Deepgram Hello World

Examples

Transcribe a short licensed fixture in the development project, verify the response shape and selected model/language, and remove the fixture according to the test policy. Keep only a correlation ID and aggregate result in logs; do not use a customer call or retain its transcript as a tutorial artifact.

Overview

Minimal working examples for Deepgram speech-to-text. Transcribe an audio URL in 5 lines with createClient + listen.prerecorded.transcribeUrl. Includes local file transcription, Python equivalent, and Nova-3 model selection.

Prerequisites

• npm install @deepgram/sdk completed
• DEEPGRAM_API_KEY environment variable set
• Audio source: URL or local file (WAV, MP3, FLAC, OGG, M4A)

Instructions

Step 1: Transcribe Audio from URL (TypeScript)