MODULATE TRANSCRIPTION API — NOW AVAILABLE
Transcription for Real-World Audio — 10x Lower Cost. Lowest Error Rate.
Stop overpaying for transcription that breaks on messy audio. Modulate delivers up to 10x better cost performance and understands real conversations — not just studio recordings.
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Feature
Modulate
Competitors
Real-World Accuracy
Lowest Word Error Rate
Strong on clean audio; weak on messy speech
Cost
3c per hour
15c to 50c per hour
Overlapping speakers
Handles naturally
Underperforms in complex multi-speaker audio
Training Data
500M+ hours of conversations
Primarily curated / structured datasets
Streaming Support
Real-time streaming
Real-time streaming
Emotion Detection
20+ emotions
None
Accent detection
20+ accents
None
PII / PHI redaction
Yes
Yes
Diarization
Yes
Yes
Language Support
57 distinct plus dialects
50+ distinct plus dialects
Why teams are upgrading to Modulate
Drop-In API. No Friction.
Batch and real-time streaming transcription
No reliance on text-only LLM pipelines
Trained on 500M+ hours of conversations
Clear documentation, fast onboarding
Up to 400 free hours when you sign up
terminal
$ curl -X POST https://api.modulate.ai/transcribe \
-H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
-F "audio=@file.wav"
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