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# AssemblyAI - Speech to Text API

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> Cloud-based speech-to-text API that transcribes audio in 99+ languages with speaker labels, sentiment analysis, and entity detection.
> 
> Verdict: Rated \*\*\*\* by 0 users. Top-rated for **Overall Quality**.

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## Overview

### Who Uses AssemblyAI - Speech to Text API?

Developers and engineering teams at startups, midsize businesses, and large enterprises across contact centers, healthcare, media, education, legal, and financial services industries.

## About the vendor

- **Company**: AssemblyAI

## Commercial Context

- **Target Audience**: Self Employed, 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1 000, 1 001–5 000, 5 001–10 000, 10 000+
- **Supported Languages**: Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese
- **Available Countries**: United States

## Features

- Audio Capture
- Automatic Transcription

## Integrations (11 total)

- Amazon Connect
- Daily
- GENESYS
- LiveKit
- OpenAI Whisper
- Twilio
- Zapier
- Zoom Rooms
- Zoom Workplace
- iOS14
- n8n embed

## Support Options

- Email/Help Desk
- FAQs/Forum
- Knowledge Base
- Phone Support
- 24/7 (Live rep)
- Chat

## Category

- [Speech Recognition Software](https://www.capterra.co.za/directory/30098/speech-recognition/software)

## Alternatives

1. [Philips SpeechLive](https://www.capterra.co.za/software/1041090/speechlive) — 5.0/5 (5 reviews)
2. [CallHippo](https://www.capterra.co.za/software/159578/callhippo) — 4.4/5 (692 reviews)
3. [Transkriptor](https://www.capterra.co.za/software/1030033/transkriptor) — 4.7/5 (551 reviews)
4. [Twilio](https://www.capterra.co.za/software/180158/twilio-communications-platform) — 4.4/5 (512 reviews)
5. [eClinicalWorks](https://www.capterra.co.za/software/120360/eclinicalworks) — 3.3/5 (396 reviews)

## Links

- [View on Capterra](https://www.capterra.co.za/software/1141122/AssemblyAI-Speech-to-Text-API)

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