Transcribe

• Type ai.transcribe
• Group AI
• Role action
• Risk acts outside MZBase
• Side effect safe to repeat
• Runs once per item
• Needs ai, media

Turns speech in audio or video into text or subtitles

Also available to AI agents and over MCP as a tool.

Uses the AI gateway; its cost shows in the run.

Parameters

route

AI route · string · optional

The AI route that runs it (AI settings). Empty = the default route for this kind of task; the route sets the price.

source

Source · string · required · default binary · one of binary, media

The audio or video to transcribe: the item’s file or a media library item.

binaryProperty

File field · string · optional · default data

Shown when source is binary.

mediaId

Media · string · optional

Shown when source is media.

language

Language · string · optional

format

Format · string · optional · default text · one of text, srt, vtt, json

into

Into field · string · optional · default transcript

subtitlesInto

Subtitles property · string · optional · default subtitles

Also write timed subtitles (SRT) to this field.

Shown when format is srt, vtt.

Outputs

• main

← All nodes