The newly published "Buyer's Guide to Speech-to-Text APIs," released on May 22, 2025, serves as a comprehensive resource for product teams aiming to evaluate and optimize speech-to-text solutions amid evolving demands for latency, language support, and compliance. This guide provides strategic assessment criteria, essential vendor questions, and insights to help minimize trade-offs while scaling, making it particularly valuable for those developing voice agents, call analytics, or video transcription services. With its focus on aligning API setups with product directions, the guide aims to enhance the value derived from speech-to-text solutions in an ever-changing technological landscape.