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Speechmatics Make integrationAutomate Speechmatics with Make.

Can Make send work to Speechmatics and bring the transcript back for you? Yes. The Speechmatics Make integration gives you 5 modules: 4 actions and 1 search around transcription jobs. This guide covers the connection, a first scenario and when each module fits.

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What you can automate

What can the Speechmatics Make integration do for you?

The Speechmatics Make integration links your Speechmatics account to Make, a no-code tool where you build a scenario (the automation itself, a chain of modules). Each module is one brick: here, starting a transcription job, reading its status, fetching its transcript, listing your jobs, or calling the API directly.

Transcripts that start on their own. Another app kicks off the scenario, and Create New Job sends the work to Speechmatics, so nobody has to open the Speechmatics dashboard to launch a job by hand.

Text that lands where your team reads it. Get Job Transcript pulls the finished text of a transcription job into the scenario, and the next module passes it on to your notes tool, your CRM or a spreadsheet.

A clear view of your job history. List Jobs returns your jobs as separate bundles (a bundle is one item moving from one module to the next), and Get Job Details tells you where a given job stands.

Speechmatics has no trigger in Make, so a scenario never starts from Speechmatics itself: it starts on a schedule or on another app. For anything the 5 modules skip, Make an API Call reaches the rest of the API with the same connection. Before you build, the Make review helps you judge the tool, Make pricing explains how operations are counted, and n8n vs Make covers the other option, since many apps also have an n8n node.

Connect

How do you connect Speechmatics to Make?

  1. 01

    Generate an API key in Speechmatics

    You need an active Speechmatics account first. In Speechmatics, open Settings > API Keys, type a name for the key, click the button that generates it, then copy the key shown on screen. Keep it at hand for the next step.

  2. 02

    Add a Speechmatics module in Make

    In your scenario, add any Speechmatics module and click Create a connection. A connection is your Speechmatics account linked to Make once, then reused by every Speechmatics module you add later. The Connection name field is optional but handy.

  3. 03

    Paste the key and save

    Paste the API key you copied, or follow the on-screen instructions, and save. Make can now talk to your account, and the connection shows up in the dropdown of the other Speechmatics modules, ready to pick.

First scenario

Build your first Speechmatics scenario

GoalWhen a new item shows up in another app, Make creates a Speechmatics transcription job from it.

  1. 01

    Create the scenario

    On the Scenarios page, create a new scenario and click the + to add the first module. Since Speechmatics has no trigger, this first module comes from the app where your new items appear.

  2. 02

    Set up the starting app

    Pick that app's module, click Create a connection for it, and fill its fields. Make lists what it can read once the connection exists, so you choose rather than type.

  3. 03

    Add Create New Job

    Click the + on the right of the first module, search Speechmatics, pick Create New Job and select your connection. Map the data from the first module into its fields.

  4. 04

    Test with Run once

    Click Run once. Make runs the scenario one time, and each module shows the bundles it received. Check that a job was created in Speechmatics before going further.

  5. 05

    Schedule and switch on

    Open the clock on the first module to set the schedule (every 15 minutes by default, 15 minutes minimum on the Free plan), then switch the scenario on. Each module run counts as one operation.

Modules

What each Speechmatics module does

Speechmatics gives you 5 modules. For each one: what it does for you, when to reach for it, and what to watch out for.

Speechmatics1

Create New Job

Action

In Make“Create a new job.”

This module hands a new job to Speechmatics from inside your scenario, so transcription starts without anyone logging in. It is the entry point of almost every Speechmatics scenario.

When to use it
right after the module that brings in the new item, for example a file saved by a teammate in another app.
Watch out
the job is created, not finished; fetch the text later with Get Job Transcript.
Speechmatics2

Get Job Details

Action

In Make“Retrieves job details.”

You get the details of one job you already know, which in practice is how you see where it stands before you do anything else with it. Think of it as a status check on a single job.

When to use it
after Create New Job or List Jobs, when the next step depends on the state of that job.
Watch out
it reads one job per bundle, so a list of jobs means one operation for each.
Speechmatics3

Get Job Transcript

Action

In Make“Retrieves a transcript for a transcription job.”

Here is the payoff: the transcript of a transcription job comes into the scenario as data you can pass to any other app. The text stops living only inside Speechmatics.

When to use it
when the text should reach your team, say in a meeting notes doc or a record in your CRM.
Watch out
pair it with Get Job Details if you want to be sure the job is done before asking for the text.
Speechmatics4

Make an API Call

Action

In Make“Performs an arbitrary authorized API call.”

With this module, any endpoint of the Speechmatics API is within reach, using the connection you already set up. It covers whatever the four other modules leave out.

When to use it
when you need a request that no listed module offers, and you know the endpoint you want from the Speechmatics documentation.
Watch out
you write the request yourself, so read the vendor documentation first; Make does not fill it in for you.
Speechmatics5

List Jobs

Search

In Make“List all jobs.”

List Jobs pulls up your Speechmatics jobs, each one as its own bundle, so the rest of the scenario can handle them one at a time. As a search module, it can return zero, one or many results.

When to use it
when you want a roundup of jobs rather than a single one, for instance to log them in a spreadsheet.
Watch out
every returned job runs the next modules once, which adds operations quickly.
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FAQ

Speechmatics and Make: common questions

01Is the Speechmatics Make integration free?
Yes, on the Make side. Speechmatics is a standard app, available from the Free plan. That plan allows 2 active scenarios, a minimum of 15 minutes between scheduled runs, 5 minutes of execution per run, files up to 5 MB and 512 MB of data transfer. Paid plans (Core, Pro, Teams and Enterprise) bring the interval down to 1 minute and remove the cap on active scenarios. Usage is counted in operations each month. You still need your own active Speechmatics account, and its subscription is a separate matter covered by the Speechmatics pricing page.
02What do you need to connect Speechmatics to Make?
Two things: an active Speechmatics account and an API key from that account. You create the key in Speechmatics under Settings, then API Keys, by giving it a name and clicking the button that generates it. Copy it straight away. In Make, add any Speechmatics module, click Create a connection, optionally give the connection a name, and paste the key. That single connection then serves all 5 Speechmatics modules in every scenario you build, so you only do this once per account.
03Can a Speechmatics scenario in Make start in real time?
Not from Speechmatics itself, because the app has no trigger module in Make. A scenario has to start another way. The first option is a schedule: the clock on the first module runs the scenario every 15 minutes by default, and no faster than every 15 minutes on the Free plan, or every minute on paid plans. The second option is to start from another app whose trigger fires when something happens there, then chain Create New Job or List Jobs after it. Pick whichever matches the moment your transcription work should begin.
04What if the Speechmatics module you need is missing in Make?
Use Make an API Call. It is part of the Speechmatics app in Make and can call any endpoint of the Speechmatics API with the connection you already created, so there is no second setup. It is the way to cover what Create New Job, Get Job Details, Get Job Transcript and List Jobs do not. Also note that the Make documentation for this app is marked as AI-generated from the official Speechmatics docs and may contain mistakes, so check important details with Speechmatics directly before you rely on them.
05Should you use Make or n8n for Speechmatics?
It depends on the tool your team already works in. In Make, Speechmatics comes with 5 ready modules, including Make an API Call for the rest of the API, and it works from the Free plan. Many apps also have an n8n node, so check whether Speechmatics is available there before you choose. Neither answer is universal: compare how each tool fits the scenarios you plan to build, and the comparison page on n8n vs Make linked higher up on this page lays out the differences side by side.
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