Create Transcription - Dedalus Docs

POST

audio

transcriptions

Typescript

const client = new Dedalus();

const result = await client.audio.transcriptions.create({ ...params });

client = Dedalus()

result = client.audio.transcriptions.create(**params)

client := dedalus.NewClient()

result, err := client.Audio.Transcriptions.New(ctx, body githubcomdedaluslabsdedalussdkgo.AudioTranscriptionNewParams)

curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.dedaluslabs.ai/v1/audio/transcriptions \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: multipart/form-data' \
  --form file='@example-file' \
  --form 'model=<string>' \
  --form 'language=<string>' \
  --form 'prompt=<string>' \
  --form 'response_format=<string>' \
  --form temperature=123

const form = new FormData();
form.append('file', '<string>');
form.append('model', '<string>');
form.append('language', '<string>');
form.append('prompt', '<string>');
form.append('response_format', '<string>');
form.append('temperature', '123');

const options = {method: 'POST', headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>'}};

options.body = form;

fetch('https://api.dedaluslabs.ai/v1/audio/transcriptions', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.dedaluslabs.ai/v1/audio/transcriptions",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
  CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => "-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"file\"; filename=\"example-file\"\r\nContent-Type: application/octet-stream\r\n\r\n<string>\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"model\"\r\n\r\n<string>\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"language\"\r\n\r\n<string>\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"prompt\"\r\n\r\n<string>\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"response_format\"\r\n\r\n<string>\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"temperature\"\r\n\r\n123\r\n-----011000010111000001101001--",
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Authorization: Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type: multipart/form-data; boundary=---011000010111000001101001"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.dedaluslabs.ai/v1/audio/transcriptions")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .header("Content-Type", "multipart/form-data; boundary=---011000010111000001101001")
  .body("-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"file\"; filename=\"example-file\"\r\nContent-Type: application/octet-stream\r\n\r\n<string>\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"model\"\r\n\r\n<string>\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"language\"\r\n\r\n<string>\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"prompt\"\r\n\r\n<string>\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"response_format\"\r\n\r\n<string>\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"temperature\"\r\n\r\n123\r\n-----011000010111000001101001--")
  .asString();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.dedaluslabs.ai/v1/audio/transcriptions")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'multipart/form-data; boundary=---011000010111000001101001'
request.body = "-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"file\"; filename=\"example-file\"\r\nContent-Type: application/octet-stream\r\n\r\n<string>\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"model\"\r\n\r\n<string>\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"language\"\r\n\r\n<string>\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"prompt\"\r\n\r\n<string>\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"response_format\"\r\n\r\n<string>\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"temperature\"\r\n\r\n123\r\n-----011000010111000001101001--"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

{
  "language": "<string>",
  "duration": 123,
  "text": "<string>",
  "words": [
    {
      "word": "<string>",
      "start": 123,
      "end": 123
    }
  ],
  "segments": [
    {
      "id": 123,
      "seek": 123,
      "start": 123,
      "end": 123,
      "text": "<string>",
      "tokens": [
        123
      ],
      "temperature": 123,
      "avg_logprob": 123,
      "compression_ratio": 123,
      "no_speech_prob": 123
    }
  ],
  "usage": {
    "type": "<string>",
    "seconds": 123
  }
}

{
  "detail": [
    {
      "loc": [
        "<string>"
      ],
      "msg": "<string>",
      "type": "<string>",
      "input": "<unknown>",
      "ctx": {}
    }
  ]
}

Overview

Transcribe audio files to text using speech-to-text models. Supports multiple audio formats including mp3, mp4, wav, and more. Note: OpenAI only endpoint.

Usage Examples

curl -X POST https://api.dedaluslabs.ai/v1/audio/transcriptions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -F file="@audio.mp3" \
  -F model="openai/whisper-1"

from dedalus_labs import Dedalus

client = Dedalus(api_key="YOUR_API_KEY")

audio_file = open("audio.mp3", "rb")
transcription = client.audio.transcriptions.create(
    model="openai/whisper-1",
    file=audio_file,
)

print(transcription.text)

import { Dedalus } from "dedalus-labs";
import fs from "fs";

const client = new Dedalus({
	apiKey: "YOUR_API_KEY",
});

const transcription = await client.audio.transcriptions.create({
	file: fs.createReadStream("audio.mp3"),
	model: "openai/whisper-1",
});

console.log(transcription.text);

Authorizations

Authorization

string

header

required

Bearer authentication header of the form Bearer <token>, where <token> is your auth token.

Body

multipart/form-data

file

required

model

string

required

language

string | null

prompt

string | null

response_format

string | null

temperature

number | null

Response

Successful Response

CreateTranscriptionResponseVerboseJson
CreateTranscriptionResponseJson

Represents a verbose json transcription response returned by model, based on the provided input.

Fields:

language (required): str
duration (required): float
text (required): str
words (optional): list[TranscriptionWord]
segments (optional): list[TranscriptionSegment]
usage (optional): TranscriptTextUsageDuration

language

string

required

The language of the input audio.

duration

number

required

The duration of the input audio.

text

string

required

The transcribed text.

words

TranscriptionWord · object[]

Extracted words and their corresponding timestamps.

Show child attributes

segments

TranscriptionSegment · object[]

Segments of the transcribed text and their corresponding details.

Show child attributes

usage

TranscriptTextUsageDuration · object

Usage statistics for models billed by audio input duration.

Show child attributes

Last modified on March 10, 2026

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Typescript

const client = new Dedalus();

const result = await client.audio.transcriptions.create({ ...params });

client = Dedalus()

result = client.audio.transcriptions.create(**params)

client := dedalus.NewClient()

result, err := client.Audio.Transcriptions.New(ctx, body githubcomdedaluslabsdedalussdkgo.AudioTranscriptionNewParams)

curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.dedaluslabs.ai/v1/audio/transcriptions \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: multipart/form-data' \
  --form file='@example-file' \
  --form 'model=<string>' \
  --form 'language=<string>' \
  --form 'prompt=<string>' \
  --form 'response_format=<string>' \
  --form temperature=123

const form = new FormData();
form.append('file', '<string>');
form.append('model', '<string>');
form.append('language', '<string>');
form.append('prompt', '<string>');
form.append('response_format', '<string>');
form.append('temperature', '123');

const options = {method: 'POST', headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>'}};

options.body = form;

fetch('https://api.dedaluslabs.ai/v1/audio/transcriptions', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.dedaluslabs.ai/v1/audio/transcriptions",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
  CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => "-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"file\"; filename=\"example-file\"\r\nContent-Type: application/octet-stream\r\n\r\n<string>\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"model\"\r\n\r\n<string>\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"language\"\r\n\r\n<string>\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"prompt\"\r\n\r\n<string>\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"response_format\"\r\n\r\n<string>\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"temperature\"\r\n\r\n123\r\n-----011000010111000001101001--",
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Authorization: Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type: multipart/form-data; boundary=---011000010111000001101001"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.dedaluslabs.ai/v1/audio/transcriptions")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .header("Content-Type", "multipart/form-data; boundary=---011000010111000001101001")
  .body("-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"file\"; filename=\"example-file\"\r\nContent-Type: application/octet-stream\r\n\r\n<string>\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"model\"\r\n\r\n<string>\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"language\"\r\n\r\n<string>\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"prompt\"\r\n\r\n<string>\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"response_format\"\r\n\r\n<string>\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"temperature\"\r\n\r\n123\r\n-----011000010111000001101001--")
  .asString();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.dedaluslabs.ai/v1/audio/transcriptions")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'multipart/form-data; boundary=---011000010111000001101001'
request.body = "-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"file\"; filename=\"example-file\"\r\nContent-Type: application/octet-stream\r\n\r\n<string>\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"model\"\r\n\r\n<string>\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"language\"\r\n\r\n<string>\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"prompt\"\r\n\r\n<string>\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"response_format\"\r\n\r\n<string>\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"temperature\"\r\n\r\n123\r\n-----011000010111000001101001--"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

{
  "language": "<string>",
  "duration": 123,
  "text": "<string>",
  "words": [
    {
      "word": "<string>",
      "start": 123,
      "end": 123
    }
  ],
  "segments": [
    {
      "id": 123,
      "seek": 123,
      "start": 123,
      "end": 123,
      "text": "<string>",
      "tokens": [
        123
      ],
      "temperature": 123,
      "avg_logprob": 123,
      "compression_ratio": 123,
      "no_speech_prob": 123
    }
  ],
  "usage": {
    "type": "<string>",
    "seconds": 123
  }
}

{
  "detail": [
    {
      "loc": [
        "<string>"
      ],
      "msg": "<string>",
      "type": "<string>",
      "input": "<unknown>",
      "ctx": {}
    }
  ]
}

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