Is WhisperAI an API or a product?

WhisperAI is a finished product — a web app for uploading and managing transcripts. It does not currently expose a public developer API. AssemblyAI is API-first with no end-user web app.

Can WhisperAI do real-time live transcription like AssemblyAI's streaming?

AssemblyAI's Universal-Streaming model is purpose-built for low-latency WebSocket transcription (live captioning, voice agents). WhisperAI's primary mode is file-based.

What is LeMUR and does WhisperAI have it?

LeMUR is AssemblyAI's audio-LLM — developers send a custom prompt plus a transcript and get an LLM response aware of speaker turns and timestamps. WhisperAI ships built-in summary and topic extraction but does not expose an open prompt endpoint over the transcript.

Is AssemblyAI cheaper than WhisperAI?

It depends on volume and pattern. AssemblyAI's per-second pricing wins for bursty production workloads; WhisperAI's flat subscription wins for steady individual/team use.

Does AssemblyAI offer HIPAA compliance?

Yes — AssemblyAI offers HIPAA-compliant configurations with a BAA for healthcare workloads. WhisperAI is appropriate for general business use.

Can I migrate from AssemblyAI's transcripts to WhisperAI?

Yes — your existing AssemblyAI transcripts are text/JSON you can store anywhere. There's no proprietary transcript format that locks you in.

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