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Assembly AI

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#33 in AI Transcription Tools Last verified: June 15, 2026

Assembly AI provides enterprise-grade speech recognition and natural language processing APIs. Its models combine ASR (Automatic Speech Recognition), NLP (Natural Language Processing), and STT (Speech to Text) to deliver highly accurate transcriptions with advanced features like sentiment analysis, content moderation, topic detection, and entity extraction. It is designed for developers building production-scale audio processing applications.

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How to use Assembly AI

1

Get an API key

Sign up at assemblyai.com and get your free API key to start making requests.

2

Upload your audio

Submit your audio file via the API or use their hosted upload solution.

3

Request transcription

Call the transcription endpoint with optional features like sentiment analysis and topic detection.

4

Process results

Receive the JSON response with transcript text, timestamps, and any requested NLP data.

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