There are so many instances where it’s convenient to transcribe speech to text, but it’s not easy to find an efficient, cost-effective API that you can integrate into your own projects. AssemblyAI claims to be the solution. The software converts speech to text automatically & it does a lot more besides basic conversion because the built-in AI also performs a variety of intelligent extras.
The API has been built with developers in mind. According to AssemblyAI, it’s very easy to integrate. Users can also get started without supplying credit card details, which makes it very attractive to developers you’d like to try before they buy. The API is positioned well for call centers, video & audio platforms as well as video conferencing applications. In fact, any audio or video based application can benefit from AssemblyAI’s conversion techniques.
In addition to basic speech to text conversion, AssemblyAI offers summarization, Content moderation, topic, entity & sentiment detection. That’s an entire toolbox of useful features & pricing is usage based, so it’s easy to control cost escalation.
AssemblyAI has very comprehensive documentation available so that developers can quickly integrate the platform into their own applications as well as understand limitations for asynchronous & real-time transcriptions – such as the timeframe for conversion the number of concurrent transcriptions & limitations on transcriptions based on the account type; free or paid. The documentation also describes how to handle errors & unprocessed content.
Pricing is very transparent & simple to understand with basic speech to text priced at $0.00025/second & AI assisted tools an additional $0.000167/second. Developers can sign up for an API token (key) & take advantage of AssemblyAI’s free trial period. The platform also offers bulk discounts to heavyweight users.
Based in San Francisco, USA, AssemblyAI, run by CEO Dylan Fox, has snagged $28,000,000 in Series A from Accel & 5 other investors.
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