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# GPT Transcribe

> OpenAI's current premium speech-to-text model, and the id OpenAI names as the replacement for the gpt-4o-transcribe family. Pin `gpt-transcribe` on POST /v1/audio/transcriptions.

## Overview

GPT Transcribe converts recorded audio into text. It targets the hard cases rather than clean studio audio: conversational speech, several speakers, background noise, and sentences that switch language mid-way (Vietnamese and English in one pass, for example).

On Kyma it is served through the same OpenAI-compatible transcription endpoint as the other speech-to-text SKUs — multipart `file` or JSON `audio_url`, with `json` and `text` response formats. Billing is per minute of audio, rounded up, with a one-minute minimum; the exact figure comes back in the response and in the X-Kyma-Cost-USD header.

This is file transcription. It is not the live streaming surface, and it is not audio-scene understanding. It returns a transcript, not segment timestamps, so subtitle work stays on whisper-v3-turbo.

## Specs

| Field             | Value                                                                     |
| ----------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Model ID          | `gpt-transcribe`                                                          |
| Best for          | High-accuracy dictation, multilingual transcription, conversational audio |
| Context window    | 1,500                                                                     |
| Input modalities  | Audio                                                                     |
| Output modalities | Text                                                                      |
| Speed             | Fast                                                                      |
| Cost band         | Balanced                                                                  |
| Release stage     | Stable                                                                    |

## Pricing

|                     |    Price   |
| ------------------- | :--------: |
| Per minute of audio | \$0.006075 |

Billed per minute of audio. Every request reports its exact cost in `usage.cost`; the full media price list is on [Pricing](/pricing).

## Use this when

* **Conversational audio transcription** — Captures multi-speaker dialogue and natural speech patterns with high accuracy.
* **Noisy background dictation** — Filters background interference to produce clean text from field recordings or calls.
* **Mixed language audio processing** — Handles code-switched audio streams like Vietnamese and English in a single pass.
* **Migration off the gpt-4o-transcribe family** — The id OpenAI names as the replacement for the models it shuts down on 2027-02-26.

## Not ideal for

Do not use this model for generating audio, for live bidirectional speech, or when you need segment timestamps — it does not return them, and SRT/VTT output needs a model that does.

## Pick something else when

* You need segment timestamps, SRT or VTT output, or the cheapest per-minute rate on clear recordings: use [`whisper-v3-turbo`](/models/whisper-v3-turbo).
* You want a file-transcription SKU from a different creator: use [`gemini-3.5-transcribe`](/models/gemini-3.5-transcribe).

## Example

```python theme={null}
from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(base_url="https://kymaapi.com/v1", api_key="kyma-...")

response = client.audio.transcriptions.create(
    model="gpt-transcribe",
    file=open("audio.wav", "rb"),
)
```

## Agent query example

Ask the API which models fit, instead of hardcoding an id:

```bash theme={null}
curl "https://kymaapi.com/v1/models?recommended_for=transcribe-audio&quality_tier=frontier-open"
```

## FAQ

**Does the transcribe-quality alias point here?**

Not yet. `transcribe-quality` still resolves to gpt-4o-mini-transcribe-2025-12-15. Pin `gpt-transcribe` by id when you want this model.

**Can I get SRT or VTT subtitles from this model?**

No. It returns a transcript without segment timestamps, so the subtitle formats are not available on this id. Use whisper-v3-turbo for timestamped output.

**How is this billed?**

Per minute of audio, rounded up, with a one-minute minimum. The Pricing table on this page is the live rate.