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xAI (Grok) for AI voice agents

xAI (Grok) is one of the speech-to-text engines you can run a Telenow AI voice agent on. Grok streaming STT — 25 languages, ~300 ms partials; same key as the Grok LLM. Use xAI (Grok) to transcribe the caller in real time so your agent understands every word, even with accents and code-switching. Mix and match it with any LLM, STT, TTS and carrier — Telenow is component-level, so you're never locked in.

Last updated 2026-07-04

xAI (Grok) speech-to-text

Real-time streaming~300ms partials

Languages

EnglishHindiSpanishFrenchGermanPortugueseArabicRUJAKOIDITNLPLSVTHTRVI

Frequently asked questions

Can xAI (Grok) transcribe live phone calls?

Yes — xAI (Grok) streams real-time transcription into your Telenow agent so it understands the caller as they speak.

Which languages does xAI (Grok) support?

English, Hindi, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Arabic, and RU.

Is xAI (Grok) fast enough for a live call?

xAI (Grok) is built for low-latency streaming, so partial transcripts arrive in well under a second — fast enough for natural back-and-forth.

How much does xAI (Grok) cost for a voice agent?

You pay xAI (Grok)'s usage at cost plus Telenow's transparent platform fee — billed per component (speech, model, telephony) and per minute, with new accounts getting free signup credit to try it.

Can I bring my own xAI (Grok) API key?

Yes. Telenow supports BYOK — paste your own xAI (Grok) key to bill xAI (Grok) usage to your account, or use the platform key and pay through Telenow.

Other speech-to-text (stt) options

Deepgram
Nova-3 multilingual (real-time code-switching); sub-300 ms partials.
Sarvam (Saaras v3)
India-native ASR — 11 Indian languages + Hinglish code-mixing, streaming.
ElevenLabs Scribe v2 Realtime
Streaming multilingual STT (90+ languages), ~150 ms first partials.
AWS Transcribe
Streaming Hindi + Indian-English with en/hi code-switch; Mumbai region for data residency.
Soniox
Real-time multilingual STT — strong Hindi + code-switching, token-streaming.
OpenAI Whisper
Higher accuracy, non-streaming — better for batch.
Groq (Whisper-Large)
Whisper-large running on Groq — much faster than OpenAI Whisper.
Custom STT (bring your own endpoint)
Point at any real-time WebSocket STT endpoint. Describe your vendor’s wire format once as a JSON descriptor and we map it to transcripts — no code. MVP: WebSocket transport.
₹300.00 free credit on signup

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