You’ve probably used Gemini to analyze hours of video, summarize podcasts, or answer questions from recorded meetings (if you didn't you should, it's extremely useful!). But when all you need is a clean, hyper-accurate, and structured transcript from audio, spinning up a huge reasoning model with complicated prompts often feels like using a sledgehammer to crack a nut.
Enter Gemini 3.5 Transcribe (gemini-3.5-transcribe).
It's Google's dedicated speech-to-text model built on Gemini's audio understanding core, optimized specifically for fast, accurate, and cost-effective transcription. Whether you want an exact court-reporter transcript with millisecond timestamps, or a reading-optimized summary that removes all your awkward "ums" and "uhs", this model handles it natively with zero prompt gymnastics.
Prefer a visual UI with zero coding? You can also test speech recognition directly in Google AI Studio.
Here's what you'll find in this guide:
