I'm happy to share that the

transcription_node

is still very much available in LiveKit! It's marked as an experimental feature and, at the moment, you can find it in the Python SDK. This feature is designed to help developers like you by providing timing details for transcriptions through

TimedString

, which includes

start_time

and

end_time

for each word. It’s especially handy if you’re looking to sync transcription forwarding or create TTS-aligned transcriptions with providers such as Cartesia or ElevenLabs. Just a quick heads-up: some of the older transcription methods, like events through

RoomEvent.TranscriptionReceived

, are being phased out in favor of text streams with the topic

lk.transcription

. But don’t worry—this change doesn’t impact the

transcription_node

pipeline method you’re working with. Sources: Docs::Agents | Agents v0.x migration guide - Node.js | LiveKit Docs | Agents 0.x migration guide | LiveKit Docs | Text and transcriptions | LiveKit Docs | Text and transcriptions | LiveKit Docs