diff --git a/apps/mobile/src/features/settings/CloudVoiceSection.tsx b/apps/mobile/src/features/settings/CloudVoiceSection.tsx
index 6ca61ece7b90a..faffeff5abcc6 100644
--- a/apps/mobile/src/features/settings/CloudVoiceSection.tsx
+++ b/apps/mobile/src/features/settings/CloudVoiceSection.tsx
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import { ScrollView, TextInput, View } from "react-native";
 import { Sheet } from "../../components/ui/Sheet";
 import * as Dialog from "../../components/ui/Dialog";
 import { ProviderIcon } from "../../components/ProviderIcon";
+import { SymbolView } from "../../components/ui/AppSymbol";
 import { AppText as Text } from "../../components/ui/AppText";
 import { ListActionRow } from "../../components/ui/ListActionRow";
 import { ListChoiceRow } from "../../components/ui/ListChoiceRow";
@@ -285,12 +286,16 @@ function CloudChoices({ environment, active, onClose }: Props & { onClose: () =>
                 key={provider}
                 label={label}
                 leading={
-                  <ProviderIcon
-                    provider={
-                      provider === "openai" ? "codex" : provider === "xai" ? "grok" : provider
-                    }
-                    size={20}
-                  />
+                  provider === "deepgram" ? (
+                    <SymbolView name="mic" size={20} tintColorClassName="accent-icon" />
+                  ) : (
+                    <ProviderIcon
+                      provider={
+                        provider === "openai" ? "codex" : provider === "xai" ? "grok" : provider
+                      }
+                      size={20}
+                    />
+                  )
                 }
                 selected={isActive}
                 separated={index > 0}
diff --git a/apps/server/src/serverSettings.test.ts b/apps/server/src/serverSettings.test.ts
index 3ca2d29da7c81..c8459136e168e 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/serverSettings.test.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/serverSettings.test.ts
@@ -1765,7 +1765,11 @@ it.layer(Layer.mergeAll(NodeServices.layer, NodeCrypto.layer))("server settings"
         const hub = UsageLimitSourceId.make("hub");
         const router = ProviderInstanceId.make("openrouter");
         const withUsage = yield* serverSettings.updateSettings({
-          cloudSpeechCredentials: { openai: usageReference, xai: "literal-fixture" },
+          cloudSpeechCredentials: {
+            openai: usageReference,
+            xai: "literal-fixture",
+            deepgram: usageReference,
+          },
           textGenerators: {
             [router]: {
               kind: "openaiCompatible",
@@ -1823,6 +1827,7 @@ it.layer(Layer.mergeAll(NodeServices.layer, NodeCrypto.layer))("server settings"
           openai: SECRET_REDACTED,
           xai: SECRET_REDACTED,
           openrouter: "",
+          deepgram: SECRET_REDACTED,
         });
         assert.equal(legacy.sourceControlHosts.bitbucket?.accessToken, SECRET_REDACTED);
         assert.equal(legacy.usageLimitSources[hub]?.managementKey, SECRET_REDACTED);
@@ -1853,6 +1858,7 @@ it.layer(Layer.mergeAll(NodeServices.layer, NodeCrypto.layer))("server settings"
           openai: usageReference,
           xai: "literal-fixture",
           openrouter: "",
+          deepgram: usageReference,
         });
         assert.deepEqual(echoed.easDeviceHosts[0]?.accessToken, easReference);
         assert.deepEqual(echoed.simlockDeviceHosts[0]?.agentToken, simlockReference);
@@ -1938,7 +1944,12 @@ it.layer(Layer.mergeAll(NodeServices.layer, NodeCrypto.layer))("server settings"
         "ghe.acme.test": work,
       });
       assert.equal(removed.usageLimitSources[hub]?.managementKey, "");
-      assert.deepEqual(removed.cloudSpeechCredentials, { openai: "", xai: work, openrouter: "" });
+      assert.deepEqual(removed.cloudSpeechCredentials, {
+        openai: "",
+        xai: work,
+        openrouter: "",
+        deepgram: "",
+      });
       assert.equal(removed.easDeviceHosts[0]?.accessToken, "");
       assert.deepEqual(Object.keys(removed.secretProviders), ["work"]);
     }).pipe(Effect.provide(layerServerSettingsWithSecrets())),
@@ -1951,6 +1962,7 @@ it.layer(Layer.mergeAll(NodeServices.layer, NodeCrypto.layer))("server settings"
         "cloudSpeechCredentials.openai",
         "cloudSpeechCredentials.xai",
         "cloudSpeechCredentials.openrouter",
+        "cloudSpeechCredentials.deepgram",
         "easDeviceHosts.[].accessToken",
         "simlockDeviceHosts.[].agentToken",
         "usageLimitSources.*.managementKey",
diff --git a/apps/server/src/sourceControl/sourceControlHostSecrets.test.ts b/apps/server/src/sourceControl/sourceControlHostSecrets.test.ts
index 9f73b2512841c..8b0af2d3601ba 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/sourceControl/sourceControlHostSecrets.test.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/sourceControl/sourceControlHostSecrets.test.ts
@@ -176,7 +176,12 @@ it.effect("reads a collected reference again once it is invalidated", () =>
       resolver,
       Effect.succeed({
         sourceControlHosts: hosts,
-        cloudSpeechCredentials: { openai: source("voice#key"), xai: "", openrouter: "" },
+        cloudSpeechCredentials: {
+          openai: source("voice#key"),
+          xai: "",
+          openrouter: "",
+          deepgram: "",
+        },
         usageLimitSources,
         textGenerators: {},
         easDeviceHosts,
diff --git a/apps/server/src/speech/CloudSpeech.test.ts b/apps/server/src/speech/CloudSpeech.test.ts
index 112c7a88d9b3b..71ac4e6d42ac2 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/speech/CloudSpeech.test.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/speech/CloudSpeech.test.ts
@@ -49,7 +49,12 @@ it.effect.each(["openai", "xai"] as const)("sends only to %s using its own saved
     yield* service.setKey(provider === "openai" ? "xai" : "openai", Redacted.make("other"));
     expect((yield* Effect.flip(transcribe()))._tag).toBe("CloudSpeechError");
     yield* service.setKey(provider, Redacted.make("chosen"));
-    expect(yield* service.configured).toEqual({ openai: true, xai: true, openrouter: false });
+    expect(yield* service.configured).toEqual({
+      openai: true,
+      xai: true,
+      openrouter: false,
+      deepgram: false,
+    });
     yield* Effect.flip(transcribe(new Uint8Array(3)));
     expect(upstream).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
     expect(yield* transcribe()).toBe("hello");
@@ -159,6 +164,87 @@ it.effect("uploads to OpenRouter only for a listed exact model, as zero-retentio
   }),
 );
 
+it.effect("sends Deepgram raw WAV with its token and reads the first transcript", () =>
+  Effect.gen(function* () {
+    const upstream = vi.fn<typeof fetch>(async () =>
+      Response.json({ results: { channels: [{ alternatives: [{ transcript: "hello" }] }] } }),
+    );
+    const service = yield* CloudSpeech.CloudSpeech.pipe(
+      Effect.provide(
+        CloudSpeech.layer.pipe(
+          Layer.provide(FetchHttpClient.layer),
+          Layer.provide(ServerSettings.ServerSettingsService.layerTest()),
+          Layer.provide(Layer.mock(SecretResolver.SecretResolver)({})),
+        ),
+      ),
+    );
+    const transcribe = (speechLanguage: string) =>
+      service
+        .transcribe("deepgram", new Uint8Array(new Float32Array([0, 0.5]).buffer), {
+          ...DEFAULT_SPEECH_TRANSCRIPTION_OPTIONS,
+          speechLanguage,
+          speechCustomWords: [{ term: "T3 Code", aliases: [] }],
+        })
+        .pipe(Effect.provideService(FetchHttpClient.Fetch, upstream));
+    yield* service.setKey("deepgram", Redacted.make("dg-key"));
+    expect((yield* service.configured).deepgram).toBe(true);
+    expect(yield* transcribe("ru")).toBe("hello");
+    const [url, init] = upstream.mock.calls[0]!;
+    const sent = new URL(String(url));
+    expect(sent.origin + sent.pathname).toBe("https://api.deepgram.com/v1/listen");
+    expect(sent.searchParams.get("model")).toBe("nova-3");
+    expect(sent.searchParams.get("redact_usage")).toBe("true");
+    expect(sent.searchParams.get("language")).toBe("ru");
+    expect(sent.searchParams.getAll("keyterm")).toEqual(["T3 Code"]);
+    expect(init?.redirect).toBe("error");
+    const headers = new Headers(init?.headers);
+    expect(headers.get("authorization")).toBe("Token dg-key");
+    expect(headers.get("content-type")).toBe("audio/wav");
+    const wav = Buffer.from(yield* Effect.promise(() => new Response(init?.body).arrayBuffer()));
+    expect(wav.toString("ascii", 0, 4)).toBe("RIFF");
+    expect(wav.readInt16LE(46)).toBe(16384);
+    yield* transcribe("auto");
+    expect(new URL(String(upstream.mock.calls[1]![0])).searchParams.get("language")).toBe("multi");
+    const keytermLimit = () =>
+      Response.json(
+        {
+          err_code: "Bad Request",
+          err_msg:
+            "Bad Request: Keyterm limit exceeded. The maximum number of tokens across all keyterms is 500.",
+        },
+        { status: 400 },
+      );
+    upstream.mockResolvedValueOnce(keytermLimit());
+    expect(yield* transcribe("en")).toBe("hello");
+    const [limited, retried] = upstream.mock.calls.slice(-2).map(([url]) => new URL(String(url)));
+    expect(limited!.searchParams.getAll("keyterm")).toEqual(["T3 Code"]);
+    expect(retried!.searchParams.has("keyterm")).toBe(false);
+    upstream.mockResolvedValueOnce(new Response("Bad Request", { status: 400 }));
+    expect(yield* Effect.flip(transcribe("en"))).toMatchObject({ reason: "unavailable" });
+    upstream.mockResolvedValueOnce(new Response(null, { status: 402 }));
+    expect(yield* Effect.flip(transcribe("en"))).toMatchObject({
+      provider: "deepgram",
+      reason: "rejected-key",
+    });
+    upstream.mockResolvedValueOnce(Response.json({ results: { channels: [] } }));
+    expect(yield* Effect.flip(transcribe("en"))).toMatchObject({ reason: "unavailable" });
+    // Removing the key during the first upload must stop the keyterm-free retry.
+    const uploadStarted = Promise.withResolvers<void>();
+    const rejection = Promise.withResolvers<Response>();
+    upstream.mockImplementationOnce(() => {
+      uploadStarted.resolve();
+      return rejection.promise;
+    });
+    const uploads = upstream.mock.calls.length;
+    const job = yield* transcribe("en").pipe(Effect.forkChild);
+    yield* Effect.promise(() => uploadStarted.promise);
+    yield* service.setKey("deepgram", null);
+    rejection.resolve(keytermLimit());
+    expect(yield* Effect.flip(Fiber.join(job))).toMatchObject({ reason: "missing-key" });
+    expect(upstream).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(uploads + 1);
+  }),
+);
+
 it.effect("removing a key while a catalog read is pending prevents the upload", () =>
   Effect.gen(function* () {
     const service = yield* CloudSpeech.CloudSpeech.pipe(
diff --git a/apps/server/src/speech/CloudSpeech.ts b/apps/server/src/speech/CloudSpeech.ts
index 3b7eab6b5242b..8437f7fbd7d60 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/speech/CloudSpeech.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/speech/CloudSpeech.ts
@@ -31,12 +31,22 @@ const endpoints = {
   openai: { url: "https://api.openai.com/v1/audio/transcriptions", model: "gpt-transcribe" },
   xai: { url: "https://api.x.ai/v1/stt", model: "grok-voice-transcribe-2.0" },
   openrouter: { url: "https://openrouter.ai/api/v1/audio/transcriptions" },
+  deepgram: { url: "https://api.deepgram.com/v1/listen", model: "nova-3" },
 };
 const OPENROUTER_CATALOG_URL =
   "https://openrouter.ai/api/v1/models?output_modalities=transcription&zdr=true";
 const isApiKey = Schema.is(CloudSpeechApiKey);
 const isModelId = Schema.is(CloudSpeechModelId);
 const sameCredential = Schema.toEquivalence(SettingsSecretValue);
+const DeepgramResult = Schema.Struct({
+  results: Schema.Struct({
+    channels: Schema.NonEmptyArray(
+      Schema.Struct({
+        alternatives: Schema.NonEmptyArray(Schema.Struct({ transcript: Schema.String })),
+      }),
+    ),
+  }),
+});
 const OpenRouterCatalog = Schema.Struct({
   data: Schema.Array(Schema.Struct({ id: Schema.String, name: Schema.optionalKey(Schema.String) })),
 });
@@ -101,6 +111,20 @@ function openRouterBody(model: string, audio: ArrayBuffer, language: string) {
   });
 }
 
+function deepgramUrl(language: string, options: SpeechTranscriptionOptions, keyterms: boolean) {
+  const url = new URL(endpoints.deepgram.url);
+  url.searchParams.set("model", endpoints.deepgram.model);
+  url.searchParams.set("smart_format", "true");
+  url.searchParams.set("redact_usage", "true");
+  // `multi` transcribes speech that switches languages, such as English terms in other speech.
+  url.searchParams.set("language", language === "auto" ? "multi" : language);
+  if (keyterms)
+    for (const { term } of options.speechCustomWords) url.searchParams.append("keyterm", term);
+  if (!options.speechRemoveFillerWords || options.speechCorrectionWord)
+    url.searchParams.set("filler_words", "true");
+  return url;
+}
+
 export class CloudSpeech extends Context.Service<
   CloudSpeech,
   {
@@ -130,10 +154,11 @@ export const layer = Layer.effect(
       Effect.map((value) => value.cloudSpeechCredentials),
     );
     const configured = credentials.pipe(
-      Effect.map(({ openai, xai, openrouter }) => ({
+      Effect.map(({ openai, xai, openrouter, deepgram }) => ({
         openai: Boolean(openai),
         xai: Boolean(xai),
         openrouter: Boolean(openrouter),
+        deepgram: Boolean(deepgram),
       })),
     );
     const execute = (request: HttpClientRequest.HttpClientRequest) =>
@@ -208,21 +233,42 @@ export const layer = Layer.effect(
         );
         if (!isApiKey(key)) return yield* unreadable();
         const audio = wave(samples);
-        const request = HttpClientRequest.post(endpoints[provider].url).pipe(
-          HttpClientRequest.bearerToken(Redacted.make(key)),
-          provider === "openrouter"
-            ? openRouterBody(model!, audio, language)
-            : audioBody(provider, audio, language, options),
-        );
+        const deepgramRequest = (keyterms: boolean) =>
+          HttpClientRequest.post(deepgramUrl(language, options, keyterms)).pipe(
+            HttpClientRequest.setHeader("authorization", `Token ${key}`),
+            HttpClientRequest.bodyUint8Array(new Uint8Array(audio), "audio/wav"),
+          );
+        const request =
+          provider === "deepgram"
+            ? deepgramRequest(true)
+            : HttpClientRequest.post(endpoints[provider].url).pipe(
+                HttpClientRequest.bearerToken(Redacted.make(key)),
+                provider === "openrouter"
+                  ? openRouterBody(model!, audio, language)
+                  : audioBody(provider, audio, language, options),
+              );
         const unavailable = () => new CloudSpeechError({ provider, reason: "unavailable" });
-        // A catalog fetch or vault lookup may have outlived the credential it started with.
-        const current = (yield* credentials)[provider];
-        if (!current || !sameCredential(source, current))
-          return yield* new CloudSpeechError({
-            provider,
-            reason: current ? "key-changed" : "missing-key",
-          });
-        const response = yield* execute(request).pipe(Effect.mapError(unavailable));
+        // A catalog fetch, vault lookup, or earlier upload may have outlived the credential.
+        const ensureCurrentKey = Effect.gen(function* () {
+          const current = (yield* credentials)[provider];
+          if (!current || !sameCredential(source, current))
+            return yield* new CloudSpeechError({
+              provider,
+              reason: current ? "key-changed" : "missing-key",
+            });
+        });
+        yield* ensureCurrentKey;
+        let response = yield* execute(request).pipe(Effect.mapError(unavailable));
+        // Deepgram caps keyterms in tokens clients cannot count; the dictionary still fixes the text below.
+        if (
+          provider === "deepgram" &&
+          response.status === 400 &&
+          options.speechCustomWords.length > 0 &&
+          (yield* response.text.pipe(Effect.orElseSucceed(() => ""))).includes("Keyterm limit")
+        ) {
+          yield* ensureCurrentKey;
+          response = yield* execute(deepgramRequest(false)).pipe(Effect.mapError(unavailable));
+        }
         if (response.status < 200 || response.status >= 300)
           return yield* new CloudSpeechError({
             provider,
@@ -235,9 +281,14 @@ export const layer = Layer.effect(
                     ? "model-unavailable"
                     : "unavailable",
           });
-        const { text } = yield* HttpClientResponse.schemaBodyJson(
-          EnvironmentSpeechTranscriptionResult,
-        )(response).pipe(Effect.mapError(unavailable));
+        const text =
+          provider === "deepgram"
+            ? (yield* HttpClientResponse.schemaBodyJson(DeepgramResult)(response).pipe(
+                Effect.mapError(unavailable),
+              )).results.channels[0].alternatives[0].transcript
+            : (yield* HttpClientResponse.schemaBodyJson(EnvironmentSpeechTranscriptionResult)(
+                response,
+              ).pipe(Effect.mapError(unavailable))).text;
         const corrected = applySpeechAliases(text, options.speechCustomWords);
         return (
           options.speechRemoveFillerWords
diff --git a/apps/web/src/components/settings/CloudVoiceConfiguration.browser.test.tsx b/apps/web/src/components/settings/CloudVoiceConfiguration.browser.test.tsx
index b5eddbcc10df8..583d886ac87a1 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/components/settings/CloudVoiceConfiguration.browser.test.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/components/settings/CloudVoiceConfiguration.browser.test.tsx
@@ -101,8 +101,14 @@ it("cancelling a provider's setup keeps the current destination and writes nothi
       const destination = screen.getByRole("combobox", { name: "Transcribe with" });
       await expect.element(destination).toHaveTextContent("Laptop");
       await destination.click();
-      await page.getByRole("option", { name: "OpenAI via Laptop" }).click();
+      await page.getByRole("option", { name: "Deepgram via Laptop" }).click();
       const dialog = page.getByRole("dialog");
+      await expect
+        .element(dialog.getByText("Update Laptop to use Deepgram dictation."))
+        .toBeVisible();
+      await dialog.getByRole("button", { name: "Cancel" }).click();
+      await destination.click();
+      await page.getByRole("option", { name: "OpenAI via Laptop" }).click();
       await dialog.getByRole("button", { name: "Cancel" }).click();
       await expect.element(dialog).not.toBeInTheDocument();
       await expect.element(destination).toHaveTextContent("Laptop");
diff --git a/apps/web/src/components/settings/CloudVoiceConfiguration.tsx b/apps/web/src/components/settings/CloudVoiceConfiguration.tsx
index 95dcee4cffb45..0155a161be5cd 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/components/settings/CloudVoiceConfiguration.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/components/settings/CloudVoiceConfiguration.tsx
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ export function CloudVoiceConfiguration({
   const destination = (): CloudDestination =>
     routed && isModelId(model)
       ? { kind: "cloud", provider: "openrouter", environmentId: id, model }
-      : { kind: "cloud", provider: provider as "openai" | "xai", environmentId: id };
+      : { kind: "cloud", provider: provider as "openai" | "xai" | "deepgram", environmentId: id };
   const enable = () => chooseAudioDestination(destination());
   const canSubmit = routed
     ? modelChosen && keyReady && (!active || modelChanged || keyChanged)
@@ -343,11 +343,10 @@ export function CloudVoiceConfiguration({
               <Button size="sm" variant="outline" onClick={refresh}>
                 Retry loading API key
               </Button>
-            ) : routed &&
-              AsyncResult.isSuccess(presence) &&
-              presence.value &&
-              saved === undefined ? (
-              <p>Update {environment.label} to use OpenRouter dictation.</p>
+            ) : AsyncResult.isSuccess(presence) && presence.value && saved === undefined ? (
+              <p>
+                Update {environment.label} to use {name} dictation.
+              </p>
             ) : saved === undefined ? (
               <p role="status">Checking for an API key…</p>
             ) : routed ? (
diff --git a/apps/web/src/components/settings/VoiceSettingsPanel.tsx b/apps/web/src/components/settings/VoiceSettingsPanel.tsx
index 22ae59e55d31e..f65d5a6db3e60 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/components/settings/VoiceSettingsPanel.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/components/settings/VoiceSettingsPanel.tsx
@@ -140,6 +140,7 @@ import { useScopedSettings, useUpdateScopedSettings } from "./useScopedSettings"
 
 const OFF = "off";
 function CloudSpeechLogo({ provider }: { provider: CloudSpeechProvider }) {
+  if (provider === "deepgram") return <AudioLinesIcon aria-hidden className="size-4 shrink-0" />;
   if (provider === "openrouter")
     return <ProviderPackageIcon icon={openRouterIcon} aria-hidden className="size-4 shrink-0" />;
   return (
diff --git a/apps/web/src/components/settings/settingsSearch.ts b/apps/web/src/components/settings/settingsSearch.ts
index 85e4878be73dd..29cc1ee5b192e 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/components/settings/settingsSearch.ts
+++ b/apps/web/src/components/settings/settingsSearch.ts
@@ -544,7 +544,7 @@ export const SETTINGS_SEARCH_ITEMS = [
     title: "Transcribe with",
     to: "/settings/voice",
     searchTerms: [
-      "send microphone audio dictation destination speech voice stt transcription environment machine consent privacy cloud OpenAI Grok OpenRouter",
+      "send microphone audio dictation destination speech voice stt transcription environment machine consent privacy cloud OpenAI Grok OpenRouter Deepgram",
     ],
   },
   {
diff --git a/docs/user/voice-input.md b/docs/user/voice-input.md
index 592e110c896cc..8a013e4955bae 100644
--- a/docs/user/voice-input.md
+++ b/docs/user/voice-input.md
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ Set it back to **Off** at any time; a recording in progress is discarded.
 If the chosen environment goes offline, voice input waits for it. T3 Code never
 substitutes another environment.
 
-For cloud dictation, choose **OpenAI** or **Grok Voice Transcribe** via the environment
-you want to use. If it needs a key, enter one and choose **Save and enable**.
+For cloud dictation, choose **OpenAI**, **Grok Voice Transcribe**, or **Deepgram** via the
+environment you want to use. If it needs a key, enter one and choose **Save and enable**.
 You can also choose a [secret provider](secrets.md) instead of **Value** and enter a
 reference. Unlock the vault on that environment before dictating. Anyone with
 dictation access to the environment can use the key, but only this device opts in.
diff --git a/packages/contracts/src/settings.ts b/packages/contracts/src/settings.ts
index 49470541d90be..ac2f38f9a0150 100644
--- a/packages/contracts/src/settings.ts
+++ b/packages/contracts/src/settings.ts
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ export const VoiceTranscriptionDestination = Schema.Union([
   Schema.Struct({
     kind: Schema.Literal("cloud"),
     environmentId: EnvironmentId,
-    provider: Schema.Literals(["openai", "xai"]),
+    provider: Schema.Literals(["openai", "xai", "deepgram"]),
   }),
   Schema.Struct({
     kind: Schema.Literal("cloud"),
@@ -1348,6 +1348,7 @@ export const CloudSpeechCredentials = Schema.Struct({
   openai: CloudSpeechCredential,
   xai: CloudSpeechCredential,
   openrouter: CloudSpeechCredential,
+  deepgram: CloudSpeechCredential,
 });
 
 export const ServerSettings = Schema.Struct({
@@ -1380,7 +1381,9 @@ export const ServerSettings = Schema.Struct({
 
   enableAgentBrowserAccess: Schema.Boolean.pipe(Schema.withDecodingDefault(Effect.succeed(true))),
   cloudSpeechCredentials: CloudSpeechCredentials.pipe(
-    Schema.withDecodingDefault(Effect.succeed({ openai: "", xai: "", openrouter: "" })),
+    Schema.withDecodingDefault(
+      Effect.succeed({ openai: "", xai: "", openrouter: "", deepgram: "" }),
+    ),
   ),
   speechModelId: Schema.String.pipe(
     Schema.withDecodingDefault(Effect.succeed("handy-computer/parakeet-unified-en-0.6b-gguf")),
@@ -1835,6 +1838,7 @@ export const ServerSettingsPatch = Schema.Struct({
       openai: Schema.optionalKey(SettingsSecretValue),
       xai: Schema.optionalKey(SettingsSecretValue),
       openrouter: Schema.optionalKey(SettingsSecretValue),
+      deepgram: Schema.optionalKey(SettingsSecretValue),
     }),
   ),
   speechModelId: Schema.optionalKey(Schema.String),
diff --git a/packages/contracts/src/speech.ts b/packages/contracts/src/speech.ts
index ff3362f67fc0c..9b01aa67f898f 100644
--- a/packages/contracts/src/speech.ts
+++ b/packages/contracts/src/speech.ts
@@ -8,23 +8,26 @@ export const CloudSpeechApiKey = TrimmedNonEmptyString.check(
   Schema.isPattern(/^(?![a-z][a-z\d+.-]*:\/\/)[!-~]+$/i),
 );
 
-export const CloudSpeechProvider = Schema.Literals(["openai", "xai", "openrouter"]);
+export const CloudSpeechProvider = Schema.Literals(["openai", "xai", "openrouter", "deepgram"]);
 export type CloudSpeechProvider = typeof CloudSpeechProvider.Type;
 export const CLOUD_SPEECH_LABELS = {
   openai: "OpenAI",
   xai: "Grok Voice Transcribe",
   openrouter: "OpenRouter",
+  deepgram: "Deepgram",
 } as const;
 export const CLOUD_SPEECH_PROVIDER_NAMES = {
   openai: "OpenAI",
   xai: "xAI",
   openrouter: "OpenRouter",
+  deepgram: "Deepgram",
 } as const;
-/** Servers that predate OpenRouter report only the first two providers. */
+/** Older servers omit providers added after OpenAI and xAI. */
 export const CloudSpeechKeys = Schema.Struct({
   openai: Schema.Boolean,
   xai: Schema.Boolean,
   openrouter: Schema.optionalKey(Schema.Boolean),
+  deepgram: Schema.optionalKey(Schema.Boolean),
 });
 export type CloudSpeechKeys = typeof CloudSpeechKeys.Type;