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Speechmatics MCP Server

io.usefulapi/speechmatics
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Speechmatics is answering right now. Last checked 8 min ago. It exposes 7 tools. Last commit 1 Aug 2026.

Transcribe audio and video with Speechmatics speech-to-text from Claude and any MCP client.

Uptime history 40 hours of history · worst hour 0%
40 hours agonow
37.4%
Uptime 24h
34 of 91 checks
7
Tools
read from the server
183 ms
Response time
average over 24h
0
Stars
last commit 1 Aug 2026

Connect this server

Endpoint below is the one we actually reach during checks — not the one copied from a README. Last verified 8 min ago.

run in your terminal
claude mcp add speechmatics --transport http https://speechmatics.usefulapi.io/mcp
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "speechmatics": {
      "url": "https://speechmatics.usefulapi.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}
~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.speechmatics]
url = "https://speechmatics.usefulapi.io/mcp"
.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "speechmatics": {
      "url": "https://speechmatics.usefulapi.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "speechmatics": {
      "url": "https://speechmatics.usefulapi.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Available tools 7

Read directly from the server with tools/list, grouped by what they act on. If a tool disappears, we record the date.

speechmatics
speechmatics_delete_job
⚠️ Permanently deletes a job and its transcript. Set force=true to delete even while it is still running. Batch API: DELETE /jobs/{job_id}.
speechmatics_get_job
Get a single job's details and status (running | done | rejected | deleted | expired). Poll this until status is "done", then fetch the transcript. Batch API: GET /jobs/{job_id}.
speechmatics_get_job_log
Get a job's plain-text processing log — useful for debugging a rejected job. Batch API: GET /jobs/{job_id}/log.
speechmatics_get_transcript
Get a completed job's transcript. format=txt (default, human-readable) | srt (subtitles) | json-v2 (structured words, timings, speakers, translations, summary). Only works once the job status is "done". Batch API: GET /jobs/{job_id}/transcript.
speechmatics_get_usage
Get usage statistics (transcription minutes) for the account over a date range. Batch API: GET /usage.
speechmatics_list_jobs
List transcription jobs (most recent first), with status/data_name/duration. Batch API: GET /jobs.
speechmatics_transcribe_url
Submit a publicly reachable audio/video URL for speech-to-text transcription (optionally with diarization, translation, and summarization). ASYNC: returns a job id immediately — poll speechmatics_get_job until status is "done", then call speechmatics_get_transcript. Batch API: POST /jobs.

Endpoints

URLTransportStateLatencyChecked
https://speechmatics.usefulapi.io/mcp streamable-http answering 207 ms 8 min ago

Speechmatics — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

What can Speechmatics do?
It exposes 7 tools, read directly from the server on our last check. Among them: speechmatics_delete_job, speechmatics_get_job, speechmatics_get_job_log, speechmatics_get_transcript, speechmatics_get_usage, speechmatics_list_jobs and 1 more. The full list with descriptions is on this page — we take it from the server itself via tools/list, not from a README. How MCP servers expose tools in the first place →
Is Speechmatics working right now?
We send a real MCP handshake every 15 minutes. Over the last 24 hours 34 of 91 checks got a reply (37.4%), average response time 183 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.
How do I connect Speechmatics?
Copy the ready config from this page — we generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each with the file path that client actually reads. It is a remote server, so there is nothing to install — the client connects to the address.
Does Speechmatics need an API key?
No. Speechmatics completed a full MCP handshake with us as an anonymous client and listed its tools without asking for anything. All 7 of them are readable on this page. This is what we observed, not what the docs claim.
How fast is Speechmatics?
It answers our handshake in 183 ms on average, which is faster than 66% of all working MCP servers we measure. The comparison comes from our own checks across the whole registry, every 15 minutes.
Is Speechmatics open source?
Yes — it is published under the MIT licence, written in JavaScript and 0 stars on GitHub. The source link is on this page, so you can read exactly what it does with your data before you connect it.