transcribe.py

import assemblyai as aai

# Set your AssemblyAI API key once
aai.settings.api_key = "2c02e1bdab874068bdcfb2e226f048a4"  # Replace with env var for production

def transcribe_audio(file_path: str, language, model_size=None) -> str:

    print(f"Transcribing audio file: {file_path} with language: {language}")
    # Configure for Hindi language
    config = aai.TranscriptionConfig(
        speech_model=aai.SpeechModel.nano,
        language_code=language  
    )

    # Create transcriber instance
    transcriber = aai.Transcriber(config=config)

    # Perform transcription
    transcript = transcriber.transcribe(file_path)
    
    # Check if successful
    if transcript.status == "error":
        raise RuntimeError(f"Transcription failed: {transcript.error}")


    return transcript.text