# December 15, 2022

## New Beta Feature: Smart Format

We're excited to announce a new beta feature: Smart Format!

Smart Format makes transcripts easy to read. It adds punctuation; formats things like dates, addresses, and tracking numbers; splits up transcripts for pre-recorded audio into paragraphs; and more.

To get started, just specify smart\_format=true in your batch or live-stream API request. We’ll be improving the results and adding even more formatting goodness to this feature over the coming months, so stay tuned.

For more information, check out our [Smart Format documentation](/guides/formatting-smart-format).

## Related pages

- [Amazon SageMaker](./amazon-sagemaker-index.md)
- [Aura](./aura-index.md)
- [Changelog](../changelog.md)
- [Custom Vocabulary](./custom-vocabulary-index.md)
- [Deepgram's Docs](../index.md)
- [Deployment](./deployment-index.md)
- [Docker/Podman](./docker-podman-index.md)
- [Features](./features-index.md)
- [Flux TTS](./flux-tts-index.md)
- [Formatting](./formatting-index.md)

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