The Deepgram provider for the AI SDK
contains transcription model support for the Deepgram transcription API and speech model support for the Deepgram text-to-speech API.
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Setup
npm i ai @ai-sdk/deepgram
Skill for Coding Agents
If you use coding agents such as Claude Code or Cursor, we highly recommend adding the AI SDK skill to your repository:
npx skills add vercel/ai
Usage
import { deepgram } from '@ai-sdk/deepgram';
import { transcribe } from 'ai';
const { text } = await transcribe({
model: deepgram.transcription('nova-3'),
audio: new URL(
'https://github.com/vercel/ai/raw/refs/heads/main/examples/ai-functions/data/galileo.mp3',
),
});