Every Speak AI trial runs 7 days with every premium feature turned on: transcription, AI Chat, the Meeting Assistant, automations, insights, and exports. No credit card required, and nothing is charged when it ends.
Your trial comes with free credits. Your Usage screen shows your balance. One balance covers everything, so you choose whether to spend it on transcription, on AI Chat, on translation, or on a mix of all three. Credits carry a dollar value, and Speak shows the estimated cost before you run something.
What your credits cover
Every credit buys the same amount, whatever you spend it on:
| What you do | Rate | 1 credit covers |
|---|---|---|
| Transcribe uploaded audio or video | 1 credit an hour | 1 hour |
| Transcribe with the Azure or AWS engines | 1.5 credits an hour | 40 minutes |
| Record a meeting with the Meeting Assistant | 2 credits an hour | 30 minutes |
| Translate a transcript | 6 credits per 100,000 characters | about 17,000 characters, roughly 20 minutes of speech |
| Ask AI Chat a question | Depends on the model and how much it reads | several questions on the standard model |
| Analyze text notes | 1 credit per 100 notes | 100 notes |
| Import a YouTube video | 0.05 credits an import | 20 imports |
Transcription is billed by the minute, not rounded up to the hour. A 12-minute file costs 0.2 credits and leaves the rest of your balance for something else.
Want to work out a different balance, or check what a specific recording costs before you upload it? Use the credits calculator.
Which AI model the trial uses
During the trial your account sits on the free tier, so AI Chat runs on Gemini 3.7 Flash. Premium models such as Claude Sonnet, Claude Opus, and GPT-5.5 show a lock in the model picker and open up when you upgrade.
That is what keeps chat cheap while you evaluate. A premium model costs many times more per question, so the same balance would cover a handful of questions instead of dozens. Comparing models is a paid-plan exercise, not a trial one.
Is your balance enough for you?
Work it out against what you actually want to test:
- One interview or one podcast episode. Usually. A 45-minute recording transcribes for 0.75 credits.
- A short meeting through the Meeting Assistant. Usually. A 30-minute meeting costs 1 credit.
- A transcript plus a translation. For a short file. A 20-minute recording costs 0.33 credits to transcribe and about 0.96 credits to translate, so roughly 1.3 credits together.
- A full research study, a back catalogue, or a week of team meetings. No. A trial balance will not cover it, and running out mid-evaluation tells you nothing useful.
If your evaluation is in that last group, ask us and we’ll set up a custom trial sized to it: book a free consult or write to success@speakai.co.
What happens when the trial ends
You are not charged. The account converts to the free tier: you keep access to Speak AI, your uploads, transcripts, and analysis. Limits apply to new work, not to what you already made. Upgrade whenever it’s actually worth it to you: compare plans.
Can I test with a long recording?
Yes, and a single long file can use the whole balance. Uploaded audio transcribes at 1 credit an hour, so a long recording can spend the whole trial in one upload. That is a legitimate test, not a problem, as long as you know it leaves nothing for AI Chat afterwards. If you want both, upload something shorter first.
Do trial transcripts work like paid ones?
Yes: view, edit, export, and share them exactly as on a paid plan. That’s the point of the trial: judge Speak AI on your own recordings, end to end.
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