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Models, APIs, and infrastructure in one place. Build voice into any product, on any stack.
transcribe
Pre-recorded Speech-to-Text API
Realtime Speech-to-Text API
Sync Speech-to-Text API
understand
Speech Understanding API
Guardrails and Safety
LLM Gateway
build
Voice Agents
inference
Self Hosted
Voice AI Cloud
use cases
Voice Agents
AI Notetakers
Call Analytics
Medical Transcription
Dictation
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AI Scribes
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Russian
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Dutch
Japanese
Italian
All 99 Languages
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Top Voice AI companies are building with Assembly.
customers
All Stories
Zoom
Siro
Developers
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Documentation
Everything you need to integrate, build, and ship with AssemblyAI — from API reference to step-by-step guides.
resources
Documentation
API Reference
Cookbooks
Support
Changelog
Status
Resources
Latest Release
Universal 3.5 Pro
Our new flagship speech-to-text model handles real-world audio the way it actually happens. Available for real-time and pre-recorded audio.
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transcribe
Pre-recorded Speech-to-Text API
Realtime Speech-to-Text API
Sync Speech-to-Text API
understand
Speech Understanding API
Guardrails and Safety
LLM Gateway
build
Voice Agents
inference
Self Hosted
Voice AI Cloud
use cases
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AI Notetakers
Call Analytics
Medical Transcription
Dictation
Agent Assist
AI Scribes
languages
English
Spanish
Portuguese
French
German
Russian
Hindi
Dutch
Japanese
Italian
All 99 Languages
customers
All customer stories
Top Voice AI companies are building with Assembly.
See all stories
Zoom leverages AssemblyAI to help advance its AI research and development.
Read the story
Siro achieves a 90% reduction in customer complaints and support tickets.
Watch the video
resources
Documentation
API Reference
Cookbooks
Support
Changelog
Status
Latest Release
Universal 3.5 Pro
Our new flagship speech-to-text model handles real-world audio the way it actually happens. Available for real-time and pre-recorded audio.
Realtime
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AssemblyAI Startup Program
The AssemblyAI Startup Program is designed for early-stage startups to innovate and build powerful products from voice data without financial constraints, using the industry-leading speech-to-text API.
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