Filler Words

filler_words boolean. Default: false

Pre-recorded Streaming English (all available regions)

Enable Feature

To enable Filler Words you can use thefiller_words query parameter and set the value to true.

https://api.deepgram.com/v1/listen?model=nova-2&filler_words=true

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Currently, Filler Words are only available for Deepgram's Nova and Nova-2 general models.

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").

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-2&filler_words=true'

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Replace YOUR_DEEPGRAM_API_KEY with your Deepgram API Key.

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