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Cost estimator

A rough monthly estimate for cloud dictation and cloud writing styles, using each provider's published prices. Not a bill.

Android speech, offline SenseVoice and the on-device writing model cost nothing. This page only prices Groq and Gemini, where you pay the provider directly with your own key. Prices were checked in October 2026 and change; the provider's page always wins.

Models AI Keyboard uses

JobModelPublished price (paid)
Groq dictationwhisper-large-v3$0.111 per hour of audio
Groq writing stylesopenai/gpt-oss-20b$0.075 in / $0.30 out per 1M tokens
Gemini Live dictationgemini-3.1-flash-live-preview$3.00 per 1M audio input tokens, $4.50 per 1M text output tokens
Gemini writing stylesgemini-3.5-flash-lite$0.30 in / $2.50 out per 1M tokens

Sources: Gemini API pricing and Groq models. You can pick other models in AI Keyboard's settings; this estimator covers the defaults.

Estimator

Billing tier
Dictation
Writing styles
Typical daily use is 5–15 minutes.
Conversation is often around 150 words per minute.
Set to 0% if you never run AI rewriting.
Most rewrites are about the same length.
Estimated monthly total
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The range reflects tokenisation uncertainty.
Dictation
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Writing styles
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Transcript tokens
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Gemini Live audio input tokens
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Style input tokens
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Style output tokens
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Quick examples

Paid-tier estimates with your speaking speed and style settings above, for different daily speech time.

Per dayAndroid speech + Groq stylesGroq Whisper + Groq stylesGemini Live + Gemini styles
Needs JavaScript.

How this is calculated

  • Gemini audio is counted at 32 tokens per second (Gemini token docs). Groq Whisper is billed per hour of audio.
  • Transcript tokens come from words per minute, at roughly 100 tokens per 60–80 English words. Japanese and Chinese tokenise differently.
  • The Gemini Live line assumes the transcript is billed as text output, which is the cautious choice.
  • Writing styles send the transcript plus your prompt; the estimator ignores the prompt overhead and any minimum billing per request.
  • Your real numbers are in Settings → Cloud & privacy, which lists tokens used request by request.