# Loquela Remote

> Private, OpenAI-compatible speech-to-text API and MCP server for English plus 24 European languages. It runs on hardware we own in North Carolina; audio is processed in memory and never stored or used for training. For customers in the United States. In open beta.

- Speed: 400× transcribe speed, an hour of audio in under 9 seconds on our server, not counting upload (our own test, 27 October 2026).
- Languages: English plus Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish and Ukrainian; one language per recording, named or detected.
- API: OpenAI's audio transcription format at https://api.getloquela.com/v1 (json, text, srt, vtt, verbose_json with word timings, diarized_json with speakers). Speaker labels cost nothing extra.
- In the browser: signed-in customers can drop files or record at https://api.getloquela.com/transcribe (text, srt or vtt; same minutes and audio handling as the API; Expert mode adds PGP on plans that include it).
- MCP server: https://api.getloquela.com/mcp, OAuth sign-in; tools transcribe a link, a short clip or a file sent to a one-time upload link.
- PGP encryption (Pro, Business, Enterprise): audio encrypted to the account's own key (account page or GET /v1/pgp/key), transcripts encrypted to the customer's key (encrypt_to, or an encrypted-only API key) and signed by our key (https://api.getloquela.com/pgp-key.asc), so the network in between carries only ciphertext. MCP results are plain text.
- Limits: up to 180 minutes of audio and 100 MB per request.
- Prices (USD): Starter $9.99 a month for 5,000 minutes; Pro $95 a month for 50,000 minutes; Business $449 a month for 250,000 minutes; 2 months free when paid yearly; pay as you go $0.0035 a minute; Enterprise from $0.0012 a minute (as low as $0.0008) by agreement.
- Contact: info@getloquela.com (Enterprise, security questionnaires, questions).

## Pages

- [Pricing](https://api.getloquela.com/pricing): Plans, pay as you go, Enterprise and a dated comparison with other transcription APIs.
- [Questions](https://api.getloquela.com/faq): Storage, training, where it runs, OpenAI compatibility, MCP clients, formats, speed, accuracy and billing.
- [Meeting notes](https://api.getloquela.com/use-cases/meeting-notes): Transcribing meetings with speaker labels and word timings.
- [Call recordings](https://api.getloquela.com/use-cases/call-recordings): Transcribing sales, support and interview calls without keeping the audio.
- [Podcasts and video](https://api.getloquela.com/use-cases/podcasts-and-video): Transcripts and SRT or VTT captions for episodes and videos up to 3 hours.
- [AI agents](https://api.getloquela.com/use-cases/ai-agents): Giving Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or your own agent speech-to-text through MCP.
- [How your audio is handled](https://api.getloquela.com/privacy-design): Each step a recording takes, what is never kept and what is.
- [How transcription APIs handle your audio](https://api.getloquela.com/compare/audio-handling): What OpenAI, AssemblyAI, Deepgram, ElevenLabs and Groq keep, train on and where, from their own pages, beside Loquela Remote.
- [Security](https://api.getloquela.com/security): How audio, accounts and keys are protected, and how to report a problem.
- [Partner program](https://api.getloquela.com/partners): Earn 20% of what referred customers pay in their first 12 months. Links last 180 days (one cookie holding only the partner's code); for people and businesses in the United States.

## Docs

- [API reference](https://docs.getloquela.com/remote): Endpoints, options, response formats, errors and limits.
- [MCP setup](https://docs.getloquela.com/remote/mcp): Connecting Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and other MCP clients.
- [Apps](https://docs.getloquela.com/remote/apps): Using an API key in apps that accept an OpenAI-compatible transcription endpoint.
- [OpenAPI description](https://api.getloquela.com/openapi.json): The API's endpoints, form fields and response formats in OpenAPI 3.1.