For product engineers, backend teams, and CTOs building audio features into their products.
Most transcription APIs fake synchronous responses for long audio — your request hangs for 30 seconds, then either times out or returns garbage. You end up building your own queue, retry logic, and result polling. That's 3 months of infra work just to get transcription working.
Orpheus gives you the infrastructure: sync for short clips (instant), explicit async for long recordings (visible queue + progress), recoverable uploads for mobile clients, and a guaranteed output shape on every completed job. You ship voice features in days, not months.
Whisper API gives you raw transcription with a 25MB limit. Orpheus adds upload recovery, explicit async processing, chunk progress, VTT generation, and a stable output contract — the infrastructure you would otherwise build yourself.
100+ languages with automatic detection. Specify a language code for better accuracy on known-language audio.
Yes. The free tool works without an API key for testing. Pro plan ($16/mo) includes API access with unlimited transcription for production use.
Try the free tool above, or explore our API for production voice workflows.