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# Transcribe Audio

> Convert an audio file to text with OpenAI.

**Transcribe Audio** sends an audio file to an OpenAI transcription model and
returns the recognized speech as one string.

## Inputs

| Input                   | Type           | Required | Description                                                                     |
| ----------------------- | -------------- | -------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Third-party account** | OpenAI account | Yes      | The API key used for transcription.                                             |
| **Audio**               | Audio file     | Yes      | A file whose MIME type begins with `audio/`.                                    |
| **Model**               | Enum           | Yes      | Whisper-1, GPT-4o Transcribe, or GPT-4o Mini Transcribe. Defaults to Whisper-1. |

## Output

| Output   | Type   | Description              |
| -------- | ------ | ------------------------ |
| **Text** | String | The complete transcript. |

<Note>
  This action returns plain transcript text. It does not expose timestamps,
  speaker labels, or segment metadata.
</Note>

<Tip>
  Preserve the source file's correct audio MIME type. A video file containing
  audio is not accepted unless another action first extracts or converts it to
  an audio file.
</Tip>