As an AI-powered application, Audiate does need to communicate with the following URLs in order to function to its fullest. Depending on the environment that Audiate is used in, security software and firewalls/proxies may need to be updated to allow this traffic. Keep in mind that these URLs are generally not accessible by browser.
URLs for Updates
Audiate pulls updates and the aligner from:
https://cdn-audiate.cloud.techsmith.com/audiate/
URLs for Transcriptions
Audiate uses Deepgram to power its' English transcription abilities. Non-English transcriptions are powered by IBM's Watson. URLs that Audiate uses for communication to these services are listed below:
Deepgram
Watson
http://speech-to-text.watson.cloud.ibm.com/
https://iam.cloud.ibm.com
https://api.{location}.speech-to-text.watson.cloud.ibm.com
us-south for Dallas
us-east for Washington, DC
eu-de for Frankfurt
au-syd for Sydney
jp-tok for Tokyo
eu-gb for London
kr-seo for Seoul
API example: https://api.us-south.speech-to-text.watson.cloud.ibm.com/
Additional IBM Documentation
https://cloud.ibm.com/apidocs/speech-to-text#service-endpoint
https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SS4U29/ports.html
Why does Audiate use IBM Watson?
https://cloud.ibm.com/apidocs/speech-to-text
Other URLs
Script Generation
https://ai.cloud.techsmith.com/