Running Whisper yourself needs a GPU or a lot of patience; the hosted API needs an OpenAI key and a 25 MB upload limit. This tool takes file links of any size, transcribes them with open-source Whisper and returns text, timestamps and subtitles.
task: "translate" to English; custom vocabulary for names and jargon.from apify_client import ApifyClient # pip install apify-client
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN>")
run = client.actor("fguiraud/audio-video-transcriber").call(run_input={
"sources": [
{
"url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/openai/whisper/main/tests/jfk.flac"
}
],
"model": "base",
"outputs": [
"text",
"srt"
]
})
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
print(item["language"], item["text"])
No Python? Open the Actor page, paste your input in the form and press Start; results export to JSON, CSV or Excel.
Fields from a real run on 2026-09-30 (long values shortened):
{
"source": "https://github.com/openai/whisper/raw/main/tests/jfk.flac",
"status": "ok",
"model": "tiny",
"language": "en",
"durationSeconds": 11,
"billedMinutes": 1,
"text": "And so my fellow Americans ask not what your country can do for you ask what you can do for your country",
"srt": "1\n00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:10,900\nAnd so my fellow Americans ask not what your country can do for you ask what you can do for your country\n"
}
$0.006 per audio minute, rounded up per file.
| Tool | Price |
|---|---|
| This tool | $0.006 per minute |
| kaz_kakyo/audio-transcriber | $0.01 per minute |
| amanatools/whisper-transcriber | $0.008 per minute + $0.005 per file |
Competitor prices as listed in the Apify Store on 2026-10-03 (Bronze plan where tiers differ); they can change.
Which Whisper model?
tiny, base (default) or small. small is more accurate on accents and noisy audio.
Is there a file size limit?
Set by maxFileSizeMb; long recordings are fine.
Can an AI agent use it?
Yes. It is an MCP server at https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fguiraud/audio-video-transcriber (listed in the official MCP registry), and there is an agent skill for Claude Code, Codex and Cursor. Field-name guesses such as url or urls are accepted.