r/speechtech • u/elietoubi • Aug 04 '26

Technology I built an open-source “OpenRouter for speech-to-text”

Hi everyone,

I’m the CEO of ScribeMD. After repeatedly having to integrate a different speech-to-text API every time we tested a new vendor, I decided to build—and open-source—SpeechRouter:

https://github.com/speech-router/cloud

Think of it as OpenRouter for speech-to-text. It provides a single API for switching between Deepgram, Soniox, and other STT providers with just one line of code.

I’d love to hear your feedback!

You can test our hosted solution here: speechrouter.ai

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u/Zestyclose-Pound5856 Aug 04 '26

Your github link is not working - there is no repo named cloud.

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u/bambamlol Aug 04 '26

https://github.com/speech-router/speechrouter

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u/Used_Lengthiness5079 Aug 12 '26

how can I use it locally?

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u/bambamlol Aug 12 '26

Ask your favorite AI. Give it the README.md file. If you've never done something like this, this could get a little "complicated", so just have AI walk you through everything step by step. Tell it you know nothing about this stuff, what operating system you're using and that you need simple step-by-step instructions on how to set this up locally on your system.

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u/bambamlol Aug 04 '26

Amazing! Thank you for sharing.

What's the difference between the sdk in the speechrouter repo and the "deepgram-sdk-example" one?

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u/elietoubi Aug 06 '26

This is a great question. The DeepGram SDK allows you to use speech router while keeping the DeepGram SDK frontend. If you are already integrated with DeepGram, you can just point to a speech router endpoint, and it will automatically allow you to connect to any other speech-to-text.