Why AI Transcriptions can be tricky in your modern apps

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AI Transcriptions for big Video Uploads

Let’s say you want to turn a video file into an AI-transcribed blog post (and yes, I’ve got a full video breakdown coming soon on my Youtube channel ↗️).

You can use OpenAI, you'll need to tap into their Whisper API for transcriptions.

Sounds easy enough, right? 😅 Just set up a file uploader with something like and then send that file over to the right spot.

For example,

Well, not that simple ❌.

This approach works fine for small files, but when you’re dealing with larger ones, you hit a snag— some platforms only allow uploads up to 4.5MB (hint: Vercel).

So, what’s the workaround? 👇

You need to upload the file to a cloud storage service without processing it first. Once you have the cloud URL, you can then share it in the fileUrl section in the transcriptions method.

This is where UploadThing ↗️ comes to the rescue 💖.

UploadThing securely handles file hosting and makes adding file uploads a breeze.

Why choose UploadThing? ☁️

A cloud platform like Vercel ↗️ limits request bodies to 4.5MB, which makes uploading large files a pain.

That’s where UploadThing shines.

Plus, the documentation is top-notch— it’s built by Theo ↗️, so you know it’s solid. Honestly, it feels like the docs were written to perfectly match how your brain works.

You have full ownership with UploadThing still so remember, you'd still need to create a api route ↗️ to manage the file upload.

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