Reson8 offers three speech-to-text endpoints. Which one to use depends on where your audio comes from and what you want to do with the result.
- Prerecorded - Upload a complete audio file over REST and receive the full transcript in one response.
- Realtime - Stream live audio over WebSocket and receive transcripts as the speech is recognized.
- Turns - Stream live audio over WebSocket and receive events when a speaker starts and stops talking, with the transcript of each turn.
| Use case |
Endpoint |
| Quickly transcribing a meeting or live stream after it has finished |
Prerecorded |
| Processing an audio archive |
Prerecorded |
| Showing live subtitles during a video call, webinar, or broadcast |
Realtime |
| Dictating notes or reports into your application, hands-free |
Realtime |
| Building a voice agent that responds the moment the user stops speaking |
Turns |
| Stopping a speaking voice agent when the user interrupts (barge-in) |
Turns |
|
Prerecorded |
Realtime |
Turns |
| Protocol |
REST (POST) |
WebSocket |
WebSocket |
| Input |
Complete audio file |
Live audio stream |
Live audio stream |
| Output |
Full transcript |
Interim and final transcripts |
Turn start/end events with transcripts |
| Diarization |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Custom models |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
