Can DeepSeek convert audio to text?

DeepSeek is mainly known as a text-based AI model provider, so it is usually not the primary tool for converting raw audio files into transcripts.

If an app lets you talk to DeepSeek by voice, the app or device may be doing speech recognition first and then sending the recognized text to DeepSeek. For a real audio-to-text workflow, use a dedicated transcription service, a cloud speech-to-text API, a device transcription feature, or a local speech recognition model to create the transcript first.

After that, DeepSeek can still be useful: it can summarize the transcript, rewrite it, translate it, extract key points, create notes, classify topics, or generate action items. This two-step workflow is common because speech recognition and text reasoning are different tasks.

If your main need is accurate lecture, meeting, podcast, or video transcription, choose a tool that explicitly supports audio input, file upload, timestamps, language selection, and export formats rather than relying on a general chatbot alone.