> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.mindsdb.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Symbl

This documentation describes the integration of MindsDB with [Symbl](https://symbl.ai/), a platform with state-of-the-art and task-specific LLMs that enables businesses to analyze multi-party conversations at scale.
This integration allows MindsDB to process conversation data and extract insights from it.

## Prerequisites

Before proceeding, ensure the following prerequisites are met:

1. Install MindsDB locally via [Docker](/setup/self-hosted/docker) or [Docker Desktop](/setup/self-hosted/docker-desktop).
2. To connect Symbl to MindsDB, install the required dependencies following [this instruction](/setup/self-hosted/docker#install-dependencies).

<Tip>
  Please note that in order to successfully install the dependencies for Symbl, it is necessary to install `portaudio` and few other Linux packages in the Docker container first. To do this, run the following commands:

  1. Start an interactive shell in the container:

  ```bash theme={null}
  docker exec -it mindsdb_container sh
  ```

  If you haven't specified a name when spinning up the MindsDB container with `docker run`, you can find it by running `docker ps`.

  <Note>
    If you are using Docker Desktop, you can navigate to 'Containers', locate the multi-container application running the extension, click on the `mindsdb_service` container and then click on the 'Exec' tab to start an interactive shell.
  </Note>

  2. Install the required packages:

  ```bash theme={null}
  apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
          libportaudio2 libportaudiocpp0 portaudio19-dev \
          python3-dev \
          build-essential \
          && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
  ```
</Tip>

## Connection

Establish a connection to your Symbl from MindsDB by executing the following SQL command:

```sql theme={null}
CREATE DATABASE mindsdb_symbl
WITH ENGINE = 'symbl',
PARAMETERS = {
    "app_id": "app_id",
    "app_secret":"app_secret"
};
```

Required connection parameters include the following:

* `app_id`: The Symbl app identifier.
* `app_secret`: The Symbl app secret.

## Usage

First, process the conversation data and get the conversation ID via the `get_conversation_id` table:

```sql theme={null}
SELECT * 
FROM mindsdb_symbl.get_conversation_id
WHERE audio_url="https://symbltestdata.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/newPhonecall.mp3";
```

Next, use the conversation ID to get the results of the above from the other supported tables:

```sql theme={null}
SELECT *
FROM mindsdb_symbl.get_messages
WHERE conversation_id="5682305049034752";
```

Other supported tables include:

* `get_topics`
* `get_questions`
* `get_analytics`
* `get_action_items`

<Note>
  The above examples utilize `mindsdb_symbl` as the datasource name, which is defined in the `CREATE DATABASE` command.
</Note>