From 25b12ee14f07e53f5de145fef505a6105f171401 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: hobokenchicken <dustin@dustin.coffee>
Date: Thu, 4 Jun 2026 14:23:41 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] fix: gpt-realtime-whisper requires Realtime API, not REST
 endpoint
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Swapped to gpt-4o-transcribe (/usr/bin/bash.006/min) — middle ground between
speed and cost.
---
 backend/main.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/backend/main.py b/backend/main.py
index 9cf9be5..df1e68d 100644
--- a/backend/main.py
+++ b/backend/main.py
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ async def transcribe_audio(audio_bytes: bytes) -> str | None:
     client = get_openai()
     try:
         transcript = await client.audio.transcriptions.create(
-            model="gpt-realtime-whisper",
+            model="gpt-4o-transcribe",
             file=("audio.webm", audio_bytes, "audio/webm"),
             response_format="text",
         )