> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.portkey.ai/docs/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Speech-to-Text

> Use Portkey's AI gateway to transcribe and translate audio using speech-to-text models across all supported providers.

## Transcription & Translation Usage

Portkey supports both `Transcription` and `Translation` methods for STT models and follows the OpenAI signature where you can send the file (in `flac`, `mp3`, `mp4`, `mpeg`, `mpga`, `m4a`, `ogg`, `wav`, or `webm` formats) as part of the API request.

Here's an example:

<Tabs>
  <Tab title="OpenAI NodeJS">
    ```js theme={"system"}
    import fs from "fs";
    import OpenAI from "openai";
    import { PORTKEY_GATEWAY_URL, createHeaders } from 'portkey-ai'

    const openai = new OpenAI({
      apiKey: "API_KEY", // Replace with your standard API Key or a dummy string
      baseURL: PORTKEY_GATEWAY_URL,
      defaultHeaders: createHeaders({
        apiKey: "PORTKEY_API_KEY",
        provider: "openai"
      })
    });

    // Transcription

    async function transcribe() {
      const transcription = await openai.audio.transcriptions.create({
        file: fs.createReadStream("/path/to/file.mp3"),
        model: "whisper-1",
      });

      console.log(transcription.text);
    }
    transcribe();

    // Translation

    async function translate() {
        const translation = await openai.audio.translations.create({
            file: fs.createReadStream("/path/to/file.mp3"),
            model: "whisper-1",
        });
        console.log(translation.text);
    }
    translate();
    ```
  </Tab>

  <Tab title="OpenAI Python">
    ```py theme={"system"}
    from openai import OpenAI
    from portkey_ai import PORTKEY_GATEWAY_URL, createHeaders

    client = OpenAI(
        api_key="API_KEY", # Replace with your standard API Key or a dummy string
        base_url=PORTKEY_GATEWAY_URL,
        default_headers=createHeaders(
            api_key="PORTKEY_API_KEY",
            provider="openai"
        )
    )

    audio_file= open("/path/to/file.mp3", "rb")

    # Transcription

    transcription = client.audio.transcriptions.create(
      model="whisper-1",
      file=audio_file
    )
    print(transcription.text)

    # Translation

    translation = client.audio.translations.create(
      model="whisper-1",
      file=audio_file
    )
    print(translation.text)
    ```
  </Tab>

  <Tab title="Python SDK">
    ```python theme={"system"}
    from pathlib import Path
    from portkey_ai import Portkey

    # Initialize the Portkey client
    portkey = Portkey(
        api_key="PORTKEY_API_KEY",  # Replace with your Portkey API key
        provider="@PROVIDER"   
    )
    audio_file= open("/path/to/file.mp3", "rb")

    # Transcription
    transcription = portkey.audio.transcriptions.create(
      model="@openai/whisper-1",
      file=audio_file
    )

    print(transcription.text)
    # Translation
    translation = portkey.audio.translations.create(
      model="@openai/whisper-1",
      file=audio_file
    )
    print(translation.text)
    ```
  </Tab>

  <Tab title="cURL">
    For Transcriptions:

    ```sh theme={"system"}
    curl "https://api.portkey.ai/v1/audio/transcriptions" \
      -H "x-portkey-api-key: $PORTKEY_API_KEY" \
      -H 'Content-Type: multipart/form-data' \
      --form file=@/path/to/file/audio.mp3 \
      --form model=@openai/whisper-1
    ```

    For Translations:

    ```sh theme={"system"}
    curl "https://api.portkey.ai/v1/audio/translations" \
      -H "x-portkey-api-key: $PORTKEY_API_KEY" \
      -H 'Content-Type: multipart/form-data' \
      --form file=@/path/to/file/audio.mp3 \
      --form model=@openai/whisper-1
    ```
  </Tab>
</Tabs>

On completion, the request will get logged in the logs UI where you can see transcribed or translated text, along with the cost and latency incurred.