Independent voice studio for live conversations and text to speech
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Pricing
Free: 60 minutes (no card required). Lite: $6.99/mo (500 credits/month, or $70/year). Premium: $19.99/mo (4,500 credits/month). Max: $49.99/mo (15,000 credits/month). 1 credit = 1 minute on Whisper v3 Turbo; Grok 2.0 and Whisper v3 use 2 credits/minute; Scribe v2 uses 4 credits/minute.
Starter: $19.9/month for 660 credits. Pro: $39.9/month for 2,000 credits. Max: $79.9/month for 4,100 credits. Annual billing also available. Live Talk costs one credit per six seconds (10 credits per minute). Text to Speech costs one credit per 160 trimmed Unicode characters, rounded up per request.
Key features
Transcribe MP3, MP4, M4A, WAV, FLAC, OGG, and WebM formats
Export to TXT, DOCX, PDF, SRT, and VTT formats
Support for 99+ languages with Whisper models
Connect ChatGPT or Claude for transcript analysis
Transcription speeds up to 217× real-time with Whisper v3 Turbo
Word-level timestamps in all transcript formats
Free browser tools for audio/video conversion and compression
Automatic YouTube transcript generation
Up to 5 GB file size on paid plans
Live voice conversations with multiple voice options
Text-to-speech with downloadable WAV files
Multiple conversation modes including casual chat, language tutoring, mock interviews, and storytelling
Live captions during conversations
Downloadable conversation transcripts
Support for multiple languages
Session length limits based on subscription plan
Credit balance management across both tools
Failed operation refunds and recovery
What makes it different
Access to three leading transcription models in one account
No credit card required for 60 free minutes
Pay-per-minute credit system with no overage charges
Specialized models optimized for different use cases
Integrated AI analysis with ChatGPT and Claude connections
Independent service clearly distinguished from Block's official Dessa research model
Transparent provider identification with clear separation of research samples from tool outputs
Unified credit system shared between live chat and text-to-speech tools
No credit card required for free trial
Detailed documentation of pricing calculation and service limits
Typist
Dessa AI