# Send Speech is Cheap Transcribe to your agent
Hand the extracted package to your coding agent with a concrete install brief instead of figuring it out manually.
## Fast path
- Download the package from Yavira.
- Extract it into a folder your agent can access.
- Paste one of the prompts below and point your agent at the extracted folder.
## Suggested prompts
### New install

```text
I downloaded a skill package from Yavira. Read SKILL.md from the extracted folder and install it by following the included instructions. Then review README.md for any prerequisites, environment setup, or post-install checks. Tell me what you changed and call out any manual steps you could not complete.
```
### Upgrade existing

```text
I downloaded an updated skill package from Yavira. Read SKILL.md from the extracted folder, compare it with my current installation, and upgrade it while preserving any custom configuration unless the package docs explicitly say otherwise. Then review README.md for any prerequisites, environment setup, or post-install checks. Summarize what changed and any follow-up checks I should run.
```
## Machine-readable fields
```json
{
  "schemaVersion": "1.0",
  "item": {
    "slug": "asr",
    "name": "Speech is Cheap Transcribe",
    "source": "tencent",
    "type": "skill",
    "category": "AI 智能",
    "sourceUrl": "https://clawhub.ai/ilyakam/asr",
    "canonicalUrl": "https://clawhub.ai/ilyakam/asr",
    "targetPlatform": "OpenClaw"
  },
  "install": {
    "downloadUrl": "/downloads/asr",
    "sourceDownloadUrl": "https://wry-manatee-359.convex.site/api/v1/download?slug=asr",
    "sourcePlatform": "tencent",
    "targetPlatform": "OpenClaw",
    "packageFormat": "ZIP package",
    "primaryDoc": "SKILL.md",
    "includedAssets": [
      "CHANGELOG.md",
      "README.md",
      "SKILL.md",
      "manifest.json",
      "scripts/asr.sh"
    ],
    "downloadMode": "redirect",
    "sourceHealth": {
      "source": "tencent",
      "slug": "asr",
      "status": "healthy",
      "reason": "direct_download_ok",
      "recommendedAction": "download",
      "checkedAt": "2026-05-03T21:35:49.641Z",
      "expiresAt": "2026-05-10T21:35:49.641Z",
      "httpStatus": 200,
      "finalUrl": "https://wry-manatee-359.convex.site/api/v1/download?slug=asr",
      "contentType": "application/zip",
      "probeMethod": "head",
      "details": {
        "probeUrl": "https://wry-manatee-359.convex.site/api/v1/download?slug=asr",
        "contentDisposition": "attachment; filename=\"asr-1.2.0.zip\"",
        "redirectLocation": null,
        "bodySnippet": null,
        "slug": "asr"
      },
      "scope": "item",
      "summary": "Item download looks usable.",
      "detail": "Yavira can redirect you to the upstream package for this item.",
      "primaryActionLabel": "Download for OpenClaw",
      "primaryActionHref": "/downloads/asr"
    },
    "validation": {
      "installChecklist": [
        "Use the Yavira download entry.",
        "Review SKILL.md after the package is downloaded.",
        "Confirm the extracted package contains the expected setup assets."
      ],
      "postInstallChecks": [
        "Confirm the extracted package includes the expected docs or setup files.",
        "Validate the skill or prompts are available in your target agent workspace.",
        "Capture any manual follow-up steps the agent could not complete."
      ]
    }
  },
  "links": {
    "detailUrl": "https://openagent3.xyz/skills/asr",
    "downloadUrl": "https://openagent3.xyz/downloads/asr",
    "agentUrl": "https://openagent3.xyz/skills/asr/agent",
    "manifestUrl": "https://openagent3.xyz/skills/asr/agent.json",
    "briefUrl": "https://openagent3.xyz/skills/asr/agent.md"
  }
}
```
## Documentation

### 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.

### 1. Get an API Key

Sign up at speechischeap.com. Use code CH5 for $5 off.

### 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

### 🤖 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.
## Trust
- Source: tencent
- Verification: Indexed source record
- Publisher: ilyakam
- Version: 1.2.0
## Source health
- Status: healthy
- Item download looks usable.
- Yavira can redirect you to the upstream package for this item.
- Health scope: item
- Reason: direct_download_ok
- Checked at: 2026-05-03T21:35:49.641Z
- Expires at: 2026-05-10T21:35:49.641Z
- Recommended action: Download for OpenClaw
## Links
- [Detail page](https://openagent3.xyz/skills/asr)
- [Send to Agent page](https://openagent3.xyz/skills/asr/agent)
- [JSON manifest](https://openagent3.xyz/skills/asr/agent.json)
- [Markdown brief](https://openagent3.xyz/skills/asr/agent.md)
- [Download page](https://openagent3.xyz/downloads/asr)