Google: Gemini 3.5 Transcribe
Gemini 3.5 Transcribe is a speech to text model from Google released on Aug 26, 2026. It reads audio and writes text.
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It costs $2 per million input tokens and $12 per million output tokens.
- Modalities
- In / out price
- $2 / $12 per 1M
- Context
- n/a
- Max output
- n/a
- Released
- Aug 26, 2026
- Knowledge cutoff
- n/a
- Tool calling
- Structured output
- Reasoning
- Prompt caching
- Open weights
- Free to use
Gemini 3.5 Transcribe pricing
USD, as listed on Oct 15, 2026. Most bills are input heavy, so the cached input rate matters as much as the headline price.
| Input | $2 / 1M tokens | |
|---|---|---|
| Output | $12 / 1M tokens |
What Gemini 3.5 Transcribe costs per month
Pick a workload close to yours or type your own volumes.
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How much does the Gemini 3.5 Transcribe API cost?
$2 per million input tokens and $12 per million output tokens. The estimator on this page turns that into a monthly bill for your own workload.
Is Gemini 3.5 Transcribe open source?
No. Google serves it through an API only, so you cannot download the weights or host it yourself.
When was Gemini 3.5 Transcribe released?
Aug 26, 2026.
Catalog data from models.dev (MIT licensed), refreshed daily, last on Oct 15, 2026. The summary is written from these facts.
Building on Gemini 3.5 Transcribe?
I test your real tasks on it and the two closest alternatives, then ship the agent on whichever wins on cost and accuracy.
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