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Speechmatics

Speechmatics · Audio and voice · GB · www.speechmatics.com

Last verified 2026-09-16
Entry services/speechmatics.yaml
Training on your data (default tier)
Customer data is processed only on behalf of and as directed by the customer; training use is not addressed
Retention
Only as required or permitted by law and while there is a legitimate business purpose
Data residency
UK vendor; some hosting on third-party cloud servers in the USA, with SCCs for transfers

Vendor data-handling terms

Training on your data (default tier)
Customer data is processed only on behalf of and as directed by the customer; training use is not addressed

The policy does not say whether audio or transcripts are used to improve Speechmatics models; customer agreements govern that.

We collect and process Customer Data as needed to provide our Services to our customers in accordance with our customer agreements. / We process Customer Data solely on behalf of, and as directed by, our customers.
checked 2026-09-16
Speechmatics Privacy Policy, Customer Data
Retention
Only as required or permitted by law and while there is a legitimate business purpose
Speechmatics retains data only as required or permitted by local law and while it has a legitimate business purpose.
checked 2026-09-16
Speechmatics Privacy Policy
Data residency
UK vendor; some hosting on third-party cloud servers in the USA, with SCCs for transfers
As some of our hosting is provided by third party cloud providers, the data that we collect from you may be stored and processed in a location outside of the European Economic Area, United Kingdom or Switzerland. / For example, some of our third party cloud providers use servers that are located in the USA.
checked 2026-09-16
Speechmatics Privacy Policy

Domains and endpoints

observed means seen in Unseen deployments; vendor-documented means listed by the vendor. Vendors do not publish complete lists.

HostRoleSource
speechmatics.comappobserved

Assessment

API: medium

Reasoning: A speech-recognition API from a UK vendor, sold mostly under contract. The policy treats customer audio as processed on instruction, but is silent on model improvement and admits US hosting for some services. Usable with a contract that fixes both points; self-serve API use is medium.

Flags: Training-use of audio not stated · Some hosting in the USA · Assessed 2026-09-16. The assessment is Unseen's; the terms above are the vendor's.

Changelog

  • 2026-09-16Documented. Customer-data, retention and hosting terms verified against the Speechmatics privacy policy.
  • 2026-09-15Listed from the Unseen catalogue with observed domains.

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