unisone OpenAI Whisper API (curl)
Transcribe an audio file via OpenAI’s /v1/audio/transcriptions endpoint.
Routing
- ❌ Don't use if you want local/offline transcription.
- ✅ Prefer
openai-whisperfor local/offline transcription.
Quick start
{baseDir}/scripts/transcribe.sh /path/to/audio.m4a
Defaults:
- Model:
whisper-1 - Output:
<input>.txt
Useful flags
{baseDir}/scripts/transcribe.sh /path/to/audio.ogg --model whisper-1 --out /tmp/transcript.txt
{baseDir}/scripts/transcribe.sh /path/to/audio.m4a --language en
{baseDir}/scripts/transcribe.sh /path/to/audio.m4a --prompt "Speaker names: Peter, Daniel"
{baseDir}/scripts/transcribe.sh /path/to/audio.m4a --json --out /tmp/transcript.json
API key
Set OPENAI_API_KEY, or configure it in ~/.openclaw/openclaw.json:
{
skills: {
"openai-whisper-api": {
apiKey: "OPENAI_KEY_HERE",
},
},
}