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Why use Deepgram Nova-3 on Deepgram API?
Deepgram API offers Deepgram Nova-3 with pay-as-you-go pricing at $0.005/minute. Deepgram's API provides hosted speech-to-text, text-to-speech, and voice-agent audio models, including Nova, Flux, and Aura model families.
Setup recipe
Docs fallbackUse the provider REST API or SDKCreate a provider API keymodel: nova-3nova-3Request example
nova-3.Gotchas
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Capabilities
About Deepgram Nova-3
Nova-3 is Deepgram's current-generation speech-to-text model, released February 12, 2025. Achieves 6.84% median WER streaming and 5.26% batch — a ~54% improvement over competitors. Supports real-time multilingual transcription across 31 languages with self-serve keyterm prompting (up to 100 terms) and real-time redaction (up to 50 entity types). Also includes nova-3-medical specialization. Streaming: $0.0048/min (mono), $0.0058/min (multilingual); pre-recorded: $0.0077/min (mono). API ID: nova-3.
FAQ
What API model ID do I use for Deepgram Nova-3 on Deepgram API?
Use the model ID nova-3 when calling Deepgram API's API.
Who created Deepgram Nova-3?
Deepgram Nova-3 was created by Deepgram as part of the Deepgram Nova model family.
Is Deepgram Nova-3 open source?
Deepgram Nova-3 is not open source; the seed data lists it as proprietary.