Transcribe audio
Transcribes audio. Returns a job whose result is a TranscriptionResult.
bearerAuthorizationBearer <API key>An API key from Settings, starting vcp_live_.
Idempotency-Key?stringOptional. Up to 255 characters, scoped to your account and kept for 90 days. Sending the same key with the same body again returns the original job. The same key with a different body is rejected with 409.
length <= 255application/json- body
audio_file_id?stringA file_id from POST /v1/uploads. Send this or audio_url.
audio_url?stringAn https link to the audio, up to 25 MB. Send this or audio_file_id.
urilanguage?stringThe spoken language, such as English. Leave it out to detect it.
timestamps?booleanReturn each word with its timing and speaker.
truespeakers?integerHow many people speak. Leave it out to detect it. Only used when timestamps is true.
1 <= value <= 10model?stringThe speech recognition model.
"higher_quality""standard""higher_quality""parakeet_v3""orukeet"Accepted. Returns the job.
application/json- response
id*stringJob id.
type*JobType"speech""voice_design""voice_clone""voice_change""transcription""dub""avatar_video""cut"status*JobStatus"queued""running""succeeded""failed""cancelled"progress*|From 0 to 1 while an avatar video renders, a dub runs or a video is cut, otherwise null.
0 <= value <= 1result*||||||The result of a succeeded job, or null. Speech, voice designs and the voice changer give AudioResult, kept for 24 hours after the job finishes, then this is null. Transcriptions give TranscriptionResult. Voice clones give VoiceCloneResult. Avatar videos give AvatarVideoResult, dubs give DubResult and cuts give CutResult, all kept for 24 hours after the job was created.
error*|Why the job failed, or null.
tokens_charged*|Tokens billed, or null until billing has run.
0 <= valueresource_id*|The voice id for voice clones, the project id for dubs and cuts, and the video id for avatar videos.
created_at*stringWhen the job was created.
date-timefinished_at*|When the job finished, or null while it runs.
date-timecurl -X POST 'https://api.vcp.name/v1/transcriptions' \ -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \ -d '{ "audio_url": "https://example.com/interview.mp3"}'{ "id": "04bd0571-e2c8-4d5b-a3cc-e56f85773abf", "type": "transcription", "status": "queued", "progress": null, "result": null, "error": null, "tokens_charged": null, "resource_id": null, "created_at": "2026-10-30T00:10:42Z", "finished_at": null}