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## Introducing transcriptions for video and audio assets

You can now retrieve the transcription of a video or audio asset directly, without indexing it first. Previously, the platform generated transcriptions only as part of video indexing, and you retrieved them from the indexed video.

Use this method when you analyze video or audio without creating an index, or when you want a transcript on its own. If you already index your videos, the transcription returned with the indexed video is unchanged.

The platform transcribes video and audio assets asynchronously. Poll this endpoint to monitor the transcription status. When the status is `ready`, you can choose how the transcription is segmented: one entry for each word, for each sentence, or for each speaker turn.

To use this feature, upgrade to the latest version of the Python or Node.js SDK:

**`Python SDK`**

```sh Python SDK
pip install --upgrade twelvelabs
```

**`Node.js SDK`**

```sh Node.js SDK
npm install twelvelabs-js@latest
```

For details, see the [Retrieve the transcription of an asset](/v1.3/api-reference/manage-assets/retrieve-transcription) page in the API Reference section, or the SDK reference for [Python](/v1.3/sdk-reference/python/manage-assets#retrieve-the-transcription-of-an-asset) and [Node.js](/v1.3/sdk-reference/node-js/manage-assets#retrieve-the-transcription-of-an-asset).