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Universal-2

AssemblyAI accurate, cost-effective pre-recorded speech-to-text model supporting 99 languages.

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Specs

Context
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Max output
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Input price
$0.15/ hour
Output price
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Released
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Context

Not published

Pricing · USD / hour

Input
$0.15
Output
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Cache read
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Cache write
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Modalities

Input
Audio
Output
Text

API

API types
audio

Reasoning

Not published

Info

Status
Active
Released
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Knowledge cutoff
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Features

Not published
Source · official docsVerified 2026-10-11

How to call

1 provider

assemblyaimodel = universal-2

audio
POSThttps://api.assemblyai.com/v2/transcript

JSON

Standard format
universal-2.json
{
  "id": "universal-2",
  "object": "model",
  "created": null,
  "owned_by": "assemblyai",
  "name": "Universal-2",
  "api": {
    "types": [
      "audio"
    ]
  },
  "limits": {
    "context": null,
    "input": null,
    "output": null
  },
  "modalities": {
    "input": [
      "audio"
    ],
    "output": [
      "text"
    ]
  },
  "reasoning": {
    "supported": null,
    "efforts": []
  },
  "pricing": {
    "currency": "USD",
    "unit": "hour",
    "input": 0.15,
    "output": null,
    "cache_read": null,
    "cache_write": null
  },
  "features": [],
  "info": {
    "status": "active",
    "release_date": null,
    "knowledge_cutoff": null,
    "description": "AssemblyAI accurate, cost-effective pre-recorded speech-to-text model supporting 99 languages.",
    "docs": "https://www.assemblyai.com/docs/pre-recorded-audio/select-the-speech-model",
    "verified_at": "2026-10-11"
  }
}

Official sources

3