# API Stack - Audio Transcription with Quicktate API

**Author:** kinlane  
**Canonical:** https://apievangelist.com/2011/07/28/api-stackaudio-transcription-with-quicktate-api/

kinlane-productions2.s3.amazonaws.com [![](https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/apievangelist/api-evangelist/quicktate/quicktate-logo.jpg)](http://quicktate.com/)[Quicktate](http://quicktate.com/) provides an XML-RPC API audio transcription, using API keys for authentication.

Using the [Quicktate API](http://quicktate.com/quicktate/api.php), developers can transcribe .wav or .mp3 audio files into text. Quicktate API supports transcribing in English or Spanish.

Quicktate API charges 1 1/4 cents per for general transcriptions, 1 1/2 cents for legal, and 2 cents per word for medical transcriptions.

[Quicktate API for audio transcription](http://quicktate.com/quicktate/api.php) is a perfect tool for the API Stack.