— 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", "install": [ { "id": "brew", "kind": "brew", "formula": "curl", "bins": ["curl"], "label": "Install curl (brew)", }, ], }, } — # OpenAI Whisper API (curl) Transcribe an audio file via OpenAI’s `/v1/audio/transcriptions` endpoint. Set `OPENAI_BASE_URL` to use an OpenAI-compatible proxy or local gateway. ## Quick start “`bash {baseDir}/scripts/transcribe.sh /path/to/audio.m4a “` Defaults: – Model: `whisper-1` – Output: `<input>.txt` ## Useful flags “`bash {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 Set `OPENAI_API_KEY`, or configure it in the active OpenClaw config file (`$OPENCLAW_CONFIG_PATH`, default `~/.openclaw/openclaw.json`). Optionally set `OPENAI_BASE_URL` (for example `http://127.0.0.1:51805/v1`) to use an OpenAI-compatible proxy or local gateway: “`json5 { skills: { "openai-whisper-api": { apiKey: "OPENAI_KEY_HERE", }, }, } “`