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# Get transcription

> Get a single transcription by ID. Supports multiple output formats including SRT and VTT subtitles.



## OpenAPI

````yaml /openapi.json get /transcriptions/{id}
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: OpenWhispr API
  version: 1.0.0
  description: Manage notes, folders, transcriptions, and usage programmatically.
servers:
  - url: https://api.openwhispr.com/api/v1
    description: Production
security:
  - bearerAuth: []
paths:
  /transcriptions/{id}:
    get:
      tags:
        - Transcriptions
      summary: Get transcription
      description: >-
        Get a single transcription by ID. Supports multiple output formats
        including SRT and VTT subtitles.
      operationId: getTranscription
      parameters:
        - name: id
          in: path
          required: true
          schema:
            type: string
            format: uuid
          description: Transcription ID.
        - name: format
          in: query
          schema:
            type: string
            enum:
              - json
              - text
              - srt
              - vtt
            default: json
          description: >-
            Output format. `json` returns the full object with segments. `text`
            returns plain text. `srt` and `vtt` return subtitle formats
            (requires segments).
      responses:
        '200':
          description: >-
            The transcription in the requested format. `text/plain` is returned
            for text, srt, and vtt formats.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  data:
                    $ref: '#/components/schemas/Transcription'
            text/plain:
              schema:
                type: string
        '400':
          description: Subtitle format requested but no segment data available.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
        '404':
          description: Transcription not found.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
components:
  schemas:
    Transcription:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
          format: uuid
        user_id:
          type: string
        text:
          type: string
        word_count:
          type: integer
        source:
          type: string
          enum:
            - cloud
            - local
        provider:
          type: string
        model:
          type: string
        language:
          type: string
        audio_duration_ms:
          type: integer
        processing_ms:
          type: integer
        segments:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/TranscriptSegment'
          nullable: true
          description: >-
            Speaker-attributed segments with timestamps. Null for transcriptions
            without segment data.
        created_at:
          type: string
          format: date-time
    Error:
      type: object
      properties:
        error:
          type: object
          properties:
            code:
              type: string
            message:
              type: string
          required:
            - code
            - message
    TranscriptSegment:
      type: object
      properties:
        start:
          type: number
          description: Start time in seconds.
        end:
          type: number
          description: End time in seconds.
        text:
          type: string
        speaker:
          type: string
          description: Speaker label (e.g. 'Speaker A').
        words:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            properties:
              word:
                type: string
              start:
                type: number
              end:
                type: number
              score:
                type: number
                description: Confidence score 0.0-1.0.
      required:
        - start
        - end
        - text
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      description: API key starting with owk_live_

````