> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.case.dev/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Retrieve transcript text

> Retrieves the full transcript text for a vault transcript object or an audio/video source object with a completed transcription job. When object_id is a source media object, access to that source object grants access to its generated transcript artifact.



## OpenAPI

````yaml /openapi.json post /media/v1/transcripts/retrieve
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Case.dev API
  description: >-
    The AI-native platform for legal technology. Build smarter legal
    applications with our suite of AI-powered APIs.
  version: 1.0.0
  contact:
    name: Case.dev Support
    email: support@casemark.com
    url: https://case.dev
  license:
    name: Proprietary
    url: https://case.dev/terms
servers:
  - url: https://api.case.dev
    description: Production
security:
  - bearerAuth: []
tags:
  - name: Vaults
    description: Secure document storage with semantic search and GraphRAG
  - name: Memory
    description: >-
      Persistent memory for AI agents with semantic search and 12 generic
      indexed tag fields
  - name: OCR
    description: Extract text from PDFs, images, and scanned documents
  - name: Voice
    description: Audio transcription and text-to-speech
  - name: LLMs
    description: Access 40+ language models through a unified API
  - name: Search
    description: Web search, AI answers, and deep research
  - name: Mail
    description: Managed inboxes for agent email workflows
  - name: Media
    description: Transcript retrieval and captioned media clip generation
  - name: Legal
    description: Legal research tools including citation verification
  - name: Privilege
    description: Privilege detection for e-discovery and litigation workflows
  - name: Compute
    description: Serverless GPU and CPU infrastructure
  - name: Format
    description: Document formatting and template rendering (MD/JSON to PDF/DOCX)
  - name: SuperDoc
    description: Document conversion and template automation
  - name: Webhooks
    description: Webhook endpoint management
  - name: System
    description: Public system metadata and discovery endpoints
  - name: Usage
    description: Usage reporting and webhook subscriptions
  - name: Database
    description: Serverless PostgreSQL databases with instant branching
  - name: Translation
    description: Language detection and translation for multilingual legal workflows
  - name: Skills
    description: Search and read legal AI skills for agents
  - name: Agents
    description: >-
      Create, manage, and execute AI agents with tool access, sandbox
      environments, and async run workflows
  - name: Matters
    description: Matter-native legal workspaces and orchestration primitives
  - name: Applications Projects
    description: Web application project management
  - name: Applications Deployments
    description: Web application deployment management
  - name: Applications Domains
    description: Custom domain configuration for applications
  - name: Applications Env Vars
    description: Environment variable management for applications
paths:
  /media/v1/transcripts/retrieve:
    post:
      tags:
        - Media
      summary: Retrieve transcript text
      description: >-
        Retrieves the full transcript text for a vault transcript object or an
        audio/video source object with a completed transcription job. When
        object_id is a source media object, access to that source object grants
        access to its generated transcript artifact.
      operationId: retrieveMediaTranscriptText
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              required:
                - vault_id
                - object_id
              properties:
                vault_id:
                  type: string
                  description: Vault ID containing the source media or transcript object.
                object_id:
                  type: string
                  description: >-
                    Object ID for either the source audio/video file or
                    transcript artifact.
                transcript:
                  type: object
                  description: Alternative nested transcript object reference.
                  properties:
                    vault_id:
                      type: string
                    object_id:
                      type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Transcript text retrieved successfully
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                required:
                  - status
                  - text
                  - vault_id
                  - object_id
                properties:
                  status:
                    type: string
                    enum:
                      - completed
                  text:
                    type: string
                    description: Full transcript text.
                  vault_id:
                    type: string
                  object_id:
                    type: string
                    description: Requested object ID.
                  source_object_id:
                    type: string
                    description: Source media object ID when known.
                  transcript_object_id:
                    type: string
                    description: Transcript object ID when known.
                  transcription_job_id:
                    type: string
                    description: Transcription job ID when known.
                  filename:
                    type: string
                  word_count:
                    type: integer
                  confidence:
                    type: integer
                  audio_duration:
                    type: integer
        '400':
          description: Missing parameters or object is not transcript media.
        '401':
          description: Invalid API key.
        '403':
          description: API key lacks vault access or object scope.
        '404':
          description: Vault, object, or completed transcript not found.
        '409':
          description: Transcript exists but is still processing.
components:
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: API Key
      description: API key starting with `sk_case_`

````