BizTech Q&A 41: Transcribe your audio

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Question

I tried to use ChatGPT to transcribe some audio files and it didn’t work.  After doing some research, I found that I can use another OpenAI tool called Whisper but it looks too technical for me.  Is there a simpler way to transcribe audio?
~ T.W.

Answer

Hi T.W.,

Good news, the answer is yes and it is straightforward.

Use Gemini.

Specifically, follow these steps

• • Open Google Gemini 
  • Upload your audio file
  • Prompt Gemini to transcribe the audio file
    • I.e. “transcribe the audio in the attachment verbatim”
  • Wait for output

That’s it!

I tried it to make sure that it works and I had no issues.  In case you do have issues, I will add that I uploaded an MP4 file, it was a 10MB file (~2 minutes of audio), I am using Gemini Pro, and the model that I am using is 2.5 Flash.

The main issues that I can see you having are using an unsupported files type and uploading a file that is too large.

Hope that helps

~ Damien