User guides
Working with Speechineer
The essentials for running Speechineer day to day — what each building block is, and where in the app you work with it.
Workspaces
A workspace is one piece of your software — an app, a service, a component. It holds that software’s forms, API keys, signing keys, and accounts, and carries its own limits, so usage is reported per software. You do not need one workspace per environment: development, staging, and production live in the same workspace, told apart by their own API keys. A workspace can be deactivated (a reversible pause) or archived (terminal — everything in it freezes).
App → Workspaces
Forms — Define and Engineer
A form describes the fields Speechineer fills from speech. Define is where you shape the fields and their languages; Engineer is where you tune prompts and test against live transcription. Publishing acts on one version — your integration pins a version, so you can iterate on a draft while production stays stable.
App → Workspace → Forms
API keys and signing keys
An API key identifies the workspace in every call, and each key carries its own mode. An Unsigned key may present only unsigned development tokens; a Signed key may present only tokens your backend signed with your signing key. Because the mode sits on the key, one workspace can hold an unsigned development key next to signed staging and production keys — separate keys and separate usage, one form definition. If a workspace must never accept unsigned traffic, turn on its require-signed setting; unsigned keys in it then stop authenticating. Signing keys rotate with a grace period, so deployments never race a key change.
App → Workspace → API keys · Signing keys
Usage and units
Everything is billed in Units (U). Your plan grants included units per cycle; prepaid units cover what goes beyond. Limits exist per workspace, API key, form, and account — when one is reached, requests fail with a quota error rather than overspending. The dashboard shows available units and usage this cycle.
App → Dashboard · Usage · Billing