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Step 1: Get your API Key

Your API key is used to authenticate your requests. Follow this link to grab your first API key.

Step 2: Grab an audio file

Grab an audio file of your choice, or download this audio file and save it as sample.mp3 in the same directory where you will save the Python script below.
Our API works best with common audio formats like MP3, WAV, M4A, OGG, WEBM, and FLAC.

Step 3: Install the SDK

Step 4: Transcribe!

Don’t want to use the SDK? See the example code below:
quickstart.py

Next Steps

Now that you’ve completed your first transcription, you can explore the API’s more powerful features.

Transcribe from a URL

Submit a public URL for transcription instead of uploading a file.

Improve Accuracy with Context

Provide hints and jargon to the AI to get more accurate results for specialized audio.

Automatic Formatting

Automatically add newlines and paragraphs to your transcript based on speech pauses.

Full API Reference

Explore all endpoints, parameters, and schemas in detail.