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In addition to the multipart form fields shown below, this endpoint accepts an optional dictation field. Send dictation=true to request dictation-oriented transcript formatting. If omitted, dictation defaults to false.

Authorizations

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X-API-KEY
string
header
required
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X-ACCOUNT-ID
string
header
required

Body

multipart/form-data
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audio
file
required

Audio file to transcribe (max 100MB)

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language
enum<string>
default:en

Language code for the audio content. Different models are used based on language

Available options:
en,
en-US,
es,
de,
fr,
hi,
it,
ja,
nl,
pt,
ru,
bg,
ca,
zh,
zh-CN,
zh-Hans,
zh-TW,
zh-Hant,
zh-HK,
cs,
da,
da-DK,
en-AU,
en-GB,
en-NZ,
en-IN,
et,
fi,
nl-BE,
fr-CA,
de-CH,
el,
hu,
id,
ko,
ko-KR,
lv,
lt,
ms,
no,
pl,
pt-BR,
pt-PT,
ro,
sk,
es-419,
sv,
sv-SE,
th,
th-TH,
tr,
uk,
vi
Example:

"en"

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encoding
enum<string>

Audio encoding format. Optional - if not specified, the API will auto-detect. Common formats:

  • linear16: 16-bit linear PCM
  • flac: Free Lossless Audio Codec
  • mulaw: μ-law encoding
  • ogg_opus: Opus codec in OGG container
  • webm_opus: Opus codec in WebM container
Available options:
linear16,
flac,
mulaw,
amr,
amr_wb,
ogg_opus,
speex,
webm_opus
Example:

"linear16"

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multichannel
boolean
default:false

Enable multichannel audio processing

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dictation
boolean
default:false

Enable dictation-oriented transcript formatting. When sent as multipart form-data, provide true or false.

Response

Transcription created successfully

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data
object
required