Build a medical scribe

AssemblyAI provides everything you need to build a medical scribe, from high-accuracy transcription with medical terminology support to HIPAA-compliant PII redaction and structured clinical note generation through the LLM Gateway. Choose the guide that matches your clinical workflow:

Post-visit medical scribe

Transcribe recorded patient encounters with Universal-3.5 Pro. Includes Medical Mode, speaker diarization, entity detection, PII redaction, and SOAP note generation.

Real-time medical scribe

Stream audio from a microphone during live encounters with Universal-3.5 Pro Streaming. Includes LLM Gateway post-processing, medical keyterms, and automatic SOAP note generation.

Which approach should I use?

Scenario	Recommended approach
Post-visit documentation with highest accuracy	Post-visit medical scribe
Live encounter transcription during patient visits	Real-time medical scribe
Telemedicine or emergency department visits	Real-time medical scribe
Specialist consultations with complex terminology	Post-visit medical scribe
Hybrid: real-time notes with post-visit verification	Use both guides together

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Build a medical scribe

Post-visit medical scribe

Real-time medical scribe

Which approach should I use?

Post-visit medical scribe

Real-time medical scribe

​Which approach should I use?

Which approach should I use?