---
title: "Create a transcription"
method: POST
path: "/v2/audio/transcriptions"
tags: ["transcriptions"]
---

# Create a transcription

`POST /v2/audio/transcriptions`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.cohere.com`
- URL: `https://api.cohere.com/v2/audio/transcriptions`
- Auth: HTTP bearer

Transcribe an audio file.

## Response `200`

A successful response.

- AudioTranscriptionsCreateResponse200
  - `text` string, required: The transcribed text.

## Other responses

- `400`: This error is returned when the request is not well formed. This could be because: - JSON is invalid - The request is missing required fields - The request contains an invalid combination of fields
- `401`: This error indicates that the operation attempted to be performed is not allowed. This could be because: - The api token is invalid - The user does not have the necessary permissions
- `403`: This error indicates that the operation attempted to be performed is not allowed. This could be because: - The api token is invalid - The user does not have the necessary permissions
- `404`: This error is returned when a resource is not found. This could be because: - The endpoint does not exist - The resource does not exist eg model id, dataset id
- `422`: This error is returned when the request is not well formed. This could be because: - JSON is invalid - The request is missing required fields - The request contains an invalid combination of fields
- `429`: Too many requests
- `498`: This error is returned when a request or response contains a deny-listed token.
- `499`: This error is returned when a request is cancelled by the user.
- `500`: This error is returned when an uncategorised internal server error occurs.
- `501`: This error is returned when the requested feature is not implemented.
- `503`: This error is returned when the service is unavailable. This could be due to: - Too many users trying to access the service at the same time
- `504`: This error is returned when a request to the server times out. This could be due to: - An internal services taking too long to respond

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