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Speaker diarization

Speaker diarization accurate enough for production

Word-level speaker labels for streaming and async audio, with 66% fewer false speakers and 97% fewer phantom turns than the previous generation.

Word-level attribution

Every word carries a speaker label, even through overlap and interruptions, so no misattributed words corrupt your transcripts.

Streaming and async

Label speakers in real time for live calls or in batch for recordings, from the same API with the same accuracy.

95+ languages, at scale

Consistent speaker labels across 95+ languages, from a two-person call to a 30-speaker meeting.

Metaview
Ashby
Cluely
Genio
Siro

36%

improvement in close rate

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LiveKit
Tolan
Commure
Dovetail
Fireflies

“The new Universal-3.5 Pro speech model from AssemblyAI is best so far in terms of accuracy, latency, and language switching.”

Retell
CallRail
Apollo.io
ClickUp
Calabrio

80%

increase in customer satisfaction

HeyGen
Granola
Siro
JotPsych
Granola

“Assembly has saved us countless hours managing models, and provided exceptional accuracy.”

Metaview
Ashby
Cluely
Genio
Siro

36%

improvement in close rate

See case study
LiveKit
Tolan
Commure
Dovetail
Fireflies

“The new Universal-3.5 Pro speech model from AssemblyAI is best so far in terms of accuracy, latency, and language switching.”

Retell
CallRail
Apollo.io
ClickUp
Calabrio

80%

increase in customer satisfaction

HeyGen
Granola
Siro
JotPsych
Granola

“Assembly has saved us countless hours managing models, and provided exceptional accuracy.”

Quickstart

See who said what, minutes after you sign up

Create a free account and add speaker labels to any audio with one flag. Test it in the no-code playground, then copy a ready-made request into your app.

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Diarization error rate

Diarization error rate combines missed speech, false alarms, and speaker confusion against a reference—the standard measure of who-spoke-when accuracy.

Diarization error rate on multi-speaker telephony.

*Lower is better*
AssemblyAI
9.20%
ElevenLabs Scribe
12.60%
Deepgram Nova 3
13.80%
Speechmatics
15.10%

Source: AssemblyAI published benchmarks, March 2026.