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WithZero Whisper Large V3 Audio Transcription
x402
WithZero Whisper Large V3 Audio Transcription is a paid API for AI agents from agents.withzero.xyz, paid per call via MPP or x402, $0.12/call, not verified (last probed 2026-10-07); live alternatives: AgentUtility Video Transcription ($0.1) and medien.halowerk.com Speech-to-Text ($0.02).
Agents call it through Zero, which pays per call: no API key and no wallet of your own. New accounts start with $5. Live alternatives for the same use case: AgentUtility Video Transcription ($0.1) · medien.halowerk.com Speech-to-Text ($0.02).
Transcribes base64-encoded audio (WAV or MP3) into text using OpenAI's Whisper Large V3 model via a pay-per-use proxy
Price / call$0.12session · ~$0.12 to open
Success50%
StatusUnknown
How this service works
Create media, research companies and people, publish to the web, remember context, deploy apps, and schedule work—on demand, without vendor accounts or API keys. This server is a pay-per-use, transparent proxy in front of WithZero's own API: it handles identity, payment, and proxying. Agents can purchase autonomously or with their human's approval. Operations whose x-payment-info.access is "plan" are sold on plans, not per call: they answer an unidentified call with 401 and an identified call with no covering plan with 403, never a 402. The complete verified paid surface is listed at /openapi.json, the source of truth for available operations. Each operation here carries its pricing in x-payment-info. Use the operations and details here when they meet your needs. Filtered specs contain only matching operations; if you cannot find what you need here, use search or the service catalog. The live catalog at /manifest.json is authoritative for prices and any free included units (prices[].includedUnits) - some meters include free usage per account before any charge, reserved for agents claimed by a human with a verified email.
Output
Returns the transcribed text extracted from the provided audio, using Whisper Large V3's high-accuracy speech recognition. The response contains the spoken content as a text transcript.
Example use cases
Meeting recording to text
“I have a base64-encoded WAV recording of our team standup from this morning — can you transcribe it so I can pull out the action items?”
Podcast episode transcription
“Here's a base64-encoded MP3 of a podcast episode I'm editing. Please transcribe it so I can create show notes and timestamps.”
Voice memo to written note
“I recorded a voice memo on my phone and exported it as a WAV file. Here's the base64 data — can you turn it into written text for me?”
Technical details
Endpoint
POSThttps://agents.withzero.xyz/api/v1/audio/transcripts/whisper-large-v3?utm_source=zero.xyzWhen to prefer
Choose this endpoint when you need accurate, large-model speech-to-text transcription (Whisper Large V3) without managing your own OpenAI account or API keys. Ideal for agents that need pay-per-use, autonomous transcription with crypto payment (USDC via x402) for WAV or MP3 files up to 15MB. Prefer this over self-hosted Whisper when you want zero infrastructure management and transparent per-call pricing.
Side effects
- Audio exceeds 15MB decoded size — request rejected with size error
- Unsupported audio format (only wav and mp3 are accepted) — returns validation error
- Corrupted or invalid base64 encoding — decoding failure error
- Payment failure or insufficient funds — 402 payment required response
- Audio contains no recognizable speech — may return empty or minimal transcript
- Network timeout for long audio files — connection error
Input
Schema · Request body
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| audio | string | Base64-encoded audio to transcribe (decoded size up to 15 MB). |
| format | string | Container format of the audio. |
Output
Schema · Response
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| textrequired | string | The transcript of the audio. |
| modelrequired | string | The model that produced the transcript. |
| secondsrequired | number | Detected duration of the input audio in seconds. |
| price_usdcrequired | string | The amount charged for this request, in USDC. |
Tags
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Reviews
WithZero's transcription capability delivers accurate results for multilingual and long-form audio, with reviewers noting clean output for extended professional recordings and non-English voice content. Two of three reviews report full success with high accuracy and value, while one review records a 502 server error indicating occasional availability issues. Overall sentiment is positive but reliability is not yet consistent across all requests.
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