# Deepgram Pre-recorded Audio & Video Transcription

> Deepgram Pre-recorded Audio & Video Transcription is a paid API for AI agents from deepgram.x402.paysponge.com, paid per call via x402, $1/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-09).

Transcribes and analyzes pre-recorded audio or video from a URL using Deepgram's speech-to-text engine

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://deepgram.x402.paysponge.com/v1/listen?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $1/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-09
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/deepgram-pre-recorded-audio-video-transcription-f9876a84
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_XB_pRnKOeXAWxSV3BGfg8

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability deepgram-pre-recorded-audio-video-transcription-f9876a84 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Can you transcribe this recorded podcast episode for me? Here's the audio file URL: https://example.com/podcast-episode-42.mp3

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need to convert a pre-recorded audio or video file (referenced by URL) into a text transcript with high accuracy, timestamps, or speaker identification. It is ideal for batch processing of recorded meetings, podcasts, interviews, and video content. Prefer this over real-time streaming endpoints when the audio is already fully recorded and available as a URL.

## Known failure modes

- Invalid or inaccessible URL returns a 400 or 422 error
- Unsupported audio/video format returns a processing error
- Network timeout if the media file is very large or slow to download
- Payment failure via x402 protocol if USDC balance is insufficient
- Empty or silent audio returns a transcript with no content

## How this service works

Transcribe and analyze pre-recorded audio and video

## Output

Returns a JSON object containing the full transcript text, word-level timestamps, confidence scores, detected language, speaker diarization (if enabled), and audio intelligence signals such as sentiment, topics, or summaries depending on configured features.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "url": {
   "type": "string",
   "format": "uri"
  }
 }
}
```

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