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Whisper: OpenAI API model page
OpenAI, 2026
Read the originalRead on October 19, 2026
- What it is
- OpenAI's model page for whisper-1, its general-purpose speech recognition model. The page gives one per-minute transcription cost for the model.
- How much weight it carries
- The vendor's own model page, read on 2026-10-19. It gives one per-minute cost and no volume tiers. OpenAI's pricing page does not repeat this figure, so confirm the current price before budgeting.
Facts taken from this source
- OpenAI's whisper-1 model page gives its transcription cost as $0.006 per minute.
“Pricing Use case / 1M tokens Transcription Cost / minute $0.006 Modalities Text Output only” (Model page, Pricing)