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API keys & failover

Add your keys. Never stall again.

Connect as many keys as you like across Groq, Deepgram, Sarvam, ElevenLabs, OpenAI-compatible services and more. If one runs dry, gets rate limited or goes offline, Saral switches to the next, so you never stop mid-sentence.

Try the failover Set it up When a key fails Free credits

Playground

Break a key. Watch Saral route around it.

  1. Click a key’s status to make it rate limited, invalid or offline.
  2. Press Dictate and follow the request down your route.
  3. Add keys or providers, and move providers up or down to change the order.
Healthy Rate limited Invalid key Offline

This is a simulation with sample keys. Nothing here connects to a provider, and you never need to paste a real key into a website.

Speech recognitionProviders are tried top to bottom. Keys inside a provider take turns.
Auto-failover on
    Dictations 0 Failovers 0 Interrupted 0
    ResultPress Dictate to send a test sentence through your route.

      In the app

      Set up once. Then forget it.

      The optional quick start on first launch walks you through it, or head to Settings → AI & models any time.

      1. Add a provider

        Open Settings → AI & models and choose ＋ Add provider. Speech and AI polish each get their own list.

      2. Paste your keys

        Add one key or ten. Each goes straight into macOS Keychain or Windows Credential Manager and stays masked.

      3. Set the order

        Drag providers into the order you want, pick models, and add on-device Whisper as a last resort.

      4. Just dictate

        Saral spreads requests across your keys and fails over on its own. Your saved order never changes behind your back.

      The rules

      What happens when a key fails.

      Each kind of failure gets the right pause, so a tired key gets a rest and a bad one stops wasting your time.

      What went wrongWhat Saral doesKey rests for
      Rate limitedMoves the same dictation to your next key or provider right away.60 seconds
      Key rejected or expiredSkips that key so it stops failing, and carries on with the rest.1 hour
      Can’t connectTreats it as a network blip and tries the next option.30 seconds
      Request timed outGives it a short break, then lets it back in.10 seconds
      Model unavailableRests only that model and keeps using the key with your other models.5 minutes (model)

      For AI polish, Saral stops trying after about 15 seconds so a dictation never hangs. If every option is down at once, Saral tells you rather than leaving you waiting.

      Getting keys

      Start with free credits.

      Several providers offer a free plan or starter credit. Create a key on their site, then paste it into Saral.

      Groq

      Free plan with rate limits

      SpeechAI polish

      Whisper large-v3-turbo for fast speech, plus text models for polish. A great first key.

      Create a key

      Deepgram

      USD 200 new-account credit

      Speech

      Nova-3 speech with keyterms and mixed-language recognition. Advertised with no card required.

      Open the console

      Sarvam

      INR 100 sign-up credit

      SpeechAI polish

      Built for Indian languages and code-mixed speech. Keep another speech key for long recordings.

      Open the dashboard

      Google Gemini

      Free tier on eligible models

      AI polish

      For polish and AI Enhance, not speech. Free-tier content may be used to improve Google’s products.

      Create a key

      Whisper + Ollama

      No keys at all

      SpeechAI polishOffline

      Download Whisper inside Saral and run Ollama for polish. Everything stays on your computer.

      Get Ollama

      Good to know

      Extra keys spread your requests, but they don’t multiply a free allowance or get around a provider’s rate limits. Falling back to a paid provider uses that provider’s pricing.

      Offers checked on 6 October 2026. They can change, so check each provider’s dashboard before you rely on them.

      Your keys stay locked.

      Keys are typed only into the Saral app on your computer. They never pass through this website or a Saral server.

      How keys are stored

      • OS-level vault

        macOS Keychain or Windows Credential Manager. Settings only keep a reference.

      • Always masked

        Keys are hidden in the interface once saved, and never shown in full again.

      • No plain-text fallback

        If the vault isn’t available, Saral keeps your existing setup rather than writing keys to a file.

      • Remove any time

        Remove a key whenever you like. Your other keys and your saved order stay as they are.

      Bring every key. Keep talking.

      Free for Mac and Windows. Add your keys in Settings and Saral takes care of the rest.

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