GPT-Transcribe
File and Realtime transcription. Streaming sibling gpt-live-transcribe ($0.017/min). Cheaper than whisper-1 ($0.006/min).
- Input
- audio, text
- Output
- text
- License
- proprietary
- Pricing
- per minute: $0.0045 (per minute of audio) source
- Verified
- 2026-09-29
How to call it
| Provider | Model id | Endpoint / URL | Docs |
|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAI API | gpt-transcribe | https://api.openai.com/v1/audio/transcriptions | docs |
| Azure OpenAI (Microsoft Foundry) | gpt-transcribe | — | docs |
Notable capabilities (2)
- Context-guided transcription: Accepts unstructured context, keyword hints and multiple language hints for domain terms. source
- Whisper successor (found after launch): Replacement for whisper-1 and gpt-4o-(mini-)transcribe (shutdown Feb 26 2027). source
curl https://api.openai.com/v1/audio/transcriptions \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $OPENAI_API_KEY" -F model=gpt-transcribe -F file=@audio.mp3
Sources:
Timeline entry
- OpenAI releases GPT-Transcribe and GPT-Live-Transcribe, then deprecates Whisper API ★★★
On 2026-07-28 OpenAI released gpt-transcribe (file transcription, $0.0045/min) and gpt-live-transcribe (low-latency streaming, $0.017/min), both accepting context, keyword and language hints. On 2026-08-26 it deprecated whisper-1 and the gpt-4o(-mini)-transcribe(-diarize) models, with shutdown on…
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