diff --git a/src/openai/cli/_api/audio.py b/src/openai/cli/_api/audio.py
index 90d21b9932..269c67df28 100644
--- a/src/openai/cli/_api/audio.py
+++ b/src/openai/cli/_api/audio.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
+import sys
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Optional, cast
 from argparse import ArgumentParser
 
@@ -7,6 +8,7 @@
 from ..._types import NOT_GIVEN
 from .._models import BaseModel
 from .._progress import BufferReader
+from ...types.audio import Transcription
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from argparse import _SubParsersAction
@@ -65,30 +67,42 @@ def transcribe(args: CLITranscribeArgs) -> None:
         with open(args.file, "rb") as file_reader:
             buffer_reader = BufferReader(file_reader.read(), desc="Upload progress")
 
-        model = get_client().audio.transcriptions.create(
-            file=(args.file, buffer_reader),
-            model=args.model,
-            language=args.language or NOT_GIVEN,
-            temperature=args.temperature or NOT_GIVEN,
-            prompt=args.prompt or NOT_GIVEN,
-            # casts required because the API is typed for enums
-            # but we don't want to validate that here for forwards-compat
-            response_format=cast(Any, args.response_format),
+        model = cast(
+            "Transcription | str",
+            get_client().audio.transcriptions.create(
+                file=(args.file, buffer_reader),
+                model=args.model,
+                language=args.language or NOT_GIVEN,
+                temperature=args.temperature or NOT_GIVEN,
+                prompt=args.prompt or NOT_GIVEN,
+                # casts required because the API is typed for enums
+                # but we don't want to validate that here for forwards-compat
+                response_format=cast(Any, args.response_format),
+            ),
         )
-        print_model(model)
+        if isinstance(model, str):
+            sys.stdout.write(model + "\n")
+        else:
+            print_model(model)
 
     @staticmethod
     def translate(args: CLITranslationArgs) -> None:
         with open(args.file, "rb") as file_reader:
             buffer_reader = BufferReader(file_reader.read(), desc="Upload progress")
 
-        model = get_client().audio.translations.create(
-            file=(args.file, buffer_reader),
-            model=args.model,
-            temperature=args.temperature or NOT_GIVEN,
-            prompt=args.prompt or NOT_GIVEN,
-            # casts required because the API is typed for enums
-            # but we don't want to validate that here for forwards-compat
-            response_format=cast(Any, args.response_format),
+        model = cast(
+            "Transcription | str",
+            get_client().audio.translations.create(
+                file=(args.file, buffer_reader),
+                model=args.model,
+                temperature=args.temperature or NOT_GIVEN,
+                prompt=args.prompt or NOT_GIVEN,
+                # casts required because the API is typed for enums
+                # but we don't want to validate that here for forwards-compat
+                response_format=cast(Any, args.response_format),
+            ),
         )
-        print_model(model)
+        if isinstance(model, str):
+            sys.stdout.write(model + "\n")
+        else:
+            print_model(model)