izwi transcribe

Convert audio to text.

Synopsis

izwi transcribe <FILE> [OPTIONS]

Description

Transcribes audio files to text using automatic speech recognition (ASR). Supports multiple audio formats and output options.

Arguments

Options

Examples

Basic transcription

izwi transcribe audio.wav

Save to file

izwi transcribe audio.wav --output transcript.txt

JSON output

izwi transcribe audio.wav --format json

With timestamps

izwi transcribe audio.wav --format verbose_json --word-timestamps

Specify language

izwi transcribe audio.wav --language en izwi transcribe audio.wav --language es

Use larger model

izwi transcribe audio.wav --model qwen3-asr-1.7b

Output Formats

Text

Plain text transcript:

Hello, this is a transcription test.

JSON

{
  "text": "Hello, this is a transcription test."
}

Verbose JSON

{
  "text": "Hello, this is a transcription test.",
  "language": "en",
  "duration": 3.5,
  "words": [
    {"word": "Hello", "start": 0.0, "end": 0.5},
    {"word": "this", "start": 0.6, "end": 0.8}
  ]
}

Supported Audio Formats

• WAV (.wav)
• MP3 (.mp3)
• M4A (.m4a)
• FLAC (.flac)
• OGG (.ogg)
• WebM (.webm)

Models

See Also

• Transcription Guide
• Diarization Guide