/deepgram-api-auto

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Deepgram API Auto Transcription

A simple and easy-to-use audio transcription app that uses Deepgram's API to transcribe audio files and calculate the transcription cost, automatically. It makes use of their latest model, Nova.

This implementation uses their paragraphs features, which is not available with OpenAI's Whisper. Using paragraphs in transcriptions enhances readability by providing structure and organization..

Requirements

  • Python 3.10 or higher
  • Poetry

Features

  • Supports MP3, WAV, M4A and many more audio formats.
  • Automatically transcribes all valid audio files in the input folder.
  • Calculates the cost of each transcription based on the audio duration ($0.0043 currently).
  • Saves transcriptions and costs in separate text files in the output folder.

Installation

  1. Clone this repository and navigate to the project folder
git clone git@github.com:sdevgill/deepgram-api-auto.git
cd deepgram-api-auto
  1. Run poetry install to install the dependencies
poetry install
  1. Activate the virtual environment
poetry shell

Usage

  1. Create an .env file in the project folder from the .env.example file
cp .env.example .env
  1. Add your Deepgram API key to the .env file
DEEPGRAM_API_KEY=your-api-key

  1. Create an input folder in the project folder and add your audio files to it

  2. Run the app

python app.py