# Transcribe Video and Audio Files

[View original](https://ittybit.com/guides/transcribe-video-and-audio-files)

## Create a Speech Task

<Tabs groupId="language" items={["typescript", "python", "ruby", "php", "go", "fetch" ]} persist>
  <Tab value="typescript">
    ```js
    const task = await ittybit.tasks.create({
      url: 'https://example.com/video.mp4',
      kind: 'speech',
    });
    ```
  </Tab>

  <Tab value="python">
    ```python
    task = ittybit.tasks.create(
      url='https://example.com/video.mp4',
      kind='speech',
    );
    ```
  </Tab>

  <Tab value="ruby">
    ```ruby
    task = ittybit.tasks.create(
      url: 'https://example.com/video.mp4',
      kind: 'speech',
    );
    ```
  </Tab>

  <Tab value="php">
    ```php
    $task = $ittybit->tasks->create([
        'url' => 'https://example.com/video.mp4',
        'kind' => 'speech',
    ]);
    ```
  </Tab>

  <Tab value="go">
    ```go
    task, err := ittybit.Tasks.Create(
        context.TODO(),
        &ittybit.TaskCreateParams{
            Kind: "speech",
            URL: "https://example.com/video.mp4"
        },
    )
    ```
  </Tab>

  <Tab value="fetch">
    ```js
    const task = await fetch('https://api.ittybit.com/tasks', {
      method: 'POST',
      headers: { 'Authorization': `Bearer ${ITTYBIT_API_KEY}` },
      body: JSON.stringify({ 
        url: 'https://example.com/video.mp4',
        kind: 'speech', 
      })
    })
    ```
  </Tab>
</Tabs>

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## Identify Speakers

You can create a new speech task with `speakers: true` to identify and label separate speakers (known as "diarization").

<Tabs groupId="language" items={["typescript", "python", "ruby", "php", "go", "fetch" ]} persist>
  <Tab value="typescript">
    ```js
    const task = await ittybit.tasks.create({
      url: 'https://example.com/video.mp4',
      kind: 'speech',
      speakers: true,
    });
    ```
  </Tab>

  <Tab value="python">
    ```python
    task = ittybit.tasks.create(
      url='https://example.com/video.mp4',
      kind='speech',
      speakers=True,
    );
    ```
  </Tab>

  <Tab value="ruby">
    ```ruby
    task = ittybit.tasks.create(
      url: 'https://example.com/video.mp4',
      kind: 'speech',
      speakers: true,
    );
    ```
  </Tab>

  <Tab value="php">
    ```php
    $task = $ittybit->tasks->create([
        'url' => 'https://example.com/video.mp4',
        'kind' => 'speech',
        'speakers' => true,
    ]);
    ```
  </Tab>

  <Tab value="go">
    ```go
    task, err := ittybit.Tasks.Create(
        context.TODO(),
        &ittybit.TaskCreateParams{
            Kind: "speech",
            URL: "https://example.com/video.mp4"
            Speakers: true,
        },
    )
    ```
  </Tab>

  <Tab value="fetch">
    ```js
    const task = await fetch('https://api.ittybit.com/tasks', {
      method: 'POST',
      headers: { 'Authorization': `Bearer ${ITTYBIT_API_KEY}` },
      body: JSON.stringify({ 
        url: 'https://example.com/video.mp4',
        kind: 'speech', 
        speakers: true,
      })
    })
    ```
  </Tab>
</Tabs>

***

See the [Speech Tasks](/docs/speech) section for more information about available options.

***

*(See [SDKs](/sdks) for install and initialization steps.)*