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Build a medical scribe

Guides for building medical scribes with AssemblyAI, including post-visit and real-time documentation workflows.

For the complete documentation index, see llms.txt

AssemblyAI provides everything you need to build a medical scribe, from high-accuracy transcription with medical terminology support to HIPAA-compliant PII redaction and structured clinical note generation through the LLM Gateway.

Choose the guide that matches your clinical workflow:

Transcribe recorded patient encounters with Universal-3 Pro. Includes Medical Mode, speaker diarization, entity detection, PII redaction, and SOAP note generation.

Stream audio from a microphone during live encounters with Universal-3 Pro Streaming. Includes LLM Gateway post-processing, medical keyterms, and automatic SOAP note generation.

Which approach should I use?

Scenario	Recommended approach
Post-visit documentation with highest accuracy	Post-visit medical scribe
Live encounter transcription during patient visits	Real-time medical scribe
Telemedicine or emergency department visits	Real-time medical scribe
Specialist consultations with complex terminology	Post-visit medical scribe
Hybrid: real-time notes with post-visit verification	Use both guides together