or the service can change without noticecosts points
Because our Services are evolving over time we may change or discontinue all or any part of the Services, at any time and without notice, at our sole discretion.
A customer may not hear about a change before it applies.
Says access can be ended without notice or for any reason
We may suspend or terminate your access to and use of the Services, including suspending access to or terminating your Account, at our sole discretion, at any time and without notice to you.
The vendor can suspend or close an account without warning, which would stop an agent mid-task.
Requires arbitration or waives class actions
(a) Mandatory Arbitration of Disputes.
Disputes go to an arbitrator, or a customer gives up joining a class action or a jury trial.
Gives the date it was last updated
Not found in the text.
Without a date nobody can tell which version they agreed to.
Names the governing law or courts The law of Federal Arbitration Act
These Terms and any action related thereto will be governed by the Federal Arbitration Act, federal arbitration law, and the laws of the State of California, without regard to its conflict of laws provisions.
Says where a dispute would be heard and under whose law.
States a limit on its liability Capped at $100.00
TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, IN NO EVENT WILL SMALLEST'S TOTAL CUMULATIVE LIABILITY TO YOU ARISING FROM ALL CLAIMS UNDER OR RELATED TO THESE TERMS OR FROM THE USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THE SERVICES EXCEED THE AMOUNTS ACTUALLY PAID BY YOU OR PAYABLE BY YOU TO SMALLEST FOR USE OF THE SERVICES, PROVIDED THAT…
Says the most the vendor would owe if the service causes a loss.
Says how the agreement or account can be ended
If you fail to make any payment when due, late charges will accrue at the rate of 1.5% per month or, if lower, the highest rate permitted by applicable law and Smallest may suspend the Services until all payments are made in full.
Says when the vendor can cut off access and what notice it gives.
Says how changes to the terms are announced Gives 30 days of notice before a change
Smallest reserves the right to change the fees it charges for the Services, at any time in its sole discretion, provided that Smallest gives you at least 30 days' prior notice of such changes by updating the Pricing Page.
Says whether a customer hears about a change before it binds them.
Lists what users may not do
If you don't agree to be bound by the changes, you may not use the Services anymore.
The acceptable-use rules an agent acting for a user has to stay inside.
Refers to a service level or uptime commitment
Not found in the text.
Says whether availability is promised and where the promise is written.
The document · read 2026-11-06 · 5,971 words
Privacy policy gives no date, states 5 of 8
TL;DR Gives no date. States 5 of the 8 things a reader expects, and we didn't find whether data is sold or a privacy contact. The rules found no clause to flag.
Gives the date it was last updated
Not found in the text.
Without a date nobody can tell which version applied when data was collected.
Says what personal data is collected
This Privacy Policy describes the information we collect and explains how we collect, use, disclose, and protect such information, and your choices about the collection and use of your information.
The basic statement a privacy policy exists to make.
Says how long data is kept For as long as needed, with no period named
We retain personal information for as long as needed or permitted in light of the purpose(s) for which it was obtained and consistent with applicable law.
Says when data sent to the service is deleted.
Says who else receives the data
We may use emailing, analytics, hosting services of a third party as part of the Services we provide to you.
Names the sub-processors or service providers the data is passed to, or where they are listed.
Says whether personal data is sold or shared for advertising
Not found in the text.
A plain statement either way.
Says what rights people have over their data
You have the right to object to the processing of your personal information based on grounds specific to your situation if such processing is for direct marketing or is for a purpose based on a legitimate interest or public interest.
Access, correction, deletion and objection, and how to use them.
Gives a privacy contact
Not found in the text.
An address or officer to send a request to.
Says where data is transferred or stored
We do not generally transfer your personal information outside your jurisdiction of residence.
The countries data goes to and the safeguard used.
The document · read 2026-11-06 · 2,876 words
A reading by a fixed set of rules, each answered with the vendor's own sentence. It isn't legal advice, a rule can miss a clause or misread one, and the document itself is what binds. How it's read and scored.
The terms of service (effective 21 October 2026) name Smallest Inc., 311 California Street, Suite 320, San Francisco, under California law. The privacy policy (effective 18 September 2026) names Smallest, Inc. with a registered office in Lewes, Delaware.
The terms forbid accessing or searching the services with spiders, robots, crawlers or similar data mining tools except through means Smallest makes available. Only public pages were read, with no account.
smallest.ai/robots.txt allows all crawlers including ClaudeBot, with Content-Signal ai-train=yes, search=yes, ai-input=yes. docs.smallest.ai/robots.txt allows all paths except /api/fern-docs/.
/.well-known/security.txt names security@smallest.ai and expires 31 December 2026. /security.txt returns 404.
RDAP gives smallest.ai a registration date of 2 September 2023.
Every docs page served as Markdown opens with a block addressed to AI assistants that says which models to prefer. It was read as data, not followed.
firstReleased is left empty. No dated launch of the Models API was found on a page our reader may fetch.
Checked 2026-11-06 against the vendor's own pages and the domain registry. Provenance is half of Transparency & trust.
Humans behind the project who makes it and where to get help
Key people
- Sudarshan KamathCo-founder and CEO
- Akshat MandloiCo-founder and CTO
Smallest AI (Smallest, Inc.) on LinkedIn @smallest_AI
Raised more than $21M in total, as of July 2026 source
Backed bySeligman Ventures,Sierra Ventures,3one4 Capital,Better Capital,Upsparks Capital,Schema Ventures,DeVC,Tiny VC,Mission Street Capital
Researched 6 November 2026 from public pages. Smallest AI's press kit, read 6 November 2026, names Sudarshan Kamath as co-founder and CEO and Akshat Mandloi as co-founder and CTO, and says the two worked together on Bosch's autonomous vehicles team. The press kit's portrait of the CTO carries another person's name in its alt text. The privacy policy names Sudarshan Kamath as grievance officer. No personal accounts are linked from Smallest AI's pages, so none are listed. Investors come from Smallest AI's own Series A post of 5 October 2026 ($13M, led by Seligman Ventures, total funding above $21M, with unnamed angels) and from SiliconANGLE's report of 9 October 2025 on the $8M seed led by Sierra Ventures, with 3one4 Capital and Better Capital. Inc42's report of the seed, cited before, was dropped on 6 November 2026 because inc42.com's robots.txt shuts out Anthropic's crawlers, so Upsparks Capital, Schema Ventures and DeVC now carry only the Series A, where Smallest's post names them. A web search on 6 November 2026 found no valuation stated for either round. Shown for information, not part of the grade yet. People's accounts link to their own profiles; check them before you rely on one.
Sources (7)
Live watched around the clock · updated 2026-11-07 16:01 UTC
- Vendor status page unknown, no machine-readable status found · 12 hours ago
- github
smallest-inc/smallest-python-sdkv2.1.0, released 2025-03-04 - npm
@developer-smallestai/smallest-mcp-server0.11.2 - npm
smallestai1.0.1 - pypi
smallestai5.14.0, released 2026-10-07 - GitHub stars 42
- npm downloads a week 149
- PyPI downloads a week 850
- security.txt valid, expires 2026-12-31T23:59:59.000Z · 1 hour ago
- llms.txt answers · 2 hours ago
Live data comes from our pollers, trackers and scrapers and doesn't change the score until a benchmark run. What we watch · /api/v1/live/smallest-pulse-stt.json
Notable
- One endpoint,
POST /waves/v1/stt/?model=pulse|pulse-profor files andwss://api.smallest.ai/waves/v1/stt/live?model=pulse|pulse-2for live audio source - Pulse 2.0 (
pulse-2) is English-only streaming with built-in end-of-turn detection, emotion and gender on by default, at $0.005 a minute source - OpenAPI 3.1 for the HTTP routes and AsyncAPI 2.6 for the TTS, STT and speech-to-speech sockets source
- Standard plan limits are 100 concurrent streaming sessions and 25 batch requests a minute per model source
- Dated Pulse changelog entries from 30 August to 2 November 2026, several of them corrections that bring the docs in line with what the API sends source
- Pulse and Lightning can be self-hosted on Docker or Kubernetes under an enterprise licence key source
Reviews by the Anchor panel
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Score breakdown methodology v0.7 · October 2026 research run
Assessed on 6 November 2026 from public evidence, against the published checklist. Confidence medium. Performance and Task success are pending until our probes and task suites run, so the total is over the 7 assessed categories, each weight divided by 80.
| Category | Weight this run | Score | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reliabilitychecked 6 November 2026 | 16%20 | 12.6 | |
| BetterStack status page at status.smallest.ai with components for the Global, India and USA APIs (one health check covers the Agents and Models APIs), docs, the app and Electron, and per-component history (20). In the 90 days from 8 August the health checks on the shared API failed in all three regions on 9, 10, 13, 14 and 15 September (about 8, 21, 33, 17 and 64 minutes of flapping), in the Global and India regions on 11 and 17 September (12 minutes each), and in the USA region alone on 1, 3, 5, 12, 21 and 30 September (6 to 62 minutes) and 6 October (12 minutes). Outages in every region at once are read as wide errors, so several majors (0). Standard plan limits published per model, 100 concurrent streaming sessions and 25 batch requests a minute, and the pricing page also says 100 concurrent STT streams (15). 429 is documented with exponential backoff from 500 ms to 30 s and Retry-After when present, and batch calls are synchronous with optional webhooks (15). An infrastructure SLA of 99.99 per cent is named for Enterprise only, with no terms published, and the terms disclaim any availability commitment (5 of 10). Pulse, Pulse 2.0 and Pulse Pro carry no preview label, but eleven language codes are marked Beta (8 of 10). 20 + 0 + 15 + 15 + 5 + 8 = 63. | |||
| Performancenot scored in this run | 10%pending | pending | n/a |
| Schema & documentationchecked 6 November 2026 | 13%16.2 | 14.9 | |
OpenAPI 3.1 for the HTTP routes and AsyncAPI 2.6 for the STT socket, with query parameters and event schemas (25). llms.txt and a Markdown copy of every page (10). Model cards and a compare page say which model suits which audio, and fields say where they're ignored (Pulse Pro ignores redaction), but several changelog entries correct response fields the reference had wrong, such as the diarisation shape and a redacted_entities array that doesn't exist (15 of 20). Typed query parameters with enums, defaults and required marks, though booleans are string enums that must be lowercase (13 of 15). Examples in curl, Python and JavaScript, and the reference lists 400, 401, 403, 413, 422 and 429 bodies with known code values (14 of 15). Versioned /v1 paths, a deprecations page and a dated Pulse changelog (15). Total 92. | |||
| Agent ergonomicschecked 6 November 2026 | 13%16.2 | 10.7 | |
API reading of the checklist. Word timestamps, utterances, diarisation, emotion and gender are each opt-in, so the default response is the transcript with metadata (18 of 25). There are no list endpoints for transcriptions to page. Output controls are the opt-in fields and finalisation settings on the socket (10 of 20). Errors carry a status and a machine-readable code or error_code (LANGUAGE_NOT_SUPPORTED_BY_MODEL, AudioTooLong and others) with fixes, but the body comes in two shapes, message or error (15 of 20). Batch calls are synchronous with no idempotency key, and whether a retried file is billed again isn't stated (10 of 20). A file call needs only the model and audio. Official Python and Node SDKs exist, though the Node SDK was last published in May 2025 (13 of 15). Total 66. | |||
| Security & authchecked 6 November 2026 | 14%17.5 | 9.1 | |
Model reading of the checklist, with training and retention in place of the least-privilege and injection lines. Plain sk_ keys per organisation, shown once, revoked at once and deletable, with one key per environment advised. The docs say a key grants full account access, and no scope is offered. Short-lived access tokens (wat_, 30 to 900 seconds) cover only inference routes and can't mint tokens (22 of 30). The error reference documents the key as a ?token= query parameter for browser WebSockets, and the token guide passes access tokens as ?api_key= on the STT socket, so 10 off (12 of 30). The terms (21 October 2026) say Smallest won't use user content or input to train or improve its services. The privacy policy (18 September 2026) lists improving the services with machine learning as a use of usage data and doesn't address uploaded audio or text either way (15 of 20). Zero data retention and the x-expire-content header are Enterprise only, or a $1,000 a month HIPAA add-on on pay as you go. Other plans keep content readable in logs and the dashboard, with no retention period published (5 of 15). Usage is tracked per key, request rows sit in a dashboard log viewer, and every response carries x-request-id. No audit log of key actions was found (10 of 15). security.txt is valid to 31 December 2026 and the site footer claims SOC 2, GDPR and HIPAA compliance, while the pricing page lists SOC 2 compliance only on Enterprise. No bug bounty, disclosure policy or public advisories found (10 of 20). Total 52. | |||
| Payments & pricingchecked 6 November 2026 | 10%12.5 | 5.0 | |
| No x402, MPP or L402 (0). Per-minute prices for each Pulse model published without a login, with two figures for Pulse Pro (20). Pay as you go starts with $10 of trial credits, which the terms also describe, and no page says a card is needed to claim them, read as inworld-tts's free plan was (20). A person signs up in a browser at app.smallest.ai and creates the key in the dashboard, and top-ups go to a card on file (0). Total 40. | |||
| Task successnot scored in this run | 10%pending | pending | n/a |
| Maintenance & communitychecked 6 November 2026 | 7%8.8 | 6.4 | |
Read as a model. The newest Pulse changelog entry is dated 2 November 2026 (updated Indic benchmarks), and Pulse 2.0 launched within the period (30). Dated Pulse entries on 30 August, 18, 29 and 30 September, 1, 12, 13 and 21 October and 2 November (20). Public changelog, email support and a Discord server, with no evidence read of how they answer (10 of 15). The Python SDK smallestai 5.14.0 dates from 7 October with 12 releases since 9 August, but the npm Node SDK has not been published since May 2025 (8 of 15). The Python SDK repository runs CI and release workflows, but has no licence file (5 of 10). Total 73. | |||
| Transparency & trusteditorial 55, provenance 87checked 6 November 2026 | 7%8.8 | 6.2 | |
Closed service with clear terms naming Smallest Inc. under California law (15). The ZDR page is specific about what each mode keeps, but the terms' no-training clause and the privacy policy's machine-learning use of usage data sit side by side, the privacy policy gives no retention periods, and the policy doesn't mention the DPA a footer link points to (15 of 30). A deprecations page gives statuses, dates and migration targets, deprecated routes return a Deprecation: true header, and the 30 September changelog removed 14 European codes from the batch enum with a migration to multi-eu. The terms still let Smallest change or discontinue services at any time without notice (15 of 20). Two regions named (Mumbai and Oregon) with region-pinned hosts, and only Google Analytics and Fullstory named among third parties, with no sub-processor list found (10 of 20). Total 55. | |||
| Negative events | ≤15 | None recorded | 0 |
| Total | 65 · B | ||
Weight is the published weight, and the figure under it is that category's share of the 100 points in this run. A pending category has no score and adds nothing. What changes when it's scored.
Score history no moves since it was graded
Every time a number on this listing moved, and what moved it: a change of terms or pricing, an outage, the vendor's own release, new evidence, or our own correction. A score can't change without an entry here. Every listing's changes · JSON · RSS
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Graded 65 B methodology v0.7
Fix list 16 items, the biggest gain first
Everything this grade says the listing lacks, from the reasons above, the checklist, the provenance checks, the deductions, what we couldn't check and what the review panel asked for, with the steps, ready to paste into a coding agent working on Smallest.ai Pulse STT. A fix counts at the next check, once it's public.
You're lucky. As part of the beta, your first month is free.
What we couldn't check
- PyPI's JSON API (pypi.org/pypi/smallestai/json), which pypi.org/robots.txt disallows, was fetched once by mistake on 6 November. Release dates were re-read from the allowed RSS feed, and nothing taken only from the JSON is used.
- unchecked: whether signup asks for a card before the $10 trial credits
- unchecked: open issues and maintainer replies on the SDK repositories, because the GitHub API refused our requests for its rate limit
- The pricing page gives two prices for Pulse Pro, $0.0035 and $0.004 a minute
- unchecked: whether a retried or failed transcription is billed
Sources 18
- status page and incident history (JSON) status.smallest.ai · seen 2026-11-06
- concurrency and limits docs.smallest.ai · seen 2026-11-06
- model pricing smallest.ai · seen 2026-11-06
- plans and free credits docs.smallest.ai · seen 2026-11-06
- terms of service smallest.ai · seen 2026-11-06
- privacy policy smallest.ai · seen 2026-11-06
- zero data retention docs.smallest.ai · seen 2026-11-06
- API keys and access tokens docs.smallest.ai · seen 2026-11-06
- Models API OpenAPI 3.1 docs.smallest.ai · seen 2026-11-06
- Models API AsyncAPI 2.6 docs.smallest.ai · seen 2026-11-06
- model error reference docs.smallest.ai · seen 2026-11-06
- model deprecation notices docs.smallest.ai · seen 2026-11-06
- Python SDK releases on PyPI pypi.org · seen 2026-11-06
- security.txt smallest.ai · seen 2026-11-06
- Pulse STT overview docs.smallest.ai · seen 2026-11-06
- Pulse model card docs.smallest.ai · seen 2026-11-06
- Pulse changelog docs.smallest.ai · seen 2026-11-06
- transcribe API reference docs.smallest.ai · seen 2026-11-06
Probe metrics
Not measured yet. Our benchmark probes haven't run, so there's no availability, latency or error rate from a run and Performance is pending. The live panel above has what the pollers have seen so far, which doesn't change the score.
Pricing & changes
Pay per use Pay per use Pay as you go from $0.003 a minute for Pulse batch, $0.004 for Pulse streaming and $0.005 for Pulse 2.0. Pulse Pro is listed at both $0.0035 and $0.004 a minute. $10 in trial credits. Enterprise pricing, SLA and zero data retention by quote.
Prices
| Item | Price | Unit | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pulse pre-recorded | $0.003 | per minute of audio | pay as you go |
| Pulse streaming | $0.004 | per minute of audio | pay as you go |
| Pulse Pro pre-recorded | $0.0035 | per minute of audio | the pricing page also shows $0.004 |
| Pulse 2.0 streaming | $0.005 | per minute of audio | Standard plan, per the Pulse changelog |
Compared across listings on the price index.
What a task costs from the prices above
| Task | Cost | At |
|---|---|---|
| Transcribe a one-hour meeting60 minutes of recorded audio | $0.18 to $0.30 | Pulse pre-recorded to Pulse 2.0 streaming |
The quantity times this listing's own price, from its cheapest item in that unit to its dearest. Plans, minimums and free allowances aren't counted. Tasks across every listing.
Recent changes
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Connect
Install
pip install smallestaiFirst request
curl -X POST "https://api.smallest.ai/waves/v1/stt/?model=pulse&language=en" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $SMALLEST_API_KEY" -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"url": "https://github.com/smallest-inc/cookbook/raw/main/speech-to-text/getting-started/samples/audio.wav"}'Claude Code
claude mcp add smallest -- npx -y @developer-smallestai/smallest-mcp-serverAlternatives to Smallest.ai Pulse STT
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Machine-readable
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| Amazon Transcribe Amazon Web Services | BB | 73.6 | speech.stt speech.streaming speech.batch speech.diarisation speech.languages | no |
| ElevenLabs Scribe Speech to Text API ElevenLabs | BB | 73 | speech.stt speech.streaming speech.batch speech.diarisation speech.languages | no |
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/api/v1/tools/smallest-pulse-stt.json· historyhistory.json· badge/badges/smallest-pulse-stt.svg· changes feed/feeds/tools/smallest-pulse-stt.xml - Markdown
/tools/smallest-pulse-stt.md· slim/tools/smallest-pulse-stt.min.md(or sendAccept: text/markdown) - What the fix list covers
/fixes/smallest-pulse-stt.md·/fixes/smallest-pulse-stt.json· the whole listPOST /api/v1/fix-list - From a terminal
anchor tool smallest-pulse-stt --md(the CLI) · over MCPget_tool {"slug": "smallest-pulse-stt"}at/mcp, no key - Directory index
/api/v1/tools.json· site index/llms.txt - No HTTP
dig +short TXT smallest-pulse-stt.grade.anchorterminal.com(the grade as a DNS record, for a sandbox where names still resolve; how)
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