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title: AssemblyAI
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AssemblyAI is an AI platform that provides advanced speech-to-text transcription and audio intelligence, turning spoken words into text and extracting insights. With the AssemblyAI app in Make, you can manage the transcriptions, audio uploads, and audio processing jobs in your AssemblyAI account.
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# Requirements

To use the AssemblyAI app in Make, you must have an [AssemblyAI account](https://www.assemblyai.com/dashboard/signup).

# Connect AssemblyAI and Make

To get started, you must first create a connection between AssemblyAI and Make, allowing the two services to communicate.

To create the connection, you need to:

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[Obtain an API key in your AssemblyAI account.](docId\:ij9fV-YiJDoxo-jJcntzD)
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[Create the connection in Make.](docId\:ij9fV-YiJDoxo-jJcntzD)
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## Obtain your API key in AssemblyAI

Before you create the connection in Make, you should first obtain an API key in your AssemblyAI account.

To obtain the API key:

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Log in to your AssemblyAI account.
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In the left sidebar, click **API Keys**.
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Click **+Create new API key**.
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Enter a name for the API key and click **Create**.
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Copy the **API Key** value and store it in a safe place.
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You'll use this value in the **AssemblyAI **​​**API Key** connection field in Make.

## Create the connection in Make 

Once you have your AssemblyAI API key, you're ready to create the connection in Make. 

To create the connection:

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Log in to your Make account, add an AssemblyAI module to your scenario, and click **Create a connection**.
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Optional: In the ​​**Connection name​​** field, enter a name for the connection.
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In the **AssemblyAI **​​**API Key** field, enter the API key you copied from your AssemblyAI account.
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Click **Save**.
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If prompted, authenticate your account and confirm access.
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You've successfully created the connection and can now use the AssemblyAI app in your scenarios. If you want to make changes to your connection in the future, follow the steps [here](https://help.make.com/connect-an-application#tN2pJ).

# Set up an AssemblyAI webhook

The AssemblyAI app has `instant` modules—webhooks that watch for certain changes in AssemblyAI and immediately start your scenario when those changes happen. For detailed information about AssemblyAI webhooks, refer to the [AssemblyAI Webhooks Documentation](https://www.assemblyai.com/docs/deployment/webhooks).

# AssemblyAI modules

After connecting to the AssemblyAI app, you can use the following types of modules to build your scenarios. 

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**Files**

- Upload a File
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**Transcripts**

- Transcribe an Audio File
- Wait until Transcript is Ready
- Get a Transcript
- Watch for Transcript Ready Notification
- Get Sentences of a Transcript
- Get Paragraphs of a Transcript
- Get Subtitles for a Transcript
- Get Redacted Audio of a Transcript
- Search for Words in a Transcript
- List Transcripts
- Delete a Transcript
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**LeMUR**

- Run a Task using LeMUR
- Get a LeMUR Response
- Purge a LeMUR Request
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**Other**

- Make an API Call
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# Templates

You can look for AssemblyAI templates in [Make's template gallery](https://www.make.com/en/templates), where you'll find thousands of pre-created scenarios.

# AssemblyAI resources

- [AssemblyAI API documentation](https://www.assemblyai.com/docs/api-reference/overview)
- [AssemblyAI Contact Support](https://www.assemblyai.com/contact/support)