Filler Words
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filler_words boolean Default: false
Pre-recorded Streaming:NovaStreaming: Flux English (all available regions)
Deepgram is capable of transcribing the following filler words:
- uh
- um
- mhmm
- mm-mm
- uh-uh
- uh-huh
- nuh-uh
These words will always be transcribed with the spelling listed above, regardless of their spoken duration (i.e., Deepgram will never transcribe “uhhhh” instead of “uh”).
Enable Feature
Section titled “Enable Feature”To enable Filler Words you can use thefiller_words query parameter and set the value to true.
When filler_words=false or the parameter is not set, the two most common fillers, “uh” and “um”, are stripped out of the transcript to improve readability.
Example
curl \
--request POST \
--header 'Authorization: Token YOUR_DEEPGRAM_API_KEY' \
--header 'Content-Type: audio/wav' \
--data-binary @youraudio.wav \
--url 'https://api.deepgram.com/v1/listen?model=nova-3&filler_words=true'Results
Section titled “Results”Once applied, results will appear in the transcript.
| Source | With Filler Words | Without Filler Words |
|---|---|---|
| uh-huh or you’d want something where uh so let’s say you’re trying to fine-tune a model to something very specific um so it’s not as uh cut and dry as a more general task | uh-huh or you’d want something where uh so let’s say you’re trying to fine-tune a model to something very specific um so it’s not as uh cut and dry as a more general task | uh-huh or you’d want something where so let’s say you’re trying to fine-tune a model to something very specific so it’s not as cut and dry as a more general task |