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Speech To Text — SaaS tools & trends 2026

5 products Sparkpulse tracks are shipping around speech to text. The highest-velocity speech to text products right now are Gladia, Vapi and Speechmatics (ranked by Sparkpulse's velocity score). The theme runs across 3 sectors, so the momentum you see here is drawn from products competing in different corners of the market. Their velocity scores span 0.0 to 6.3 out of 10, a spread that shows how unevenly shipping cadence is distributed across the field. Below: every tracked product carrying this theme, updated from release data. Everything on this page is regenerated from verified release data, so the ranking reflects the latest changelogs rather than a static list.

Products shipping around speech to text

#01GladiaGladia ships a new flagship speech-to-text model and edges into the meeting-bot stack.6.3alternatives →

#02VapiVapi widens its transcriber menu as Soniox hits GA and Deepgram Flux goes multilingual5.0alternatives →

#03SpeechmaticsSpeechmatics rolls its Enhanced English model across the stack, citing 89% WER gains on spellouts.5.0alternatives →

#04DeepgramDeepgram is widening language coverage while quietly replacing its diarization core.0.0alternatives →

#05AssemblyAIAssemblyAI stopped selling transcription and started selling the whole voice agent.0.0alternatives →

Frequently asked questions about speech to text

Which SaaS tools ship speech to text in 2026?

Gladia, Vapi, Speechmatics, Deepgram, AssemblyAI — the speech to text products Sparkpulse tracks, ranked by shipping velocity from verified changelogs.

Which speech to text product has the highest shipping velocity?

Gladia, with the top velocity score (6.3/10) — Sparkpulse's velocity score is derived from verified release data.

How many products are shipping around speech to text?

Sparkpulse currently tracks 5 products carrying the speech to text theme, updated continuously from verified release data.