diff --git a/backend/apps/audio/main.py b/backend/apps/audio/main.py
index 0f65a551e2..c81b10cf23 100644
--- a/backend/apps/audio/main.py
+++ b/backend/apps/audio/main.py
@@ -170,6 +170,7 @@ async def speech(request: Request, user=Depends(get_verified_user)):
 @app.post("/transcriptions")
 def transcribe(
     file: UploadFile = File(...),
+    model: str = Form(...),
     user=Depends(get_current_user),
 ):
     log.info(f"file.content_type: {file.content_type}")
@@ -189,7 +190,7 @@ def transcribe(
             f.close()
 
         whisper_kwargs = {
-            "model_size_or_path": WHISPER_MODEL,
+            "model_size_or_path": model,
             "device": whisper_device_type,
             "compute_type": "int8",
             "download_root": WHISPER_MODEL_DIR,
diff --git a/src/lib/apis/openai/index.ts b/src/lib/apis/openai/index.ts
index 2a52ebb320..26c089622f 100644
--- a/src/lib/apis/openai/index.ts
+++ b/src/lib/apis/openai/index.ts
@@ -386,6 +386,41 @@ export const generateTitle = async (
 	return res?.choices[0]?.message?.content.replace(/["']/g, '') ?? 'New Chat';
 };
 
+export const transcribe = async (
+	token: string = '',
+	file: File,
+	model: string = 'whisper-1'
+) => {
+	let error = null;
+
+	const formData = new FormData();
+	formData.append('file', file);
+	formData.append('model', model);
+
+	const res = await fetch(`${OPENAI_API_BASE_URL}/transcriptions`, {
+		method: 'POST',
+		headers: {
+			Authorization: `Bearer ${token}`
+		},
+		body: formData
+	})
+		.then(async (res) => {
+			if (!res.ok) throw await res.json();
+			return res.json();
+		})
+		.catch((err) => {
+			console.log(err);
+			error = err;
+			return null;
+		});
+
+	if (error) {
+		throw error;
+	}
+
+	return res;
+};
+
 export const generateSearchQuery = async (
 	token: string = '',
 	model: string,
diff --git a/src/lib/components/chat/Settings/Audio.svelte b/src/lib/components/chat/Settings/Audio.svelte
index 039b710afe..d04f959559 100644
--- a/src/lib/components/chat/Settings/Audio.svelte
+++ b/src/lib/components/chat/Settings/Audio.svelte
@@ -16,8 +16,9 @@
 	let OpenAIKey = '';
 	let OpenAISpeaker = '';
 
-	let STTEngines = ['', 'openai'];
+	let STTEngines = ['', 'openai', 'whisper-openai'];
 	let STTEngine = '';
+	let STTModel = '';
 
 	let conversationMode = false;
 	let speechAutoSend = false;
@@ -144,6 +145,7 @@
 		saveSettings({
 			audio: {
 				STTEngine: STTEngine !== '' ? STTEngine : undefined,
+				STTModel: STTModel !== '' ? STTModel : undefined,
 				TTSEngine: TTSEngine !== '' ? TTSEngine : undefined,
 				speaker:
 					(TTSEngine === 'openai' ? OpenAISpeaker : speaker) !== ''
@@ -162,7 +164,7 @@
 		<div>
 			<div class=" mb-1 text-sm font-medium">{$i18n.t('STT Settings')}</div>
 
-			<div class=" py-0.5 flex w-full justify-between">
+			<div class=" py-0.5 flex w/full justify-between">
 				<div class=" self-center text-xs font-medium">{$i18n.t('Speech-to-Text Engine')}</div>
 				<div class="flex items-center relative">
 					<select
@@ -184,10 +186,25 @@
 					>
 						<option value="">{$i18n.t('Default (Web API)')}</option>
 						<option value="whisper-local">{$i18n.t('Whisper (Local)')}</option>
+						<option value="whisper-openai">{$i18n.t('Whisper (OpenAI)')}</option>
 					</select>
 				</div>
 			</div>
 
+			{#if STTEngine === 'whisper-openai'}
+				<div class=" py-0.5 flex w-full justify-between">
+					<div class=" self-center text-xs font-medium">{$i18n.t('STT Model Name')}</div>
+					<div class="flex items-center relative">
+						<input
+							class="dark:bg-gray-900 w-full rounded px-2 p-1 text-xs bg-transparent outline-none"
+							bind:value={STTModel}
+							placeholder="Enter STT model name"
+							required
+						/>
+					</div>
+				</div>
+			{/if}
+
 			<div class=" py-0.5 flex w-full justify-between">
 				<div class=" self-center text-xs font-medium">{$i18n.t('Conversation Mode')}</div>