Yoruba Speech-to-Text

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Convert Yoruba speech to text with industry-leading accuracy. Real-time voice agents and batch transcription through a single API.

Universal-3 Pro

Try uploading a file containing Yoruba speaking audio.

import assemblyai as aai

aai.settings.api_key = "YOUR_API_KEY"

audio_file = "https://assembly.ai/wildfires.mp3"

config = aai.TranscriptionConfig(
    speech_models=["universal-3-pro", "universal-2"],
    language_detection=True,
    speaker_labels=True,
)

transcript = aai.Transcriber().transcribe(audio_file, config=config)

if transcript.status == aai.TranscriptStatus.error:
    raise RuntimeError(f"Transcription failed: {transcript.error}")

print(transcript.text)

for utterance in transcript.utterances:
    print(f"Speaker {utterance.speaker}: {utterance.text}")

Yoruba Speech-to-Text

Built for every Yoruba workflow

From call centers in Lagos to media companies in Ibadan — one API for transcription, understanding, and scale.

One API, no language-specific infrastructure

One integration for Yoruba transcription, Audio Intelligence, and Voice Agents — cloud or self-hosted, fully compliant.

Accurate Yoruba transcription across every dialect

Skip the translation layer and transcribe Yoruba audio accurately, even with cross-talk and background noise.

One price, every Yoruba dialect

Flat pricing across all Yoruba dialects with transcription, summaries, sentiment, and streaming in one integration.

Yoruba Speech-to-Text

Speech-to-Text Capabilities

Enable any combination of features with a single request. Mix, match, and scale as your application grows.

Speaker identification

Label speakers by name using audio context. Supports custom profiles and multi-speaker conversations.

Automatic Language Detection

Identify when audio is spoken in Yoruba and transcribe without pre-selecting a language.

Custom formatting

Normalize dates, phone numbers, and email addresses to machine-readable formats automatically.

Translation

Transcribe in any of 99+ languages in the same API request.

Custom spelling

Boost recognition of Yoruba brand names, product terms, and domain-specific vocabulary.

Multi-channel transcription

Transcribe separate audio channels independently — ideal for Yoruba call center recordings.

Subtitle export (SRT/VTT)

Export ready-to-use SRT and VTT caption files for Yoruba video and audio.

Paragraph & sentence formatting

Automatically structure Yoruba transcripts into clean paragraphs and sentences.

Word search

Search for any word or phrase across your Yoruba transcripts.

Language Overview

Yoruba Language Information

Dialects: Oyo (standard), Ijebu, Ekiti, Lagos.

Official language in: a principal language of Nigeria (and recognized in Benin and Togo).

Spoken in: West Africa and the Yoruba diaspora.

Compare our models

Model

Universal-3 Pro Domain-specific async audio

Universal-2 High-volume async audio

U-3 Pro Streaming Real-time voice agents, AI scribes

Universal-Streaming Multilingual Global contact centers

Yoruba Language Support

Coming soon

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Price

$0.21 /hr

$0.15 /hr

Natural language prompting

Up to ~1,500 words

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Up to ~1,500 words

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Keyterm prompting

Code-switching

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Medical Mode

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Speaker diarization

10+ speakers

HIPAA BAA

On request

Unlimited concurrency

AI Speech-to-Text transcription in 98 languages

Our AI Speech-to-Text transcription supports every language below—just select a language and upload your audio file.

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