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GPT Transcribe

OpenAI's current premium speech-to-text model, and the id OpenAI names as the replacement for the gpt-4o-transcribe family. Pin gpt-transcribe on POST /v1/audio/transcriptions.

Modalities

Text → Text

Price

$0.0061 / min

Context

2K

Usage

How much this model is actually called here.

Rank

#112

of 113 active models

Tokens served

0

all-time

Platform share

0.0%

of all tokens

Pricing

Per minute of audio processed. Min billable: 1 minute.

$0.0061 / min

When to use GPT Transcribe

Updated 2026-09-03

Where this model earns its cost — and where it doesn't.

GPT Transcribe converts recorded audio into text. It targets the hard cases rather than clean studio audio: conversational speech, several speakers, background noise, and sentences that switch language mid-way (Vietnamese and English in one pass, for example).

On Kyma it is served through the same OpenAI-compatible transcription endpoint as the other speech-to-text SKUs — multipart `file` or JSON `audio_url`, with `json` and `text` response formats. Billing is per minute of audio, rounded up, with a one-minute minimum; the exact figure comes back in the response and in the X-Kyma-Cost-USD header.

This is file transcription. It is not the live streaming surface, and it is not audio-scene understanding. It returns a transcript, not segment timestamps, so subtitle work stays on whisper-v3-turbo.

Conversational audio transcription

Captures multi-speaker dialogue and natural speech patterns with high accuracy.

Noisy background dictation

Filters background interference to produce clean text from field recordings or calls.

Mixed language audio processing

Handles code-switched audio streams like Vietnamese and English in a single pass.

Migration off the gpt-4o-transcribe family

The id OpenAI names as the replacement for the models it shuts down on 2027-02-26.

Not ideal for: Do not use this model for generating audio, for live bidirectional speech, or when you need segment timestamps — it does not return them, and SRT/VTT output needs a model that does.

Quick start

Up and running in under two minutes.

  1. 1

    Create an API key

    Sign up and grab a key from the dashboard — $0.50 free credit, no card required.

    Get API key →
  2. 2

    Make your first request

    Drop in your key and send a chat completion — fully OpenAI-compatible.

    curl https://kymaapi.com/v1/chat/completions \
      -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
      -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
      -d '{
        "model": "gpt-transcribe",
        "messages": [
          {"role": "user", "content": "Explain prompt caching in one paragraph."}
        ]
      }'
  3. 3

    Stream responses

    Add "stream": true to receive tokens as they arrive.

    curl https://kymaapi.com/v1/chat/completions \
      -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
      -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
      -d '{
        "model": "gpt-transcribe",
        "stream": true,
        "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}]
      }'

FAQ

Common questions about this model.

How much does GPT Transcribe cost?

$0.0061 per min. Per minute of audio processed. Min billable: 1 minute.

How do I use GPT Transcribe?

Kyma is OpenAI-compatible: point your SDK's base URL at https://kymaapi.com/v1, use your Kyma API key, and set the model to gpt-transcribe. Signing up is free and includes $0.50 of credit — no card required.

Does the transcribe-quality alias point here?

Not yet. transcribe-quality still resolves to gpt-4o-mini-transcribe-2025-12-15. Pin gpt-transcribe by id when you want this model.

Can I get SRT or VTT subtitles from this model?

No. It returns a transcript without segment timestamps, so the subtitle formats are not available on this id. Use whisper-v3-turbo for timestamped output.

How is this billed?

Per minute of audio, rounded up, with a one-minute minimum. The Pricing table on this page is the live rate.

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