This article introduces a method for free access to Qwen3-ASR speech recognition services, featuring OpenAI-compatible API integration and seamless compatibility with the Spokenly speech-to-text application. The guide outlines two free usage approaches: utilizing Alibaba Cloud’s official complimentary credits, and implementing API proxy access without authentication. Detailed deployment steps, configuration methods, and code implementations are provided, including instructions for enabling inverse text normalization. The Spokenly application offers rapid processing, real-time text display, and high accuracy, supporting both local models and self-hosted APIs for free usage. The author shares their user experience, highlighting this application as one of the most effective speech-to-text tools available for Mac. For developers and tech enthusiasts, this serves as a practical guide to AI speech recognition solutions.
