Google

Gemini 3.5 Transcribe

Google's speech-to-text model for precise transcription of recorded audio, with speaker attribution, word-level timestamps, and a 96K-token context window.

ActiveReleased August 26, 2026Knowledge cutoff January 1, 2025
Tool callingCan invoke external tools and APIs (function calling) mid-response.Structured outputCan return JSON or schema-constrained responses instead of free text.ReasoningUses extended thinking / chain-of-thought for harder multi-step problems.Effort controlLets you dial thinking depth (low / medium / high) to trade cost for quality.Fine-tuningSupports training a custom variant on your own data (vendor fine-tune API or self-hosted open weights).

Source: Gemini 3.5 Transcribe announcement, Gemini 3.5 Audio model card, Gemini API pricing, Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform pricing

Price per 1M tokens
$2 in / $12 out
Context window98,304
Max output32,768
ModalitiesAudio, Text → Text

Pricing

Every billing leg from the live catalog, in USD per 1M tokens.

Billing legRate
Input$2 / M
Output$12 / M

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Hidden reasoning tokens bill as output. 1.0x = thinking off. Medium-effort reasoning typically lands near 3x; heavy reasoning runs 6x to 8x. Set it to match your workload.

Estimated monthly cost
$1.1K
at current list prices
Fresh input$400
Output incl. thinking$720
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Provider

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PlatformInput / MOutput / MBatchAccess
Google
$2$12-First-party API

Price history

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No changePriced at $2 / $12 per 1M since August 27, 2026.

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