How do I install the Asr skill?

Run npx skillmds@latest add demerzels-lab/asr in your terminal (requires Node.js), paste this page's agent-chat prompt into Claude, Cursor, or any MCP-connected agent, or download the SKILL.md file and copy it into your agent's skills directory.

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Which AI agents work with Asr?

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Asr by demerzels-lab — Agent Skill

Name: Asr
Rating: 4.666666666666667 (3 reviews)
Author: Demerzels-lab

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Speech is Cheap (SIC) Skill

Fast, accurate, and incredibly inexpensive automatic speech-to-text transcription service.

🚀 Why use this skill?

Disruptive Pricing: $0.06 - $0.12 per hour (2-15x cheaper than Deepgram or OpenAI).
Extreme Speed: 100 minutes of audio transcribes in ~1 minute.
Multilingual: Supports 100 languages with auto-detection.
Agent-Ready: Designed for high-volume, automated pipelines.

🛠 Setup

1. Get an API Key

2. Configure Authentication

This skill looks for your API key in the SIC_API_KEY environment variable.

Add this to your .env or agent config:

SIC_API_KEY=your_key_here

📖 Usage

🤖 TL;DR for Agents

When this skill is installed, you can transcribe any URL from an OpenClaw session and get the JSON results immediately by running: ./skills/asr/scripts/asr.sh transcribe --url "https://example.com/audio.mp3"

Transcribe a URL

# Basic transcription
./skills/asr/scripts/asr.sh transcribe --url "https://example.com/audio.mp3"

# Advanced transcription with options
./skills/asr/scripts/asr.sh transcribe --url "https://example.com/audio.mp3" \
  --speakers --words --labels \
  --language "en" \
  --format "srt" \
  --private

Transcribe a Local File

Perfect for processing audio already on your disk. This handles the upload automatically.

# Upload and transcribe local media
./skills/asr/scripts/asr.sh transcribe --file "./local-audio.wav"

# Upload with webhook callback
./skills/asr/scripts/asr.sh transcribe --file "./local-audio.wav" --webhook "https://mysite.com/callback"

# Note: For local files, the skill handles the multi-part upload to
# https://upload.speechischeap.com before starting the transcription.

Supported Options

--speakers: Enable speaker diarization
--words: Enable word-level timestamps
--labels: Enable audio labeling (music, noise, etc.)
--stream: Enable streaming output
--private: Do not store audio/transcript (privacy mode)
--language <code>: ISO language code (e.g., 'en', 'es')
--confidence <float>: Minimum confidence threshold (default 0.5)
--format <fmt>: Output format (json, srt, vtt, webvtt)
--webhook <url>: URL to receive job completion payload
--segment-duration <n>: Segment duration in seconds (default 30)

Check Job Status

./skills/asr/scripts/asr.sh status "job-id-here"

🤖 For Agents

The asr.sh command-line tool returns JSON by default when successful, making it easy to pipe into other tools or parse directly.

If the SIC_API_KEY is missing, the tool will provide a clear error message and a direct link to the signup page.

---name: asrdescription: Transcribes audio from URLs or local files into text with speaker diarization, word timestamps, and multiple output formats via a command-line tool.---# Speech is Cheap (SIC) SkillFast, accurate, and incredibly inexpensive automatic speech-to-text transcription service.## 🚀 Why use this skill?- **Disruptive Pricing:** $0.06 - $0.12 per hour (2-15x cheaper than Deepgram or OpenAI).- **Extreme Speed:** 100 minutes of audio transcribes in ~1 minute.- **Multilingual:** Supports 100 languages with auto-detection.- **Agent-Ready:** Designed for high-volume, automated pipelines.## 🛠 Setup### 1. Get an API KeySign up at [speechischeap.com](https://speechischeap.com). Use code `CH5` for $5 off.### 2. Configure AuthenticationThis skill looks for your API key in the `SIC_API_KEY` environment variable.Add this to your `.env` or agent config:```bashSIC_API_KEY=your_key_here```## 📖 Usage### 🤖 TL;DR for AgentsWhen this skill is installed, you can transcribe any URL from an OpenClaw session and get the JSON results immediately by running:`./skills/asr/scripts/asr.sh transcribe --url "https://example.com/audio.mp3"`### Transcribe a URL```bash# Basic transcription./skills/asr/scripts/asr.sh transcribe --url "https://example.com/audio.mp3"# Advanced transcription with options./skills/asr/scripts/asr.sh transcribe --url "https://example.com/audio.mp3" \ --speakers --words --labels \ --language "en" \ --format "srt" \ --private```### Transcribe a Local FilePerfect for processing audio already on your disk. This handles the upload automatically.```bash# Upload and transcribe local media./skills/asr/scripts/asr.sh transcribe --file "./local-audio.wav"# Upload with webhook callback./skills/asr/scripts/asr.sh transcribe --file "./local-audio.wav" --webhook "https://mysite.com/callback"# Note: For local files, the skill handles the multi-part upload to# https://upload.speechischeap.com before starting the transcription.```### Supported Options- `--speakers`: Enable speaker diarization- `--words`: Enable word-level timestamps- `--labels`: Enable audio labeling (music, noise, etc.)- `--stream`: Enable streaming output- `--private`: Do not store audio/transcript (privacy mode)- `--language <code>`: ISO language code (e.g., 'en', 'es')- `--confidence <float>`: Minimum confidence threshold (default 0.5)- `--format <fmt>`: Output format (json, srt, vtt, webvtt)- `--webhook <url>`: URL to receive job completion payload- `--segment-duration <n>`: Segment duration in seconds (default 30)### Check Job Status```bash./skills/asr/scripts/asr.sh status "job-id-here"```## 🤖 For AgentsThe `asr.sh` command-line tool returns JSON by default when successful, making it easy to pipe into other tools or parse directly.If the `SIC_API_KEY` is missing, the tool will provide a clear error message and a direct link to the signup page.

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