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url: 'https://adk.nht.io/api/@nhtio/adk/batteries/interfaces/TranscribeOptions.md'
description: 'Per-call options for [`TransformersJsSttAdapter.transcribe`](https://adk.nht.io/api/@nhtio/adk/batteries/classes/TransformersJsSttAdapter#transcribe).'
---

# Interface: TranscribeOptions

Defined in: [src/batteries/specialists/stt/transformers\_js/types.ts:52](https://github.com/NHTIO/ADK/blob/v1.20260713.1/src/src/batteries/specialists/stt/transformers_js/types.ts#L52)

Per-call options for [TransformersJsSttAdapter.transcribe](../classes/TransformersJsSttAdapter.md#transcribe).

## Properties

| Property                                       | Type      | Description                                                                                                                      | Defined in                                                                                                                                                                  |
| ---------------------------------------------- | --------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
|  `language?`     | `string`  | The source language (e.g. `'english'`), improving accuracy when known. Default: auto-detect.                                     | [src/batteries/specialists/stt/transformers\_js/types.ts:54](https://github.com/NHTIO/ADK/blob/v1.20260713.1/src/src/batteries/specialists/stt/transformers_js/types.ts#L54) |
|  `timestamps?` | `boolean` | Request per-segment timestamps, populating [TranscribeResult.segments](TranscribeResult.md#property-segments). Default: `false`. | [src/batteries/specialists/stt/transformers\_js/types.ts:58](https://github.com/NHTIO/ADK/blob/v1.20260713.1/src/src/batteries/specialists/stt/transformers_js/types.ts#L58) |
|  `translate?`   | `boolean` | Translate the recognized speech to English rather than transcribing it verbatim. Default: `false`.                               | [src/batteries/specialists/stt/transformers\_js/types.ts:56](https://github.com/NHTIO/ADK/blob/v1.20260713.1/src/src/batteries/specialists/stt/transformers_js/types.ts#L56) |