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GPT Live Transcribe

GPT Live Transcribe is a low-latency streaming speech-to-text model for live audio, with tunable latency, context, keyword hints, and multiple language hints. Priced by audio duration. Your use is subject to OpenAI's Terms & Privacy Policies.

Price
$1.02, Per hour of audio
import { experimental_streamTranscribe as streamTranscribe } from 'ai';
import { createGateway, gateway } from '@ai-sdk/gateway';
import { readFile } from 'node:fs/promises';
const modelId = 'openai/gpt-live-transcribe';
// Mint this on your server, then send only the short-lived token to the client.
const { token } = await gateway.experimental_transcription.getToken({
model: modelId,
});
const clientGateway = createGateway({ apiKey: token });
// Raw 24 kHz, 16-bit signed little-endian mono PCM audio.
const bytes = await readFile('audio.pcm');
const audio = new ReadableStream<Uint8Array>({
start(controller) {
controller.enqueue(new Uint8Array(bytes));
controller.close();
},
});
const result = streamTranscribe({
model: clientGateway.transcription(modelId),
audio,
inputAudioFormat: { type: 'audio/pcm', rate: 24000 },
});
for await (const part of result.fullStream) {
if (part.type === 'transcript-delta') {
process.stdout.write(part.delta);
}
}
console.log('\nFinal:', await result.text);
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Try out GPT Live Transcribe by OpenAI. Usage is billed to your team at API rates. Free users (those who haven't made a payment) get $5 of credits every 30 days.

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Live transcription

Speak into your microphone and watch the transcript appear in real time.

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Start the session and begin speaking to see the transcript.

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Regional Inference
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Release Date
$1.02/hr
—07/28/2026

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