Other Providers
Gemini, Mistral, Soniox, and OpenAI-compatible endpoints.
Beyond Groq, Deepgram, ElevenLabs, and Mistral, VivaDicta supports several other cloud transcription providers.
Google Gemini
Get your Google Gemini API key
Free — no credit card required
- Free tier: Available via Google AI Studio with rate limits (10 RPM for Flash, 5 RPM for Pro models).
- Google Cloud credits: New Google Cloud accounts get $300 in free credits for 90 days.
- OAuth sign-in: You can also sign in with your Google account instead of using an API key.
Soniox
Get your Soniox API key
Free — no credit card required
- Specialty provider with real-time streaming and speaker diarization.
- Check their site for current free tier offers.
OpenAI Whisper API
Get your OpenAI API key
Free — no credit card required
- The original Whisper API from OpenAI.
- Pay-as-you-go pricing (no free tier for transcription).
- Tip: Groq runs the same Whisper model for free — we recommend using Groq instead.
OpenAI-Compatible Endpoints
VivaDicta supports custom OpenAI-compatible endpoints. This lets you connect to:
- Self-hosted Whisper servers (e.g., faster-whisper, whisper-webui).
- Any provider with an OpenAI-compatible transcription API.
- Local transcription servers running on your network.
Configure the endpoint URL and API key in your mode's transcription settings.