Profanity Filtering

Profanity Filter looks for recognized profanity and converts it to the nearest recognized non-profane word or removes it from the transcript completely.

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profanity_filter boolean. Default: false

Pre-recorded Streaming English (all available regions)

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Enable Feature

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This feature is available for Base models only.

To enable Profanity Filtering, use the following parameter in the query string when you call Deepgram’s /listen endpoint :

profanity_filter=true

To transcribe audio from a file on your computer, run the following cURL command in a terminal or your favorite API client.

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?profanity_filter=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	Before profanity filter	After profanity filter
Well dn it. What am I supposed to do with that information? I mean fk that's a f**k ton of information you're giving me. Holy hell.	Well dn it. What am I supposed to do with that information? I mean fk that's a f**k ton of information you're giving me. Holy hell.	Well bam it. What am I supposed to do with that information? I mean that's a ton of information you're giving me. Holy hell.

Updated 6 months ago

What’s Next

Punctuation