This tutorial demonstrates how to use the AssemblyAI Python SDK to obtain automatic speech recognition (ASR) transcriptions that include punctuation, casing, and formatting. To achieve this, it shows you how to specify parameters in the SDK and provides a sample code snippet. It also covers setting up the development environment by installing dependencies such as Python 3.8 or newer, AssemblyAI Python SDK version 0.3.2 or greater, and an AssemblyAI API key. The tutorial then guides you through writing Python code to handle transcription using the provided code snippet and running the transcription process with a sample audio file URL.