Gemini 3.5 Transcribe Live: Pricing, Performance & Examples
Gemini 3.5 Transcribe Live is a speech-to-text model from Google, released in August 2026, with pricing from $3.50/M input and $21.00/M output.
Google Gemini 3.5 Transcribe Live (`gemini-3.5-transcribe-live`) is a streaming speech-to-text model via the Live API. It supports 85+ languages, smart transcription, and custom vocabulary. Sessions are limited to 10 minutes; speaker
Gemini 3.5 Transcribe Live benchmarks
Capability tiers
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Quality Tracker
Gemini 3.5 Transcribe Live Performance Across Datasets
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llm-stats.com - Tue Sep 08 2026Gemini 3.5 Transcribe Live pricing
Providers
Gemini 3.5 Transcribe Live starts at $3.50 per million input tokens and $21.00 per million output tokens via Google.
| Provider | Input $/M | Cached input $/M | Output $/M | Context in / out | TTFT p95 s | Output p5 c/s | Modalities in / out |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Google | $3.50 | — | $21.00 | —/— | — | — | / |
Cached input is the discounted price for prompt tokens served from a provider cache. TTFT is time to first token. Output is characters per second; p5 is the sustained floor exceeded by 95% of observed requests.
Gemini 3.5 Transcribe Live API
Any audio format up to 25 MB.
Run a request to see the response
Use it in your code
OpenAI-compatible endpoint through the LLM Stats gateway.
import requests
with open("audio.mp3", "rb") as f:
response = requests.post(
"https://gateway.llm-stats.com/v1/stt/transcribe",
headers={"Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"},
files={"file": f},
data={"model_id": "gemini-3.5-transcribe-live"},
)
print(response.json()["text"])Need an API key? Create one above in the playground, or read the API documentation.
Gemini 3.5 Transcribe Live latency
Gemini 3.5 Transcribe Live time to first token, sustained output throughput, and failed-request rate from live API traffic over the trailing 7 days.
Gemini 3.5 Transcribe Live license
Gemini 3.5 Transcribe Live is a proprietary model available under its provider's product and API terms.
- License
- Proprietary
- Hosted access
Proprietary license - usage restrictions apply
Gemini 3.5 Transcribe Live resources
Official sources for Gemini 3.5 Transcribe Live: api documentation, official playground, official launch post.
Gemini 3.5 Transcribe Live vs other models
The most-compared alternatives to Gemini 3.5 Transcribe Live are Gemini 1.5 Pro, Qwen2.5-Omni-7B, Gemini 1.0 Pro. Open any pair side-by-side for benchmarks, pricing, context, and latency.
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FAQ
Common questions about Gemini 3.5 Transcribe Live.