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Log in free →Claude wrote a Whisper transcription API for me — total cost $1.13
0:51A transcription feature would've been paid-users-only because transcription APIs cost money. Claude Code wrote me an API on a free-tier platform running OpenAI's open-source Whisper. Total bill: $1.13. Feature ships free.
Transcript
So for our product LinkedIn carousel, I wanted to implement a feature where you can kind of provide Instagram posts or some Instagram reels actually, and it will get the transcription, give it to AI. The AI will generate the carousel and you can just download and post it. To make that happen, we would have to be provided to paid users only because the transcription part is paid. I used cloud code to actually write the code for a new API for a very new platform. I don't know about this platform. The platform costs zero if you're not using too much. And the model is open source by OpenAI, the Whisper model. It's a free model available. So now I'll be able to provide the service for free. And all it costed me is a grand total of $1.13.