AssemblyAI launches Voice Hackathon Week on dictation apps with $500 in prizes
AssemblyAI · x · 2026-09-18
AssemblyAI is hosting Voice Hackathon Week: Hack into Dictation (Sept 9–13, 2026, online) around its beta Dictation API, which supports 18 languages and strips filler words for clean output. Teams of 1–4 compete for $500 in prizes plus $50 platform credits each; the event opens with a live build session where voice AI engineers create a working dictation app from scratch. Free to attend, aimed at AI/ML engineers, agent builders, and voice-app enthusiasts.
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