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Speech Intelligence ​

Transcribe audio and video files with automatic language detection, segment-level timestamps, and export to SRT/VTT — powered by GPU infrastructure.

What it is ​

Speech Intelligence in WAYSCloud transcribes audio and video files into text with segment-level timestamps. Upload any file with an audio track, and get back structured transcription with optional subtitle exports.

Supports automatic language detection and manual language selection for 30+ languages.

When to use ​

Use this when you need:

  • Meeting and interview transcription
  • Subtitle generation for video content (SRT, VTT)
  • Audio content indexing and search
  • Podcast and media processing pipelines

When NOT to use:

  • Real-time speech-to-text — Speech Intelligence is file-based, not streaming
  • Text generation — use LLM API

How it works ​

Speech Intelligence uses a job-based workflow:

  1. Create a job and receive a presigned upload URL
  2. Upload your audio/video file (up to 2 GB)
  3. Confirm upload to start processing
  4. Poll until status is ready, then read segments or export subtitles

Processing time depends on file length — typically 1-2x real-time.

Features ​

WAYSCloud Speech Intelligence is built for accuracy, flexibility, and batch processing.

Transcription ​

  • Automatic language detection (or specify ISO 639-1 code)
  • Segment-level timestamps with confidence scores
  • Support for 30+ languages

Export ​

  • Built-in TXT and JSON exports
  • On-demand SRT and VTT subtitle generation
  • Structured segments for custom processing

Input ​

  • Any file with an audio track (MP3, WAV, M4A, MP4, WEBM, etc.)
  • Up to 2 GB file size
  • Presigned upload URLs for secure transfer

Getting started ​

All Speech Intelligence functionality is available via the WAYSCloud API.

Create transcription job ​

Create a transcription job and receive a presigned upload URL.

The returned upload_url is a presigned S3 PUT URL valid for 1 hour. Upload your file directly to this URL, then call the upload-complete endpoint to start processing.

If the file is not uploaded within 1 hour, the job expires automatically (status becomes expired).

Content validation: The server validates the file using ffprobe after upload — the file must contain at least one audio stream. The content_type field is metadata only; actual format detection is server-side.

bash
curl -X POST https://api.wayscloud.services/v1/transcript/jobs \
  -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
  "filename": "meeting-recording.mp3",
  "content_type": "audio/mpeg",
  "file_size_bytes": 15728640,
  "language": "auto"
}'

List transcription jobs ​

List transcription jobs for your account with optional status filter.

bash
curl https://api.wayscloud.services/v1/transcript/jobs \
  -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY"

See all 6 endpoints in the Speech Intelligence API reference.

Limits and quotas ​

Limits and quotas depend on the selected plan and region. See the dashboard or API for current constraints.

Open Speech Intelligence in dashboard