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Glossary

Term Description
Access token A short-lived bearer token obtained via the OAuth2 client credentials flow. Used for client-side applications to avoid exposing the API key directly.
API key A secret token used to authenticate requests to the Reson8 API. Scoped to a single client.
Confidence score A value between 0 and 1 indicating how confident the model is in a recognized word. Available when include_confidence is enabled.
Final result A stable transcription that will not change as more audio is received. Indicated by is_final: true.
Flush A request to force the server to finalize any buffered audio and return a transcript immediately. The server responds with a flush confirmation.
Interim result A partial transcription that may be revised as more audio is processed. Useful for live feedback during streaming.
Phrase boosting A technique to boost recognition of specific terms.
PCM Pulse-code modulation — a raw, uncompressed audio encoding. The pcm_s16le format (16-bit signed, little-endian) is supported when encoding is set explicitly.
Session An active WebSocket connection during which audio is streamed and transcriptions are returned.