Streams live audio to Deepgram's WebSocket API at wss://api.deepgram.com/v1/listen for real-time speech-to-text. Handles interim results, utterance detection, and speaker diarization via the Deepgram Node SDK.
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---
name: "Deepgram Real-Time Transcription Connector"
slug: "deepgram-realtime-transcription-connector"
description: "Streams live audio to Deepgram's WebSocket API at wss://api.deepgram.com/v1/listen for real-time speech-to-text. Handles interim results, utterance detection, and speaker diarization via the Deepgram Node SDK."
github_stars: 260
verification: "security_reviewed"
source: "https://github.com/deepgram/deepgram-js-sdk"
author: "Deepgram"
category: "Media & Transcription"
framework: "MCP"
tool_ecosystem:
github_repo: "deepgram/deepgram-js-sdk"
github_stars: 260
npm_package: "@deepgram/sdk"
npm_weekly_downloads: 1571012
---
# Deepgram Real-Time Transcription Connector
Streams live audio to Deepgram's WebSocket API at wss://api.deepgram.com/v1/listen for real-time speech-to-text. Handles interim results, utterance detection, and speaker diarization via the Deepgram Node SDK.
## Prerequisites
Node.js
## Installation
Use the upstream install or setup path that matches your environment:
- npm install @deepgram/sdk
- pnpm install
- make build
- make test
Requirements and caveats from upstream:
- [](https://nodejs.org/)
- Your proxy must set the Authorization: token DEEPGRAM_API_KEY header and forward requests to Deepgram's API. See our example [Deepgram Node Proxy](https://github.com/deepgram-devs/deepgram-node-proxy).
- Node.js 18+
Basic usage or getting-started notes:
- bash
- ## Reference
- **[API Reference](./reference.md)** - Complete reference for all SDK methods and parameters
- Source: https://github.com/deepgram/deepgram-js-sdk
- Extracted from upstream docs: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/deepgram/deepgram-js-sdk/HEAD/README.md
## Documentation
- https://developers.deepgram.com/docs/node-sdk
## Source
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