Audio Transcription with AssemblyAI (Python)

This project demonstrates how to:

1. Upload an audio file to AssemblyAI
2. Transcribe it into text
3. (Optional) Generate a quick summary of the transcription

The script uses the AssemblyAI API with Python’s requests library.

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Video Demo

Watch my YouTube walkthrough here: Click to Watch

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Features

• Upload local .mp3 or .wav audio files
• Poll until the transcription is complete
• Print the full transcript
• Display a quick bullet-point summary

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Project Files

• main.py → Python script to run the transcription and summary
• meeting.mp3 → Example audio file (replace with your own)
• README.md → This documentation

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Requirements Make sure you have Python installed.

Install dependencies:

pip install requests

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Setup

1. Sign up for a free AssemblyAI account.

2. Copy your API key from your AssemblyAI dashboard.

3. Open main.py and replace:

   API_KEY = "your_API_KEY"

   with your actual key.

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Usage

1. Place your audio file (e.g., meeting.mp3) in the project folder.

2. Run the script:

   python main.py

3. Wait for the transcription to finish — you’ll see:

   TRANSCRIPT:
   <Full transcription here>
   
   SUMMARY:
   - First sentence
   - Second sentence
   ...
   

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Notes

• Large audio files may take longer to upload and process.
• AssemblyAI offers many more features (summarization, sentiment analysis, topic detection) — check their API docs.