# September 17, 2026

## Nova-3 Pharma: Speech-to-Text for Pharmaceutical Use Cases (English)

We have released `nova-3-pharma`, a new Nova-3 model purpose-built for pharmaceutical vocabulary, with a focus on accurate drug-name recognition. It is designed for pharmacy and healthcare voice-agent workflows where getting the medication right matters most. Available in English for both batch and streaming.

### Availability

Nova-3 Pharma is now available through our API. To access:

- Use `model=nova-3-pharma` in your API calls
- Available for hosted customers
  - For self-hosted customers, please request the model from your Deepgram account representative
- Supports both pre-recorded (batch) and real-time streaming transcription
- Supported languages: English (`en`, `en-US`, `en-AU`, `en-CA`, `en-GB`, `en-IE`, `en-IN`, `en-NZ`)

For more details, visit the [Models & Languages Overview](/guides/models-and-languages-models-languages-overview#nova-3) and [Model](/guides/models-and-languages-model) pages.

## 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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