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Zoom AI Services: Scribe API
Zoom AI Services: Scribe API

The world's most
accurate speech-to-text
API

Quality transcription you can trust, powered by Zoom’s ASR Model Pro.


Ranked as a top performing model on the HuggingFace Open ASR Leaderboard, Scribe API offers Live, Fast Sync and Batch Transcription services, built on the same ASR powering millions of Zoom meetings every day.

Zoom AI Services: Scribe API
Capabilities
Capabilities

Everything you need for
speech-to-text

From real-time to batch processing, Zoom Scribe API delivers transcription services with high accuracy and speed.

Live transcription

Live transcription

Delivers real-time audio-to-text transcription with ultra-low latency, purpose-built for live applications requiring real-time speech recognition.

Fast Sync Transcription

Fast sync transcription

Access synchronous, low-latency transcription for individual audio files. Process one file at a time with immediate response after completion.

Batch Transcription

Batch transcription

Process pre-recorded audio and video files at scale. Support for MP3, WAV, MP4, FLAC, OGG, and more with automatic format detection.

Use Your Own Storage

Use your own storage

Store your transcripts securely in your own AWS S3 bucket for enhanced data control and compliance.

Speaker Diarization

Speaker diarization

Automatically label different speakers in multi-party conversations with high accuracy.

Broad language support

Broad language support

Transcribe in 36 languages and dialects with accent robust models trained on diverse datasets.

Multilingual model

Multilingual model (New)

Multilingual model automatically listens, detects, and switches between languages on the fly in real time.

Custom dictionary support

Custom dictionary support (New)

Add Dynamic or Persistent Dictionaries to ensure acronyms, product names, and domain jargon are transcribed correctly.

Premium Pro model

Premium Pro model (New)

Unlock our highest-accuracy English model for demanding transcription workloads that require maximum precision and performance.

Performance
Performance

Zoom Speech ranks among the top models on the Open ASR Leaderboard

Zoom’s Speech Recognition technology ranks among the top models on the Open ASR Leaderboard, a global benchmark for automatic speech recognition (ASR) performance. This milestone reflects our relentless pursuit of excellence in speech technology and the strength of Zoom AI Services' Scribe API.

Key model strengths include:

  • Best-in-class accuracy: Our scalable innovation framework continuously enhances model quality, providing best-in-class transcription results where accuracy and readability matter most.
  • Mastery of enterprise terminologies: Optimized for business and technical contexts, the model accurately handles company names, product terms, and domain-specific jargon — a critical advantage for meetings, support calls, and professional documentation.
  • Reduced hallucinations: Zoom’s advanced modeling strategies minimize transcription “hallucinations” so what’s recognized truly reflects the speaker’s intent, not artificial or extraneous words.
Highest Accuracy
Try it
Try it

See the accuracy for yourself

Build and automate intelligent transcription workflows that can capture, structure, and summarize conversations across your business logic.

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Developer first
Developer first

Start transcribing in minutes

  • Simple, well-documented APIs
  • REST API and OpenAPI spec
  • Comprehensive error handling
  • Webhook callbacks for async jobs
Pricing
Pricing

Simple, transparent pricing

Apply prepaid credits to your use of Scribe API with transparent rates.

Scribe API Batch

15¢

  • /hour

 

Scribe API Batch processes all of your audio files from your storage and converts audio to text for scalable transcription workflows.

Scribe API Pro (Batch) model available at 30¢/hour

Usage is measured based on the total duration of audio processed in minutes during a given billing period.

Scribe API Fast

20¢

  • /hour

 

Scribe API Fast converts audio to text in seconds with enterprise-grade accuracy for near real-time applications.

Scribe API Pro (Fast) model available at 35¢/hour

Usage is measured based on the total duration of audio processed in minutes during a given billing period.

Available Add-ons

Enhance your summaries with add-on capabilities that extend the Scribe API beyond its base plan.

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Language Detection
4.8¢ / hour

Scribe API Language Detection continuously identifies the language being spoken and automatically switches the language used for transcription across available languages.

 

Available as an add-on with Scribe API.

 

Usage is measured based on the total duration of audio processed with language detection enabled in minutes during a given billing period.

Text Polishing
10.2¢ / hour

Scribe API Text Polishing refines spoken input into more concise, polished text by removing hesitations, repetitions, and filler words to produce clear, professional output.

 

Available as an add-on with Scribe API.

 

Usage is measured based on the total duration of audio processed with text polishing enabled in minutes during a given billing period.

Diarization
4.8¢ / hour

Scribe API Diarization automatically detects and labels individual speakers in audio recordings for meeting and call analysis. Available as an add-on for Scribe API Batch and Fast modes, and Speech Summarization API.

 

Available as an add-on with Scribe API.

 

Usage is measured based on the total duration of audio processed with speaker identification in minutes during a given billing period.

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