International Business Machines

International Business Machines Recognition API

Recognize and transcribe audio.

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POST /v1/recognize International Business Machines Recognize audio #

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: International Business Machines IBM Speech to Text Recognition API
  description: The IBM Speech to Text API provides speech-recognition capabilities to produce transcripts of spoken audio. It supports multiple languages and audio formats, and offers features such as speaker labels, keyword spotting, smart formatting, and custom language and acoustic models.
  version: 1.0.0
  contact:
    name: IBM Cloud
    url: https://cloud.ibm.com/apidocs/speech-to-text
  license:
    name: IBM Cloud Terms
    url: https://www.ibm.com/terms
servers:
- url: https://api.us-south.speech-to-text.watson.cloud.ibm.com
  description: US South (Dallas)
- url: https://api.eu-de.speech-to-text.watson.cloud.ibm.com
  description: EU Central (Frankfurt)
security:
- bearerAuth: []
tags:
- name: Recognition
  description: Recognize and transcribe audio.
paths:
  /v1/recognize:
    post:
      operationId: recognize
      summary: International Business Machines Recognize audio
      description: Send audio and receive a transcription of the audio content.
      tags:
      - Recognition
      parameters:
      - name: model
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
        description: The model to use for recognition.
      - name: content-type
        in: header
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          audio/flac:
            schema:
              type: string
              format: binary
          audio/wav:
            schema:
              type: string
              format: binary
          audio/mp3:
            schema:
              type: string
              format: binary
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful transcription
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/SpeechRecognitionResults'
components:
  schemas:
    SpeechRecognitionResults:
      type: object
      properties:
        results:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            properties:
              final:
                type: boolean
              alternatives:
                type: array
                items:
                  type: object
                  properties:
                    transcript:
                      type: string
                    confidence:
                      type: number
        result_index:
          type: integer
        speaker_labels:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            properties:
              from:
                type: number
              to:
                type: number
              speaker:
                type: integer
              confidence:
                type: number
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: IAM Token

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