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Speech-to-text to powerful outcomes

Top startups and enterprises rely on AssemblyAI’s breakthrough speech-to-text and speech understanding models for reliable source-truth data that powers world-class products.

Build expertly, scale effortlessly

Redefine what’s possible with voice data—all on one seamless API that evolves ahead of the industry and handles the heavy lifting.

Speech-to-Text Transcription

Unlock the value of voice data, and power workflows with unmatched accuracy, diarization, and language capabilities.

Streaming Speech-to-Text

Build intuitive voice agent workflows with high accuracy, low latency, precise end-of-utterance controls, and more.

Speech Understanding

Enable deep analysis and high-value insights with sophisticated audio-intelligence models and the most advanced LLM capabilities.

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import assemblyai as aai

transcriber = aai.Transcriber()
transcript = transcriber.transcribe(URL, config)

print(transcript)
{
  "id": "6rlr37h8f4-e310-4e23-bbf3-ea5f347dc684",
  "language_code": "en_us",
  "status": "completed",
  "text": "Runner's knee is a condition characterized by pain behind or around the kneecap...",
  "confidence": 0.98122,
  "audio_duration": 3200,
  "words": [
    { "text": "Runner's", "start": 0, "end": 550, "speaker": "A", "confidence": 0.98113 },
    { "text": "knee", "start": 580, "end": 1130, "speaker": "A", "confidence": 0.95417 }
  ]
}

Industry-leading models on a developer-first API

Your AI product strategy depends on the foundation that powers it. Make sure you build on the best.

Best in class

Accuracy that makes an impact

Our speech-to-text models lead the industry in accuracy and deliver the most reliable audio outputs for standout user experiences.
Industry’s lowest Word Error Rate (WER)
Up to 30% less hallucinations than other providers
Preferred by 73% of end users in unbiased evaluations
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Capabilities

Built beyond transcription

Powerful capabilities and groundbreaking audio intelligence let you identify key speakers, customize outputs, and transform words into meaningful ideas, insights, and opportunities.
Correctly identify speakers with advanced diarization capabilities
Automatically format text and alphanumerics for clearer outputs
Accurately capture multilingual speech with automatic language detection
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Build-ready

Developer preferred and ready to scale

Developers choose AssemblyAI because we build with them in mind. Enterprises choose us because we keep security and scale at the forefront.
SDKs that perform, improve, and scale—reliably
Clear and comprehensive developer documentation
Serving 600M+ inference calls per month
and > 3.5M audio files daily
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We’re not playing around—but you can

Put our AI models to the test in our no-code playground.

Screenshot of the AssemblyAI Playground. It shows a transcription panel with a text about language models, mentioning their probabilistic nature, training methods, and the challenges of quality data.Mobile screenshot of the AssemblyAI Playground. It shows a transcription panel with a text about language models, mentioning their probabilistic nature, training methods, and the challenges of quality data.Explore Playground

A foundation you can build on

Future-proof your products with superior standards that scale with you.

Research first
Our Speech AI experts are solving top industry challenges and pioneering new possibilities for world-class voice data products.
Our research
Always advancing
We keep you on the cutting edge with weekly features and updates that ship out ready for production without requiring more work from your team.
Changelog
Priced to scale
Cost won’t prevent you from building winning products. We keep pricing scalable with payment options and custom volume discounts.
Pricing
Security focused
We keep your data private, safe, and secure with our security-first practices and comprehensive enterprise-grade protections.
Security
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Customers grow revenue and get to market faster with AssemblyAI

Learn why today’s most innovative companies choose us.

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Ryan Johnson

Chief Product Officer at CallRail

"Partnering with AssemblyAI has made it easy for us to deliver world-class voice intelligence powered by market-leading speech-to-text technology."

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Vedant Maheshwari

CEO at Vidyo

"We have had a phenomenal experience so far. The integration was simple and easy for developers to get started. The accuracy is better than any other tools in the market (and we have tried them all). Highly recommend!"

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Tom Lavery

Founder & CEO at Jiminny

"AssemblyAI has a real high-touch personal service. It’s a great partnership—we’re very collaborative and get to test new AI models early. AssemblyAI is really pushing boundaries, helping us create a well-rounded Conversation Intelligence platform."

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Alexander Kvamme

Co-founder & CEO at EchoAI

"Works incredibly well out of the box. Allowed us to focus on product instead of infrastructure. As a result, we were able to bring a transformative new product to market in half the time."

I’ve tested many speech-to-text APIs (Google, AWS, IBM) and AssemblyAI consistently wins. Highly recommend for devs.

Nico R.

Developer & Co-founder

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Nathan Webb

Product Manager at Aloware

"The accuracy was strong, but the great documentation and unique models like Auto Chapters and Sentiment Analysis is what really won us over."

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We’re shaping the tides of Speech AI

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Turn voice data into unparalleled product experiences

Partner with the leader in Speech AI to build powerful products with breakthrough industry impact.

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import assemblyai as aai

transcriber = aai.Transcriber()
transcript = transcriber.transcribe(URL, config)

print(transcript)
{
  "id": "6rlr37h8f4-e310-4e23-bbf3-ea5f347dc684",
  "language_code": "en_us",
  "status": "completed",
  "text": "Runner's knee is a condition characterized by pain behind or around the kneecap...",
  "confidence": 0.98122,
  "audio_duration": 3200,
  "words": [
    { "text": "Runner's", "start": 0, "end": 550, "speaker": "A", "confidence": 0.98113 },
    { "text": "knee", "start": 580, "end": 1130, "speaker": "A", "confidence": 0.95417 }
  ]
}