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# Speech-to-Text Models

> Venice speech-to-text models like Whisper Large V3 and ElevenLabs Scribe with multilingual support, timestamps, and per-second pricing.

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  Use the `id` value as the `model` parameter in API requests. 5 models currently available.

  | Model                 | ID                            | Per audio second | Privacy    |
  | --------------------- | ----------------------------- | ---------------- | ---------- |
  | ElevenLabs Scribe V2  | `elevenlabs/scribe-v2`        | \$0.0002         | Anonymized |
  | Parakeet ASR          | `nvidia/parakeet-tdt-0.6b-v3` | \$0.0001         | Private    |
  | Whisper Large V3      | `openai/whisper-large-v3`     | \$0.0001         | Private    |
  | Wizper (Whisper v3)   | `fal-ai/wizper`               | \$0.0001         | Private    |
  | xAI Speech to Text v1 | `stt-xai-v1`                  | \$0.0000         | Anonymized |
</div>

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## Usage

Speech-to-text models transcribe spoken audio into written text. They are accessed via the [Audio Transcriptions API](/api-reference/endpoint/audio/transcriptions).

### Supported audio formats

`wav`, `wave`, `flac`, `m4a`, `aac`, `mp4`, `mp3`, `ogg`, `oga`, `webm`

A file is accepted when either its MIME type or its extension is on this list, and it must also pass a magic-byte check on the uploaded bytes. Renaming a file to a supported extension is not sufficient.

### Response formats

| Format | Description                                                                            |
| ------ | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `json` | Default. Returns `{ "text": "..." }`, plus `duration` and `timestamps` when available. |
| `text` | Plain transcribed text.                                                                |

### Timestamps

Set `timestamps: true` to receive timing data alongside the transcript. The response adds a `timestamps` object whose granularity depends on the model:

| Model                         | Granularity |
| ----------------------------- | ----------- |
| `elevenlabs/scribe-v2`        | `word`      |
| `stt-xai-v1`                  | `word`      |
| `openai/whisper-large-v3`     | `segment`   |
| `fal-ai/wizper`               | `segment`   |
| `nvidia/parakeet-tdt-0.6b-v3` | None        |

<Warning>
  `nvidia/parakeet-tdt-0.6b-v3` is the default model, and it accepts `timestamps: true` without returning timings. There is no error and no warning — the response simply contains `text` and nothing else. If you need timings, choose a model from the table above and check that the `timestamps` key is present before reading it.
</Warning>

Word entries are `{ "word": "...", "start": 0.0, "end": 0.5 }` and segment entries are `{ "text": "...", "start": 0.0, "end": 3.2 }`, with all times in seconds.

<Note>
  Pricing is billed per second of input audio. See the [Audio Transcriptions API](/api-reference/endpoint/audio/transcriptions) for request examples and parameter details.
</Note>