Sayput

Connect Alibaba Cloud Model Studio

Sayput turns speech into text with your own Alibaba Cloud Model Studio account. It needs two things: a workspace ID and an API key. Getting them ready the first time takes about five minutes.

Five steps

  1. Sign in to Model Studio

    Open the Model Studio console (in mainland China, the Bailian console) and sign in with your Alibaba Cloud account, or create one.

  2. Activate Model Studio

    The first time, choose a region and accept the service agreement. Each region has its own keys; Sayput finds the region by itself later.

  3. Create an API key

    Open the API Key page from the console and choose Create API Key. Keep the default workspace and full permissions, confirm, and copy the key.

    The key works like a password for your account: don’t share it.

  4. Find the workspace ID

    In the console, open the workspace details and copy the workspace ID. It has to be the workspace the key belongs to; with the default workspace, copy the default one’s.

  5. Enter them in Sayput

    In step 3 of the welcome steps, or in Sayput’s Settings › Recognition, enter the workspace ID and the API key and choose Connect. Sayput finds your account’s region and is ready to dictate.

Cost

Alibaba Cloud bills your account by use; Sayput charges nothing. Speaking for an hour costs about ¥0.25.

If your account has a free quota, once it runs out you need to complete identity verification and top up with Alibaba Cloud before dictating further.

If it doesn’t connect

“The API key wasn’t accepted”: check that the key was copied in full, with no spaces around it.

“The workspace ID doesn’t match this API key”: the workspace isn’t the one the key belongs to; copy its ID again as in step 4.

“Out of credit” or “free quota used up”: complete verification and top up in the Alibaba Cloud console, then try again.

How your voice and words are handled: see Privacy.