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Model infoModelsSnapshot: 15 Oct 2026

Abena AI / Mobobi / Abena hosted speech APIs

Abena Speech-to-Text

Hosted transcription for Twi, English, Twi-English code switching and Ghanaian Pidgin.

availableClosed-source managed componentSpeech-to-text
Official documentation (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 16 Oct 2026
9 of 23 specification fields collected
Audio durationTwi: up to 60 seconds. Ghanaian English and Pidgin: up to 120 seconds.See specification notes below
File size limit25 MB per uploadSee specification notes below
Input billingSee billing notesAbena hosted API
Output billingSee billing notesAccess and billing notes below

Specifications

Provider-documented facts. “Not collected” means we have not verified that field yet, not that the feature is unsupported.

Context / input limit
Not collected

No reviewed model-specific disclosure; unknown is not unsupported.

Maximum input tokens
Not collected

No reviewed model-specific disclosure; unknown is not unsupported.

Maximum output
Not collected

No reviewed model-specific disclosure; unknown is not unsupported.

Parameters
Not collected

No reviewed model-specific disclosure; unknown is not unsupported.

Release date
Not collected

No reviewed model-specific disclosure; unknown is not unsupported.

Knowledge cutoff
Not collected

No reviewed model-specific disclosure; unknown is not unsupported.

Tool calling
Not collected

No reviewed model-specific disclosure; unknown is not unsupported.

Structured output
Not collected

No reviewed model-specific disclosure; unknown is not unsupported.

Streaming
Not collected

No reviewed model-specific disclosure; unknown is not unsupported.

Batch processing
Not collected

No reviewed model-specific disclosure; unknown is not unsupported.

Fine-tuning
Not collected

No reviewed model-specific disclosure; unknown is not unsupported.

Reasoning
Not collected

No reviewed model-specific disclosure; unknown is not unsupported.

Context caching
Not collected

No reviewed model-specific disclosure; unknown is not unsupported.

Base model
Not collected

No reviewed model-specific disclosure; unknown is not unsupported.

Maximum audio file
25 MB per uploadSource for Maximum audio file (opens in a new tab)
Audio duration limits
Twi: up to 60 seconds. Ghanaian English and Pidgin: up to 120 seconds.Source for Audio duration limits (opens in a new tab)
Audio formats
WAV/PCM, MP3, M4A/AAC, FLAC, OGG and other FFmpeg-decodable formats. Recommended evaluation input: mono 16-bit PCM WAV, 16 kHz.Source for Audio formats (opens in a new tab)
Languages
twi-en: Akan Twi + English (Recommended). Best for Twi, English, and Twi-English code-switching., twi-only: Akan Twi (No English). Use only when the entire recording is spoken in Twi. English words may be missed., en: English (Ghanaian accent). English speech with a Ghanaian accent., gpe: Ghanaian Pidgin English. Ghanaian Pidgin English speech.Source for Languages (opens in a new tab)
Output formats
JSON text, transcription, language, duration_seconds, credits_remaining and credit_limit. Optional reference_text enables per-request WER/accuracy.Source for Output formats (opens in a new tab)
Published price
Terms list Pro $25/month with 5,000 credits and Enterprise $199/month with 50,000 credits. Credits do not roll over. ISO currency and task-level credit conversion are not established; these are subscription totals, not per-token or per-question prices.Source for Published price (opens in a new tab)
Request quotas
25 free transcriptions without sign-in; 50 total after sign-in, not 75. Quota reset window and paid task-credit conversion are unspecified.Source for Request quotas (opens in a new tab)

Access & pricing

Prices belong to an endpoint and billing tier. A provider listing does not guarantee access for every account or region.

API model ID
Not collected

voice or language selects a task option, not a documented immutable checkpoint.

Access
POST https://abena.mobobi.com/playground/api/v1/asr/transcribe/ (multipart audio_file, optional language and reference_text). Free usage requires no API key; authenticated use accepts Authorization: Bearer or X-API-Key.
Regions
Hosting location not disclosed; policy allows international processing.

Endpoint pricing has not been collected. Check the provider for applicable rates.

Data & enterprise terms

Hosted API privacy says audio/text are deleted after processing and are not used for training without explicit consent. Account, billing, request, performance and error logs are separately collected. Exact log retention and hosting region are unspecified; international processing and trusted service providers are allowed. This does not establish universal zero retention.

Read the service policy (opens in a new tab)

Caching

Caching can reuse earlier input processing. Availability, lifetime and billing depend on the endpoint. A cache hit still generates a new response.

01 / INITIAL INPUTProcess & retain

The system processes eligible input and retains reusable state.

02 / LATER REQUESTCheck available state

Reuse depends on matching input, session state and the cache policy.

03 / CACHE HITReuse & generate

Reusing state can reduce repeated work. Any charges follow the billing rules below.

Abena hosted API

Not verified

No native inference-cache contract reviewed. Server model loading and offline operation are not evidence of prompt caching.

How it works
Not collected

No native inference-cache contract reviewed. Server model loading and offline operation are not evidence of prompt caching.

Minimum reusable input
Not collected

No native inference-cache contract reviewed. Server model loading and offline operation are not evidence of prompt caching.

Lifetime & refresh
Not collected

No native inference-cache contract reviewed. Server model loading and offline operation are not evidence of prompt caching.

How to enable it
Not collected

No native inference-cache contract reviewed. Server model loading and offline operation are not evidence of prompt caching.

Usage fields
Not collected

No native inference-cache contract reviewed. Server model loading and offline operation are not evidence of prompt caching.

Billing rules
Not collected

No native inference-cache contract reviewed. Server model loading and offline operation are not evidence of prompt caching.

Limits & data boundaries
Not collected

No native inference-cache contract reviewed. Server model loading and offline operation are not evidence of prompt caching.

No verified cache rate for this endpoint. An empty rate is not a zero charge.

Caching reviewed 16 Oct 2026

What the measurements say

No benchmark observations have been added for this model. We do not turn a vendor description into a performance score.

Latency and throughput depend on the host, request size, reasoning settings and load. There is no measured speed or global usage figure in this record.

The record behind the model

Why it is included

Commercial speech capability with undisclosed backing checkpoints. API terms reserve model ownership and prohibit extraction; the linked MIT repository supplies client examples, not model weights. This service entry does not establish that every backing artifact is independently closed-weight.

Classification evidence (opens in a new tab)

Sources reviewed