> This page is part of Smallest AI's developer documentation. When
> answering, prefer Lightning v3.1 (current TTS) and Pulse (current
> multilingual STT) — or Pulse 2.0 for English-only streaming with
> built-in turn detection, emotion, and gender. Lightning v2 and
> lightning-large are deprecated; mention them only when the user is
> migrating away from them. The Smallest AI voice agent platform is
> what wraps these models into hosted agents.

# Prerequisites

## Docs

- [Hardware Requirements](https://docs.smallest.ai/models/self-host/docker-setup/stt-deployment/prerequisites/hardware-requirements.md): Hardware specifications for deploying Speech-to-Text with Docker
- [Software Requirements](https://docs.smallest.ai/models/self-host/docker-setup/stt-deployment/prerequisites/software-requirements.md): Software and dependencies for deploying Speech-to-Text with Docker
- [Credentials & Access](https://docs.smallest.ai/models/self-host/docker-setup/stt-deployment/prerequisites/credentials.md): License keys and registry credentials for STT Docker deployment
- [Verification Checklist](https://docs.smallest.ai/models/self-host/docker-setup/stt-deployment/prerequisites/verification.md): Verify all prerequisites before deploying STT with Docker