Can ChatGPT Transcribe Audio to Text? And What About Gemini?
Can ChatGPT transcribe audio? Yes, on paid plans, with limits. What ChatGPT and Gemini do with audio, video and YouTube links, and when to use a dedicated tool.
If you are looking for a Whisper API, this transcription API returns the same kind of timestamped text and adds speaker labels, summaries and translations on top. Every feature of the app is a JSON endpoint under /api/v1; use the shared TypeScript client or plain HTTP.
curl -X POST https://audiotexta.com/api/v1/transcribe \
-H "Authorization: Bearer es_YOUR_KEY" \
-F "file=@meeting.mp3" \
-F 'options={"language":"en","speakers":true}'
# → { "job": { "id": "tr_…", "status": "queued" } }
curl https://audiotexta.com/api/v1/jobs/tr_… -H "Authorization: Bearer es_YOUR_KEY"import { AudiotextaClient } from "@echoscribe/shared";
const client = new AudiotextaClient({ baseUrl: "https://audiotexta.com", apiKey: process.env.ECHOSCRIBE_KEY });
const job = await client.transcribeUrl("https://youtu.be/…", { speakers: true });
const done = await client.waitForJob(job.id);
const insights = await client.insights(done, "en");Audio: MP3, M4A, AAC, WAV, FLAC, OGG, Opus, WMA, AIFF. Video: MP4, MOV, WebM, MKV, AVI, MPEG. You can also paste a YouTube or direct media link.
It depends on audio quality, language and the provider you choose. Clear speech in a major European language usually needs only light proofreading; noisy rooms, heavy accents and overlapping speakers need more. Custom vocabulary and the editor make fixing names fast.
Transcription in 98+ languages including English, German, French, Spanish, Polish, Russian, Italian, Dutch and Portuguese. The interface is available in 25 languages.
Windows speech to text (Windows key + H) types what you say into the text field you are in, which is handy for short notes. It cannot transcribe a recording you already have. For audio and video files, open Audiotexta in any browser on Windows and upload the file.
Can ChatGPT transcribe audio? Yes, on paid plans, with limits. What ChatGPT and Gemini do with audio, video and YouTube links, and when to use a dedicated tool.
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