Word Search

Supported Languages, Regions, and Models

Word search is supported for all languages, regions, and models.

You can search through a completed transcript for a specific set of keywords, which is useful for quickly finding relevant information.

The parameter can be a list of words, numbers, or phrases up to five words.

1 import assemblyai as aai
2 
3 aai.settings.api_key = "<YOUR_API_KEY>"
4 
5 # audio_file = "./local_file.mp3"
6 audio_file = "https://assembly.ai/wildfires.mp3"
7 
8 config = aai.TranscriptionConfig(
9   speech_models=["universal-3-pro", "universal-2"],
10   language_detection=True
11 )
12 
13 transcript = aai.Transcriber(config=config).transcribe(audio_file)
14 
15 if transcript.status == "error":
16   raise RuntimeError(f"Transcription failed: {transcript.error}")
17 
18 # Set the words you want to search for
19 words = ["foo", "bar", "foo bar", "42"]
20 
21 matches = transcript.word_search(words)
22 
23 for match in matches:
24   print(f"Found '{match.text}' {match.count} times in the transcript")

1	import assemblyai as aai
2
3	aai.settings.api_key = "<YOUR_API_KEY>"
4
5	# audio_file = "./local_file.mp3"
6	audio_file = "https://assembly.ai/wildfires.mp3"
7
8	config = aai.TranscriptionConfig(
9	speech_models=["universal-3-pro", "universal-2"],
10	language_detection=True
11	)
12
13	transcript = aai.Transcriber(config=config).transcribe(audio_file)
14
15	if transcript.status == "error":
16	raise RuntimeError(f"Transcription failed: {transcript.error}")
17
18	# Set the words you want to search for
19	words = ["foo", "bar", "foo bar", "42"]
20
21	matches = transcript.word_search(words)
22
23	for match in matches:
24	print(f"Found '{match.text}' {match.count} times in the transcript")