openai-whisper-api

You can transcribe audio by sending a local audio file to the /v1/audio/transcriptions endpoint via curl. The script requires your OPENAI_API_KEY and the file path to generate a plain text or JSON transcript.

The transcription script supports common audio formats including m4a, ogg, and wav files. It sends these local audio files to the Whisper API endpoint to output readable plain text or JSON transcripts.

Yes, an active OPENAI_API_KEY is required to authenticate requests to the Whisper API. The script uses this key alongside curl to process your local audio file and generate the text transcript.

Yes, the script uses curl to perform the HTTP request to the Whisper API endpoint. You can configure the output to return structured JSON transcripts instead of plain text for your meeting notes or captions.

Using the OpenAI Whisper API transcribes your meeting recordings into readable text quickly. You can run the provided script with your local audio file to generate text outputs suitable for indexing and searching.

Yes, transcribing audio with the Whisper API is suitable for generating captions from video audio tracks. You provide the extracted local audio file, and the curl script outputs text transcripts you can use for captioning.