using deepgram live transcription with Asterisk PBX

[aqeelabpro]

I have been using Deepgram for the last year and a half for my projects. and now I wanted to use Deepgram together with Asterisk PBX for real-time speech recognition. Is there a way to implement this with Asterisk PBX?

[team-deepgram]

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[jjmaldonis]

Hey @aqeelabpro, Deepgram has an integration with Asterisk and you can find more information here:

• https://deepgram.com/learn/teleconnx-stt-asterisk-freepbx-partnership
• https://www.teleconnx.com/dg-stt/

[aqeelabpro]

I followed their guide on https://www.teleconnx.com/dg-stt/get-started.html but getting a Connection Failed Goodbye playback message. I think I should consult with them. so I think I should close this.

[gcareri]

Hi @aqeelabpro ,

what you’re trying to build sounds very close to what we’re working on with Agent Voice Response (AVR).
You might want to take a look at AVR — it’s open & free, designed to connect Asterisk with modern ASR (STT), LLM, and TTS providers to create real-time conversational voice bots.

In your case, we already have an integration for Deepgram STT that might fit perfectly:
👉 https://github.com/agentvoiceresponse/avr-sts-deepgram

With AVR you can:
• Route calls from Asterisk directly to the AI bot
• Use Deepgram for transcription and TTS responses
• Plug in an LLM (e.g. Groq, OpenAI, or others) for conversation handling
• Support multiple languages (including Spanish)
• Build flexible call flows without starting everything from zero

We’d be happy to help you set this up and adapt it to your use case.
💬 Join our community on Discord for support and guidance: https://discord.gg/MUd3y7eGVF

Regards,
gcareri

[aqeelabpro]

@gcareri I will be testing it soon, I was impatiently waiting for something like this . Thanks for informing me.

[hkjarral]

I have deepgram implemented and available for test calls in my repo, please check it out it may be helpful https://github.com/hkjarral/Asterisk-AI-Voice-Agent