canonical: https://jentic.com/apis/speechischeap.com/speechischeap

# Speech is Cheap API

The Speech is Cheap API allows you to create and manage transcription jobs. You can submit audio files for transcription, check the status of jobs, and retrieve the results when they are ready. The API is designed to be simple and easy to use, with a focus on providing accurate and affordable speech-to-text services. The API exposes 4 endpoints secured with bearer authentication.

## For AI agents

Programmatically create a new transcription job, get API health. Covers 4 operations with bearer authentication.

## Scope

Does not handle payments, communications, or crm - use for ai and machine learning only.

## Capabilities

- Create a New Transcription Job
- Get API Health
- Cancel a Pending Job
- Query and filter Speech is Cheap API records by parameters
- Monitor Speech is Cheap API operational status and events

## Use cases

### AI and Machine Learning Operations

Use the Speech is Cheap API to perform ai ml operations programmatically. The API provides 4 endpoints covering core functionality including create a new transcription job, get API health, get job status and output.

Example prompt: Call POST /jobs to create a new transcription job

### Automated Jobs Management

Automate jobs operations by combining multiple Speech is Cheap API endpoints. Agents can get API health and then get job status and output in a single workflow.

Example prompt: Call GET `/jobs/health` to get API health, then verify the result

### AI Agent Integration via Jentic

AI agents discover and call Speech is Cheap API endpoints through Jentic without managing credentials directly. An agent searches for the required operation by intent, receives the matching endpoint schema, and executes the call with Jentic-managed authentication. This eliminates the need to read API documentation or handle bearer tokens manually.

Example prompt: Search Jentic for 'create a new transcription job', load the operation schema, and execute with Jentic-managed credentials

## Key endpoints

| Method | Path | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| POST | `/jobs` | Create a New Transcription Job |
| GET | `/jobs/health` | Get API Health |
| GET | `/jobs/{job_id}` | Get Job Status and Output |
| DELETE | `/jobs/{job_id}` | Cancel a Pending Job |

## Key resources

- **Jobs** — Endpoints for managing transcription jobs.

## AI readiness

This API is usable in Jentic One now. Its AI-readiness score against Jentic's framework shows where it stands today and where improvements would make it even easier for agents to use.

- **Score:** 54 / 100
- **Maturity:** Foundational
- **Dimensions:**
  - Foundational Compliance: 100 / 100
  - Developer Experience & Jentic Compatibility: 76 / 100
  - AI-Readiness & Agent Experience: 27 / 100
  - Agent Usability: 94 / 100
  - Security: 60 / 100
  - AI Discoverability: 69 / 100
- **View full report:** https://jentic.com/apis/speechischeap.com/speechischeap/scorecard
- **How the score is calculated:** https://docs.jentic.com/reference/api-readiness-framework/overview/
- **More about the dimensions:** https://docs.jentic.com/reference/api-readiness-framework/specification/#dimensional-model-overview

### Score it yourself

Every API in the directory is allowlisted, so you can re-score it with no key required.

- **Score your own API:** https://jentic.com/scorecard.md
- **Scoring CLI agent skill:** https://github.com/jentic/jentic-api-scorecard/blob/main/skills/jentic-api-scorecard/SKILL.md

```sh
npx @jentic/api-scorecard-cli score <openapi-url>
```

## Why Jentic

- **Setup:** Wiring Speech is Cheap by hand means carrying its bearer token on every request and managing the transcription job lifecycle against the v2 host yourself. Through Jentic you install once, import the Speech is Cheap API from the API Directory, store the token once, and your agent calls it.
- **Permission scoping:** Speech is Cheap puts the job id in the URL path (`/jobs/{job_id}`), so a rule can pin your agent to one job: it reads that job and nothing else. You choose the operations it may call, so a destructive one like deleting a job is not included unless you add it.
- **Credential handling:** Your Speech is Cheap bearer token is stored once, encrypted, by your own Jentic One instance and injected at execution time. It never enters the agent's prompt, logs, or context.
- **Discovery method:** Agents search Jentic by intent such as 'create a transcription job' or 'check a job status', and Jentic returns the matching Speech is Cheap operation with its input schema so the agent calls the right endpoint without browsing the reference docs.

## Related APIs

- **Openai** — Alternative ai ml API
- **Anthropic** — Alternative ai ml API
- **Cohere** — Complementary ai ml API
- **Huggingface** — Complementary ai ml API

## FAQ

### What authentication does the Speech is Cheap API use?

The Speech is Cheap API uses a Bearer token in the Authorization header. Through Jentic, these credentials are stored encrypted in your Jentic One instance and injected at execution time, so raw secrets never enter the agent context.

### Can I create a new transcription job with the Speech is Cheap API?

Yes. Use the POST /jobs endpoint. The API returns structured JSON responses that agents can parse and act on directly.

### What are the rate limits for the Speech is Cheap API?

Rate limits are not specified in the OpenAPI spec. Check the vendor documentation for current limits. Through Jentic, rate limiting is handled automatically with retry logic built into the execution layer.

### How do I create a new transcription job through Jentic?

Install the Jentic SDK with pip install jentic, authenticate through Jentic One, the self-hosted execution layer, then search for 'create a new transcription job'. Jentic returns the matching Speech is Cheap API operation with its input schema. Load the schema and execute the call - credentials are injected automatically.

### How many endpoints does the Speech is Cheap API have?

The Speech is Cheap API exposes 4 endpoints covering jobs operations.

### Can I limit what my agent is allowed to do with the Speech is Cheap API?

Yes. Because you run Jentic One yourself, your own rules decide which Speech is Cheap operations and credentials the agent may use. You can allow read-only calls like getting a job's status and output while excluding destructive ones, so cancelling a job with DELETE `/jobs/{job_id}` is off limits unless you add it. Since the job id sits in the URL path, a rule can pin the agent to a single job so it reads that job and nothing else.