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# Speechmatics

> Speechmatics delivers highly accurate, language-inclusive speech recognition with real-time and batch processing capabilities.

Speechmatics is a speech recognition platform known for its broad language coverage and accuracy across diverse accents and audio conditions. It supports real-time streaming transcription for conversational applications.

## Getting Started

Follow these steps to configure your provider:

<Steps>
  <Step title="Add Speechmatics credentials to your vault">
    Navigate to **Integration → Vault** in the Rapida dashboard. Add your Speechmatics API key, available from your [Speechmatics account](https://portal.speechmatics.com).
  </Step>

  <Step title="Select Speechmatics as your STT provider">
    When configuring your assistant, open **Audio Settings** and choose **Speechmatics** as your Speech-to-Text provider.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Choose a language">
    Speechmatics supports 50+ languages. Select the appropriate language code for your use case.
  </Step>
</Steps>

## Key Features

* **Broad language support**: 50+ languages with strong performance in non-English languages
* **Real-time streaming**: Low-latency partial and final transcripts via WebSocket
* **Speaker diarization**: Multi-speaker labelling for call analytics
* **Custom dictionary**: Add domain-specific terminology to improve recognition accuracy
* **Accent robustness**: Trained on diverse speaker populations for improved coverage

## Supported Languages

50+ languages including English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Japanese, Chinese, Arabic, Dutch, and many more. See [Speechmatics language support](https://docs.speechmatics.com/introduction/supported-languages).

## Configuration Options

| Option          | Description                                                     |
| --------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------- |
| API key         | Speechmatics API authentication key                             |
| Language        | Language code (e.g. `en`, `es`, `fr`)                           |
| Operating point | `standard` or `enhanced` accuracy (enhanced has higher latency) |
| Enable entities | Extract named entities from transcripts                         |

## Notes

* Speechmatics streams over WebSockets; Rapida manages the session lifecycle and reconnection.
* The `enhanced` operating point provides higher accuracy at the cost of additional latency.

## Related

* [Deepgram STT](/integrations/stt/deepgram)
* [Google Speech STT](/integrations/stt/google-speech-service)