# Arabic Transcription Issue with OpenAI Realtime API

**URL:** <https://community.openai.com/t/arabic-transcription-issue-with-openai-realtime-api/1117262>\
**Category:** Bugs\
**Created:** [February 10, 2025, 2:48pm UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/arabic-transcription-issue-with-openai-realtime-api/1117262 "2025-02-10T14:48:16Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 10, 2025, 3:18pm UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/arabic-transcription-issue-with-openai-realtime-api/1117262/2 "2025-02-10T15:18:15Z")

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Hi @eng.hello

You can fix it simply by adding a [`language` param to the `input_audio_transcription`](https://platform.openai.com/docs/api-reference/realtime-sessions/create#realtime-sessions-create-input_audio_transcription) object.

> <https://x.com/pbbakkum/status/1882602330501349529>

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