[Fish Audio](/ai-gateway/models/labs/fish-audio)

# Transcribe-1 (Free)

Turn spoken audio into accurate text — with timed segments — using Fish Audio’s ASR model. Send an audio file, get back the transcript, its duration, and timestamped segments. Your use is subject to Fish Audio's [Terms](https://fish.audio/terms/) & [Privacy](https://fish.audio/privacy/) Policies.

Free

[Use with AI Gateway](https://vercel.com/d?to=%2F%5Bteam%5D%2F%7E%2Fai%3Futm_source%3Dgateway-model-page%26utm_campaign%3Dai-gateway-models&title=Get+Started+with+Vercel+AI+Gateway) [View docs](https://vercel.com/docs/ai-gateway)

```
1import { experimental_transcribe as transcribe } from 'ai';
2import { gateway } from '@ai-sdk/gateway';
3import { readFile } from 'node:fs/promises';
4

5const result = await transcribe({
6  model: gateway.transcriptionModel('fish-audio/transcribe-1-free'),
7  audio: await readFile('audio.mp3'),
8});
```

[Read docs](https://vercel.com/docs/ai-gateway/sdks-and-apis/ai-sdk)

[Overview](/ai-gateway/models/transcribe-1-free) [Providers](/ai-gateway/models/transcribe-1-free/providers) [Similar](/ai-gateway/models/transcribe-1-free/similar)

## [Copy link to heading](#playground)Playground

Try out Transcribe-1 (Free) by Fish Audio. Usage is billed to your team at API rates. Free users (those who haven't made a payment) get $5 of credits every 30 days.

![fish-audio logo](/vc-ap-vercel-marketing/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2F7nyt0uhk7sse4zvn.public.blob.vercel-storage.com%2Fdocs-assets%2Fstatic%2Fdocs%2Fai-gateway%2Flogos%2Ffish-audio.png%3Fv%3D1785975667162&w=48&q=75)Transcribe-1 (Free)

### Speech to text

Record a short clip from your microphone and the model transcribes it to text.

Idle

![fish-audio logo](/vc-ap-vercel-marketing/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2F7nyt0uhk7sse4zvn.public.blob.vercel-storage.com%2Fdocs-assets%2Fstatic%2Fdocs%2Fai-gateway%2Flogos%2Ffish-audio.png%3Fv%3D1785975667162&w=96&q=75)

Record a clip to see the transcript here.

## [Copy link to heading](#providers)Providers

Route requests across multiple providers. Copy a provider slug to set your preference. Visit the [docs](/docs/ai-gateway/provider-options) for more info. Using a provider means you agree to their terms, listed under Legal.

| Provider |
| --- |

| Input | Capabilities | ZDR | No Training | Release Date |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |

| ![fish-audio logo](/vc-ap-vercel-marketing/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2F7nyt0uhk7sse4zvn.public.blob.vercel-storage.com%2Fdocs-assets%2Fstatic%2Fdocs%2Fai-gateway%2Flogos%2Ffish-audio.png%3Fv%3D1785975667162&w=48&q=75) [Fish Audio](/ai-gateway/models/providers/fish-audio) Legal:[Terms](https://fish.audio/terms/)•[Privacy](https://fish.audio/privacy/) | Free |  |  |  | 03/01/2026 |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |

## [Copy link to heading](#more-models-by-fish-audio)More models by Fish Audio

All

Speech

Transcription

| Model |
| --- |

| Context | Latency | Throughput | Input | Output | Cache | Web Search | Capabilities | Providers | ZDR | No Training | Release Date |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |

| ![fish-audio logo](/vc-ap-vercel-marketing/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2F7nyt0uhk7sse4zvn.public.blob.vercel-storage.com%2Fdocs-assets%2Fstatic%2Fdocs%2Fai-gateway%2Flogos%2Ffish-audio.png%3Fv%3D1785975667162&w=48&q=75) [fish-audio/s2.1-pro](/ai-gateway/models/s2.1-pro) |  |  |  | Free | Free |  | — |  | ![fish-audio logo](/vc-ap-vercel-marketing/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2F7nyt0uhk7sse4zvn.public.blob.vercel-storage.com%2Fdocs-assets%2Fstatic%2Fdocs%2Fai-gateway%2Flogos%2Ffish-audio.png%3Fv%3D1785975667162&w=48&q=75) |  |  | 07/28/2026 |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| ![fish-audio logo](/vc-ap-vercel-marketing/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2F7nyt0uhk7sse4zvn.public.blob.vercel-storage.com%2Fdocs-assets%2Fstatic%2Fdocs%2Fai-gateway%2Flogos%2Ffish-audio.png%3Fv%3D1785975667162&w=48&q=75) [fish-audio/s2-pro](/ai-gateway/models/s2-pro) |  |  |  | Free | Free |  | — |  | ![fish-audio logo](/vc-ap-vercel-marketing/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2F7nyt0uhk7sse4zvn.public.blob.vercel-storage.com%2Fdocs-assets%2Fstatic%2Fdocs%2Fai-gateway%2Flogos%2Ffish-audio.png%3Fv%3D1785975667162&w=48&q=75) |  |  | 03/09/2026 |  |
| ![fish-audio logo](/vc-ap-vercel-marketing/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2F7nyt0uhk7sse4zvn.public.blob.vercel-storage.com%2Fdocs-assets%2Fstatic%2Fdocs%2Fai-gateway%2Flogos%2Ffish-audio.png%3Fv%3D1785975667162&w=48&q=75) [fish-audio/transcribe-1](/ai-gateway/models/transcribe-1) |  |  |  | Free | Free |  | — |  | ![fish-audio logo](/vc-ap-vercel-marketing/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2F7nyt0uhk7sse4zvn.public.blob.vercel-storage.com%2Fdocs-assets%2Fstatic%2Fdocs%2Fai-gateway%2Flogos%2Ffish-audio.png%3Fv%3D1785975667162&w=48&q=75) |  |  | 03/01/2026 |  |
| ![fish-audio logo](/vc-ap-vercel-marketing/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2F7nyt0uhk7sse4zvn.public.blob.vercel-storage.com%2Fdocs-assets%2Fstatic%2Fdocs%2Fai-gateway%2Flogos%2Ffish-audio.png%3Fv%3D1785975667162&w=48&q=75) [fish-audio/s1](/ai-gateway/models/s1) |  |  |  | Free | Free |  | — |  | ![fish-audio logo](/vc-ap-vercel-marketing/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2F7nyt0uhk7sse4zvn.public.blob.vercel-storage.com%2Fdocs-assets%2Fstatic%2Fdocs%2Fai-gateway%2Flogos%2Ffish-audio.png%3Fv%3D1785975667162&w=48&q=75) |  |  | 10/20/2025 |  |