stt

name	stt
description	Transcribe audio to text using OpenAI Whisper through the verging.ai proxy API.

Speech-to-Text — verging.ai

Transcribe audio to text using OpenAI Whisper through the verging.ai proxy API.

Authentication

All requests require an API key in the Authorization header:

Authorization: ApiKey vrg_sk_xxx

Replace vrg_sk_xxx with your verging.ai API key. You can generate one at https://verging.ai under your account settings.

Endpoint

POST https://verging.ai/api/v1/ai/stt
Content-Type: multipart/form-data

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Default	Description
file	file	Yes	—	Audio file to transcribe
model	string	No	whisper-1	STT model
language	string	No	—	Language code (e.g. en, zh, ja)
response_format	string	No	json	Output format
temperature	float	No	—	Sampling temperature (0–1)

Supported Audio Formats

mp3, mp4, mpeg, mpga, m4a, wav, webm

File Size Limit

Maximum file size: 25 MB

Example

curl -X POST https://verging.ai/api/v1/ai/stt \
  -H "Authorization: ApiKey vrg_sk_xxx" \
  -F "file=@recording.mp3" \
  -F "language=en"

Response

{
  "text": "Hello, this is a sample transcription of the audio file.",
  "language": "en",
  "duration": 12.5,
  "credits_consumed": 1
}

• text — Transcribed text content.
• language — Detected or specified language.
• duration — Audio duration in seconds.
• credits_consumed — Credits deducted for this request.

Credits

Rate	Minimum
1 credit / minute	1 credit

Error Codes

HTTP Status	Error Code	Description
400	—	File exceeds 25 MB or unsupported audio format
402	40001	Insufficient credits
429	—	Rate limit exceeded (check X-RateLimit-Reset)
502	—	Upstream provider error
503	—	Service unavailable or upstream timeout

Error response format:

{
  "error_code": 40001,
  "message": "Insufficient credits. Required: 1, available: 0",
  "upstream_error": null
}