OpenAI API Script to Transcribe Voice to Text

transcribe.js

// Import the required modules
import fs from "fs";
import OpenAI from "openai";
import dotenv from "dotenv";
dotenv.config();

// Initialize the OpenAI client with your API key
const openai = new OpenAI({
	apiKey: process.env.OPENAI_API_KEY, //use your API Key
});

async function main(filePath  = null) {
	try {
		// Ensure the file exists before proceeding
		if (!fs.existsSync(filePath)) {
			throw new Error(`File not found at path: ${filePath}`);
		}

		// Call the OpenAI transcription API
		const transcription = await openai.audio.transcriptions.create({
			file: fs.createReadStream(filePath),
			model: "whisper-1",
			response_format: "text",
		});

		// Output the transcribed text to the console
		console.log("Transcribed text:");
		console.log(transcription);
	} catch (error) {
		console.error("Error occurred while transcribing audio:", error.message);
	}
}

// Run the main function via node transcribe.js 
const pathToFile = "/Users/.../Documents/recording.mp3" // use your own path, must be full path.

main(pathToFile).then(() => {
	console.log("Transcription completed successfully.");
}).catch((error) => {
	console.error("Error:", error);
});