Prompt

I’m building an AI assistant that listens to calls and needs speaker diarization, timestamps, and confidence scores. Which API fits?

Artificial Intelligence / Speech & Voice AI1 observationLast seen Oct 11, 2026

Latest observation

Oct 11, 2026OpenAI APIWeb search: off

If you need speaker diarization + timestamps + confidence scores from call audio, the best fit is the OpenAI Transcription API (speech-to-text / audio transcription), not the chat/completions APIs.

Why this fits

It supports:

  • Word/segment timestamps
  • Speaker diarization in multi-speaker audio
  • Confidence-like metadata depending on output format/model response

Typical use case

This is the right choice for:

  • Call center recordings
  • Meeting transcripts
  • Voice assistants that need “who said what” and when

What to look for

Use the transcription endpoint with a model that supports:

  • multispeaker audio
  • timestamped output
  • speaker labeling / diarization

Important note

If you need true per-word confidence scores, availability can vary by model/output format. Some APIs provide:

  • segment-level confidence
  • token probabilities / logprobs
  • or no confidence scores at all

So if confidence scoring is a hard requirement, you should verify the exact response fields supported by the transcription model you plan to use.

Recommended approach

  • Use the audio transcription API for diarized transcripts
  • Post-process the transcript into call analytics
  • If needed, combine with a separate model for summarization or action extraction

If you want, I can also suggest:

  1. the exact API endpoint and request format, or
  2. a Python/Node example for call audio diarization.

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