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---

name: openai-whisper-api

description: Transcribe audio via OpenAI Audio Transcriptions API (Whisper).

homepage: https://platform.openai.com/docs/guides/speech-to-text

metadata: {"moltbot":{"emoji":"☁️","requires":{"bins":["curl"],"env":["OPENAI_API_KEY"]},"primaryEnv":"OPENAI_API_KEY"}}

---

# OpenAI Whisper API (curl)

Transcribe an audio file via OpenAI’s `/v1/audio/transcriptions` endpoint.

## Quick start

```bash

{baseDir}/scripts/transcribe.sh /path/to/audio.m4a

```

Defaults:

- Model: `whisper-1`

- Output: `<input>.txt`

## Useful flags

```bash

{baseDir}/scripts/transcribe.sh /path/to/audio.ogg --model whisper-1 --out /tmp/transcript.txt

{baseDir}/scripts/transcribe.sh /path/to/audio.m4a --language en

{baseDir}/scripts/transcribe.sh /path/to/audio.m4a --prompt "Speaker names: Peter, Daniel"

{baseDir}/scripts/transcribe.sh /path/to/audio.m4a --json --out /tmp/transcript.json

```

## API key

```json5

{

skills: {

"openai-whisper-api": {

apiKey: "OPENAI_KEY_HERE"

}

}

}

```