# 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.

- Skill: `agentskillexchange/deepgram-real-time-transcription-connector` (Agent Skill)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add agentskillexchange/deepgram-real-time-transcription-connector`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/agentskillexchange/deepgram-real-time-transcription-connector/raw
- Safety review: pending (external: skill-scanner PASS, skillspector PASS)
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Integrations & APIs
- Author: agentskillexchange (https://skillmd.com/u/agentskillexchange)
- Updated: 2026-09-08
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/agentskillexchange/deepgram-real-time-transcription-connector

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# 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:
- [![Node.js 18+](https://img.shields.io/badge/node-18+-blue.svg)](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

- [Agent Skill Exchange](https://agentskillexchange.com/skills/deepgram-realtime-transcription-connector/)