Transcribe Google Drive Files

Step 1: Upload Your Audio File to Google Drive

• File Requirements: Ensure your audio file is smaller than 100MB, as files larger than this cannot be directly downloaded from Google Drive links.
• Uploading: Log into your Google Drive account and upload the audio file you want to use.

Step 2: Make Your File Publicly Accessible

• Right-Click on the uploaded file in Google Drive.
• Select ‘Get Link’.
• Change the setting from “Restricted” to “Anyone with the link”. This makes the file publicly accessible.

Step 3: Obtain the Downloadable URL

• Click on Copy link to copy your shared link.
• Initially, the shared link will look something like this: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1YvY3gX-4ZwY7K4r3J0THKNTvvolB3D-S/view?usp=sharing.
• To make it a downloadable link, modify it to this format:
  https://drive.google.com/u/0/uc?id=FILE_ID&export=download.
• Example: If your shared link is https://drive.google.com/file/d/1YvY3gX-4ZwY7K4r3J0THKNTvvolB3D-S/view?usp=sharing,
  change it to https://drive.google.com/u/0/uc?id=1YvY3gX-4ZwY7K4r3J0THKNTvvolB3D-S&export=download.

Step 4: Use the URL with AssemblyAI

• Now, you can use this downloadable link in your AssemblyAI API request. This URL directly points to your audio file, allowing AssemblyAI to access and process it.

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config = aai.TranscriptionConfig(speech_models=["universal-3-pro", "universal-2"])
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transcriber = aai.Transcriber()
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audio_url = (
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"https://storage.googleapis.com/aai-web-samples/5_common_sports_injuries.mp3"
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)
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transcript = transcriber.transcribe(audio_url, config)

Notes

• Security: Ensure that sharing your audio file publicly complies with your privacy and security policies.
• If you prefer not to share your file publicly, you can upload your file to our servers instead.
• File Format: Check that your audio file is in a format supported by AssemblyAI.