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Transcribe audio

Groq speech to text

Hosted Whisper speech-to-text API that transcribes audio files, or translates them to English, with OpenAI-compatible endpoints.

At a glance

Provider
Groq
Category
Transcribe audio
Type
Hosted API
Pricing model
Pay as you go on the Developer tier, billed per hour of audio3
Free tier
Free tier with lower limits (25 MB max file size, 20 requests per minute)1
Authentication
API key sent as a bearer token6
Connect via
REST API (OpenAI-compatible), Python and JavaScript SDKs1
Read from the provider's pages
2026-11-04
Pricing
  • Pricing model: Pay as you go, invoiced monthly in arrears
  • Free tier: Free tier exists with lower limits (25 MB max file size)
  • Card required for free tier: Not published
Pricing in full →Tools
  • Official MCP server: No
  • Address or package: Not published
Tools in full →Authentication
  • Who creates the account: Not published
  • Where to get a key: Set the key as GROQ_API_KEY
  • Other requirements: Developer tier needs a payment method
Authentication in full →Setup
  • REST API: https://api.groq.com/openai/v1/audio/transcriptions
  • MCP server: Not published
  • OpenAPI spec: Not published
Setup in full →Limits
  • Over the limit: HTTP 429 with a retry-after header
  • Prompt length: 224 tokens
  • Minimum file length: 0.01 seconds
Limits in full →Privacy
  • Data location: United States (Google Cloud Platform buckets)
  • Retention: Not retained by default for inference; logs kept up to 30 days only for troubleshooting or abuse investigation
  • Used for training: Not published
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Read from Groq’s own pages on 2026-11-04. Every number links to the page a value came from. For agents, the same facts as markdown: /tools/transcribe-audio/groq-speech-to-text.md