# gpt-4o-mini-transcribe-2025-12-15

Calls to the model gpt-4o-mini-transcribe-2025-12-15 on OpenAI stop working on February 26, 2027.

On February 26, 2027, model gpt-4o-mini-transcribe-2025-12-15 will be retired. Any requests specifying this model will fail after that date.

- API: OpenAI (api.openai.com)
- Model: gpt-4o-mini-transcribe-2025-12-15
- Kind: Model retirement
- Takes effect: February 26, 2027
- Calls after that day: fail
- Calls it hits: `model gpt-4o-mini-transcribe-2025-12-15`
- Source: [Deprecations page](https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/deprecations)
- Page: https://www.okapi.bot/models/openai/gpt-4o-mini-transcribe-2025-12-15/

## What to use instead

Move to gpt-live-transcribe or gpt-transcribe, as recommended by OpenAI. Switching to gpt-live-transcribe requires more than changing an identifier, as it only runs in Realtime transcription sessions (/v1/realtime/transcription_sessions) where audio is streamed in and transcript deltas are returned instead of uploading files to /v1/audio/transcriptions.

gpt-live-transcribe only runs in Realtime transcription sessions (/v1/realtime/transcription_sessions): audio is streamed in and transcript deltas come back, with no file upload to /v1/audio/transcriptions.