# Active Speaker API

**URL:** <https://devforum.zoom.us/t/active-speaker-api/7620>\
**Category:** Feature Requests\
**Created:** [January 21, 2020, 4:24pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/active-speaker-api/7620 "2020-01-21T16:24:28Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![jimig](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/jimig/32/1815_2.png) [@jimig](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/jimig)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2020, 4:24pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/active-speaker-api/7620/1 "2020-01-21T16:24:28Z")

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We’d love to know when a guest is speaking, to understand who said what during a meeting.

This can then be overlayed onto Cloud Recordings for audio analysis.

It seems that Zoom has this information, but it is not exposed during a meeting via any API or webhook approach.

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**Author:** ![tommy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/tommy/32/72769_2.png) [@tommy](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/tommy)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2020, 5:19pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/active-speaker-api/7620/2 "2020-01-21T17:19:57Z")

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Hey @jimig,

This is currently possible with some of our SDKs.

For example on our [iOS SDK](https://marketplace.zoom.us/docs/sdk/native-sdks/iOS/sdk-reference):

“Get the ID of the active user in the meeting.”

[https://zoom.github.io/zoom-sdk-ios/category\_mobile\_r\_t\_c\_meeting\_service\_07\_user\_08.html#a6c163721d526d69f1ff3736326fa16d2](https://zoom.github.io/zoom-sdk-ios/category_mobile_r_t_c_meeting_service_07_user_08.html#a6c163721d526d69f1ff3736326fa16d2)

Thanks,  
Tommy

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**Author:** ![jimig](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/jimig/32/1815_2.png) [@jimig](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/jimig)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2020, 5:49pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/active-speaker-api/7620/3 "2020-01-21T17:49:06Z")

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Thanks Tommy, any chance this might become available as a webhook for non apps?

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**Author:** ![tommy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/tommy/32/72769_2.png) [@tommy](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/tommy)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2020, 6:12pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/active-speaker-api/7620/4 "2020-01-21T18:12:52Z")

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Hey @jimig,

Probably not via Webhooks or APIs, but for all the SDKs yes.

I can’t see us making a webhook that sends a notification anytime someone speaks.

> [@jimig](#):
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> overlayed onto Cloud Recordings for audio analysis.

Thanks,  
Tommy

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**Author:** ![DeveloperBot](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/developerbot/32/12632_2.png) [@DeveloperBot](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/DeveloperBot)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2020, 7:12pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/active-speaker-api/7620/5 "2020-08-21T19:12:47Z")

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Closed on August 21, 2020, 7:12pm UTC