openai-whisper-api

name	openai-whisper-api
description	Transcribe audio via OpenAI Audio Transcriptions API (Whisper).
homepage	https://platform.openai.com/docs/guides/speech-to-text
metadata	{"openclaw":{"emoji":"☁️","requires":{"bins":["curl"],"env":["OPENAI_API_KEY"]},"primaryEnv":"OPENAI_API_KEY"}}

OpenAI Whisper API (curl)

Transcribe an audio file via OpenAI’s /v1/audio/transcriptions endpoint.

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 & Base URL

Set OPENAI_API_KEY and OPENAI_BASE_URL, or configure it in ~/.openclaw/openclaw.json:

{
  skills: {
    "openai-whisper-api": {
      env: {
        OPENAI_API_KEY: "OPENAI_KEY_HERE",
        OPENAI_BASE_URL: "http://your-proxy:3000" // Optional, default: https://api.openai.com
      }
    }
  }
}