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Dev tools · September 11, 2026

Dictation API by AssemblyAI

Add fast, accurate dictation with a single line API call

Dictation API by AssemblyAI launched on September 11, 2026 with 65 votes, #495 of 8,042 launches that month and more than 95% of that year's launches.

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What it does

The Dictation API turns a spoken clip into finished, formatted text in one API call. Universal-3.5 Pro accuracy, p50 of 134 ms, 19 languages, $0.62/hr.

Models, APIs, and infrastructure in one place. Build voice into any product, on any stack. Zoom leverages AssemblyAI to help advance its AI research and development. Siro achieves a 90% reduction in customer complaints and support tickets. The first API built for dictation. Your users speak, and it returns text that is ready to send: filler gone, self-corrections resolved, names spelled right. Add fast, accurate dictation to your product with a single line API call. Send a clip, get back the words your user meant. Billed on audio length, with no token math to forecast. Finished text lands while your user is still looking at the screen, not a beat later. Strips filler, applies house style,…from assemblyai.com

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