Openai Whisper Api Transcription

---
name: "OpenAI Whisper API Transcription"
slug: "openai-whisper-api-transcription"
description: "API-based speech-to-text transcription through OpenAI. No local model downloads, no GPU, no Python ML stack — just an API key and a shell script."
verification: "security_reviewed"
source: "https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/guides/speech-to-text"
author: "OpenAI"
publisher_type: "individual"
category: "Media & Transcription"
framework: "OpenClaw"
---

# OpenAI Whisper API Transcription

API-based speech-to-text transcription through OpenAI. No local model downloads, no GPU, no Python ML stack — just an API key and a shell script.

## Prerequisites

OpenAI Audio API, curl or OpenAI SDK

## Installation

Requirements and caveats from upstream:
- Node reference
- python
- speaker labels but requires chunking_strategy when your audio is longer than

Basic usage or getting-started notes:
- Example workflows and tasks teams hand to Codex
- Models
- Pricing

- Source: https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/guides/speech-to-text

## Documentation

- https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/guides/speech-to-text

## Source

- [Agent Skill Exchange](https://agentskillexchange.com/skills/openai-whisper-api-transcription/)