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# listen • AI Agent SDK

> listen: Quick STT - transcribe audio file.

# listen

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> This is a method of the [**AudioAgent**](../classes/AudioAgent) class in the [**audio\_agent**](../modules/audio_agent) module.

Quick STT - transcribe audio file.

## Signature

```python theme={"theme":{"light":"vitesse-light","dark":"vitesse-dark"}}
def listen(file: Union[str, BinaryIO]) -> str
```

## Parameters

<ParamField query="file" type="Union" required={true}>
  Audio file to transcribe
</ParamField>

### Returns

<ResponseField name="Returns" type="str">
  Transcribed text
</ResponseField>

## Uses

* `transcribe`

## Source

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  `praisonaiagents/agent/audio_agent.py` at line 438
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