diff --git a/transcription.py b/transcription.py
index fa59b07..ca005b6 100644
--- a/transcription.py
+++ b/transcription.py
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import asyncio
 from pydub import AudioSegment
 import numpy as np
 import speech_recognition as sr
-import whisper
 
 def prepaudio(audiofile):
     st = sr.Recognizer()
@@ -22,21 +21,21 @@ class transcription(commands.Cog):
     def __init__(self, bot: commands.Bot):
         self.bot = bot
         self.st = sr.Recognizer()
-        self.model = whisper.load_model("base")
 
 
-    @nextcord.message_command(name="Transcribe Using Whisper")
-    async def transcribewhisper(self, interaction: nextcord.Interaction, message: nextcord.Message):
-        await interaction.response.defer(ephemeral='true')
-        await message.attachments[0].save("audio.ogg")
-        oggfile = AudioSegment.from_ogg("audio.ogg")
-        oggfile.export("audio.mp3", format="mp3")
-        embed=nextcord.Embed(title="Audio Transcription",description=self.model.transcribe("audio.mp3")["text"], color=0x3584e4)
-        embed.set_author(name=message.author.display_name, url=message.jump_url, icon_url=message.author.display_avatar)
-        embed.set_footer(text="Accuracy not guaranteed")
-        await interaction.edit_original_message(embed=embed)
-        os.remove("audio.ogg")
-        os.remove("audio.mp3")
+    @nextcord.message_command(name="Transcribe Using Sphinx")
+    async def transcribesphinx(self, interaction: nextcord.Interaction, message: nextcord.Message):
+        try:
+            await interaction.response.defer(ephemeral='true')
+            await message.attachments[0].save("audio.ogg")
+            embed=nextcord.Embed(title="Audio Transcription",description=self.st.recognize_sphinx(prepaudio("audio.ogg")), color=0x3584e4)
+            embed.set_author(name=message.author.display_name, url=message.jump_url, icon_url=message.author.display_avatar)
+            embed.set_footer(text="Accuracy not guaranteed")
+            await interaction.edit_original_message(embed=embed)
+            os.remove("audio.ogg")
+            os.remove("audio.wav")
+        except Exception as e:
+            await interaction.edit_original_message(content=f'an error appears to have occoured please report it to the developer: {e}')
 
     @nextcord.message_command(name="Transcribe Using Google")
     async def transcribegoogle(self, interaction: nextcord.Interaction, message: nextcord.Message):