name: Deepgram Vocabulary
description: >-
  Shared vocabulary of terms used across Deepgram's voice AI APIs.
terms:
  - term: Transcript
    definition: The textual representation of spoken audio produced by Deepgram's STT models.
  - term: Streaming Transcription
    definition: >-
      Low-latency, partial-then-final transcript emission over a
      WebSocket session.
  - term: Pre-Recorded Transcription
    definition: >-
      Batch transcription of an uploaded or URL-referenced audio file.
  - term: Diarization
    definition: >-
      The process of attributing transcript segments to distinct
      speakers.
  - term: Smart Format
    definition: >-
      Automatic punctuation, capitalization, and formatting applied to
      raw transcripts.
  - term: Nova
    definition: Deepgram's primary family of speech-to-text models.
  - term: Aura
    definition: Deepgram's family of text-to-speech voices.
  - term: Voice Agent
    definition: >-
      An end-to-end conversational interface combining STT, LLM
      orchestration, and TTS in a single API.
  - term: Audio Intelligence
    definition: >-
      Post-transcription analysis features such as sentiment,
      summarization, topic detection, and intent recognition.
  - term: Project
    definition: >-
      A Deepgram organizational unit holding API keys, members, usage,
      and balances.
  - term: API Key
    definition: A token used to authenticate requests, scoped to a project.