Audio Input Output

Send a WAV recording to gpt-audio and save the model's spoken reply to tmp/result.wav with write_audio_to_file().

Audio Input Output.

audio_input_output.py
"""
Audio Input Output
=============================

Audio Input Output.
"""

import requests
from agno.agent import Agent
from agno.media import Audio
from agno.models.openai import OpenAIChat
from agno.utils.audio import write_audio_to_file
from rich.pretty import pprint

# Fetch the audio file and convert it to a base64 encoded string
url = "https://openaiassets.blob.core.windows.net/$web/API/docs/audio/alloy.wav"
response = requests.get(url)
response.raise_for_status()
wav_data = response.content

# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Create Agent
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
agent = Agent(
    model=OpenAIChat(
        id="gpt-audio",
        modalities=["text", "audio"],
        audio={"voice": "sage", "format": "wav"},
    ),
    markdown=True,
)

# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Run Agent
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
if __name__ == "__main__":
    run_response = agent.run(
        "What's in these recording?",
        audio=[Audio(content=wav_data, format="wav")],
    )

    if run_response.response_audio is not None:
        pprint(run_response.content)
        write_audio_to_file(
            audio=run_response.response_audio.content, filename="tmp/result.wav"
        )

OpenAI schedules gpt-audio for shutdown on January 20, 2027. It remains available until that announced date. See the provider lifecycle notice and verify audio formats and streaming support when selecting a replacement.

Run the Example

Set up your virtual environment

uv venv --python 3.12
source .venv/bin/activate

Install dependencies

uv pip install -U agno openai requests

Export your OpenAI API key

export OPENAI_API_KEY="your_openai_api_key_here"

Run the example

Save the code above as audio_input_output.py, then run:

python audio_input_output.py

Full source: cookbook/02_agents/12_multimodal/audio_input_output.py