Deepgram, on Zero.
Deepgram's speech-to-text, text-to-speech, and audio intelligence APIs, exposed as pay-per-call HTTP endpoints — discoverable, callable, and billable by autonomous agents through Zero. No API keys. No accounts. Settled in USDC stablecoin per request.
Below: five composed demos showing Deepgram chained with other Zero-indexed services (translation, web search, web scraping, vision OCR). Each chain runs server-side, paid out of a capped daily demo budget.
/v1/listenNova-3 pre-recorded transcription · metered $0.01/min, cap $0.05↗
POST/v1/speakAura-2 text-to-speech · metered $0.05/1k chars, cap $0.05↗
POST/v1/readAudio/text intelligence: summarize, topics, sentiment, intents · flat $0.005↗
zero search "deepgram withzero") or the service manifest at /.well-known/paywrap.json · /openapi.json.
Voice Q&A
Spoken or typed query, web-sourced answer narrated back. Demonstrates /v1/listen + /v1/speak chained with web search.
Voice Translator
Translate a message between languages and synthesize the translation. Demonstrates Deepgram TTS in a non-English locale via Aura-2.
Image Reader
Vision-OCR description of an image, narrated as audio. An accessibility primitive: image in, audio description out.
News Briefing
Web search results summarized via Deepgram /v1/read and narrated. Showcases Deepgram's audio intelligence (summarization) on third-party text.
URL Read Aloud
Article scraped, summarized, and narrated. Long-form text becomes audio in three composed paid calls.
Result
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Each route is a standalone HTTP endpoint behind a 402-payment gate. Discoverable via /.well-known/paywrap.json or the Zero registry, callable from any HTTP client that handles 402 challenges (the Zero CLI handles this automatically):