Gemini Transcribe

A web application for transcribing audio and video files using Google's Gemini Flash model.

Live Application: https://gemini-transcribe.fly.dev/

Features

• Specify the desired language of the transcript
• Automatically detects and labels different speakers in the audio (Speaker 1, Speaker 2, etc.).
• Instead of a timestamp for every word, the transcript is logically grouped into paragraphs with a single timestamp, making it much more readable.
• Click on any timestamp to jump to that specific moment in the audio or video player.
• Download the final transcript as a plain .txt file (with or without timestamps) or as a .srt subtitle file for use in video players.

Getting started

1. Prerequisites

• Node.js (v22 or later)
• A Google AI API Key

2. Clone & install

   git clone https://github.com/mikeesto/gemini-transcribe.git
   cd gemini-transcribe

   Install dependencies (using npm, pnpm, or yarn)

   npm install
   

3. Environment variables

   Create a .env file in the root of the project and add your Google API.

   GOOGLE_API_KEY="YOUR_API_KEY_HERE"

4. Run the development server

   npm run dev

   The application should now be running at http://localhost:5173.

Future work

Flash is a very interesting model to explore for audio transcription because...

• It can attempt to detect not only words but also silence, sentiment, and sounds beyond human voices
• It can translate the transcription