Transcribe an audio file

Select the plus button next to the message box, choose Transcribe audio, pick one recording, then select Transcribe. Review the text and select Insert into chat to put it in the message box.

The window states what happens to the file: The recording stays transient. Only the selected audio and options are sent for this transcription.

Transcribe a recording

1. Select the plus button next to the message box, then Transcribe audio.
2. Select Choose audio to transcribe and pick one file. MP3, MP4, MPEG, MPGA, M4A, WAV, WebM, OGG and FLAC are accepted, up to 25 MiB maximum.
3. Choose a Transcription model: Best, Fast & economical, Speaker labels if you need who said what, or Captions, timestamps & translation.
4. Select Transcribe. The status moves through Reading audio file… and Transcribing… to Transcript ready. Review it before inserting.
5. Correct the text under Editable transcript.
6. Select Insert into chat.

Transcribe one file at a time. Choosing several gives Transcribe one audio file at a time.

Captions and translation

Choosing Captions, timestamps & translation adds a Whisper task control:

• Transcript — plain text in the recording's own language.
• SRT captions and VTT captions — subtitle text with timing.
• Timestamps — a transcript with segment times.
• Translate to English — English text from speech in another language.

Help the model get names right

Open Advanced options and fill in what applies:

• Languages, comma separated for the languages spoken.
• Keywords, comma separated for terms it should spell correctly.
• Names or context for people, acronyms or specialist words.

If it did not work

• Choose an MP3, MP4, MPEG, MPGA, M4A, WAV, WebM, OGG, or FLAC audio file.: convert the recording to one of those formats.
• Audio files must be 25 MiB or smaller.: split the recording or export it at a lower bitrate.
• No speech was detected. Try another file or model.: check the file plays, then try another Transcription model.
• The audio could not be transcribed.: select Retry.