Sber has expanded access to SaluteSpeech, the bank’s speech synthesis and recognition platform, opening it for every user. The move, announced by the bank’s press service, marks a shift from a strictly commercial, entity-only availability to a broader, consumer-friendly model. This change makes the technology more approachable for developers and individual creators across Canada and the United States who want to experiment with voice-enabled solutions without heavy upfront investment.
Previously, SaluteSpeech technologies were reserved for commercial use by legal entities, while private users could only access limited, non-commercial features. The new approach removes those barriers, enabling individuals and small teams to leverage the API for a wide range of tasks. Authors can build audiobooks, content creators can voice their material, and developers can transcribe audio to text with ease. For instance, a quick transcription of an interview becomes practical and fast, improving workflow and turnaround times for media projects and research tasks alike. This broader access aligns with the growing demand for robust speech technologies in everyday applications and professional workflows. Source: Sber press service.
For small and medium-sized businesses, a new tariff unlocks the creation of mobile and web applications, efficient phone pre-recording, polished audio presentation materials, and the ability to decode meeting recordings. The expanded toolkit supports customer support flows, live note-taking during conferences, and quick generation of searchable transcripts, enabling teams to operate more smoothly and with better data capture. With SaluteSpeech, organizations can prototype, test, and deploy voice-driven features faster, reducing time-to-market and lowering technical risk. Source: Sber press service.
Denis Afanasiev, head of Salut B2B products at Sberbank, emphasized that recognizing the value and growing demand for speech technologies was a key driver behind the broadened access. He stated that the platform is now available to all users, including commercial ones, who can tackle speech decoding and rendering problems and implement projects with greater speed. This reflects a broader industry trend toward democratizing AI capabilities so that more people can experiment, iterate, and scale voice-based solutions without waiting for enterprise-level onboarding. Source: Sber press service.
The Freemium plan provides practical, ongoing utility. Users receive access to 100 minutes of voice recognition each month and 200,000 characters allocated for speech creation, with the usage window resetting monthly. This structure supports trialing the platform, validating ideas, and developing small pilots before committing to higher-tier plans. It also helps individuals assess how SaluteSpeech integrates with their existing workflows, whether it is for content creation, meeting transcription, or interactive voice features in apps. Source: Sber press service.