diff --git a/web/src/components/overlay/detail/SearchDetailDialog.tsx b/web/src/components/overlay/detail/SearchDetailDialog.tsx
index 28ef5c45b..02957a8de 100644
--- a/web/src/components/overlay/detail/SearchDetailDialog.tsx
+++ b/web/src/components/overlay/detail/SearchDetailDialog.tsx
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ import { Trans, useTranslation } from "react-i18next";
 import { TbFaceId } from "react-icons/tb";
 import { useIsAdmin } from "@/hooks/use-is-admin";
 import FaceSelectionDialog from "../FaceSelectionDialog";
+import { CgTranscript } from "react-icons/cg";
 
 const SEARCH_TABS = [
   "details",
@@ -709,6 +710,34 @@ function ObjectDetailsTab({
     [search, t],
   );
 
+  // speech transcription
+
+  const onTranscribe = useCallback(() => {
+    axios
+      .put(`/audio/transcribe`, { event_id: search.id })
+      .then((resp) => {
+        if (resp.status == 202) {
+          toast.success(t("details.item.toast.success.audioTranscription"), {
+            position: "top-center",
+          });
+        }
+      })
+      .catch((error) => {
+        const errorMessage =
+          error.response?.data?.message ||
+          error.response?.data?.detail ||
+          "Unknown error";
+        toast.error(
+          t("details.item.toast.error.audioTranscription", {
+            errorMessage,
+          }),
+          {
+            position: "top-center",
+          },
+        );
+      });
+  }, [search, t]);
+
   return (
     <div className="flex flex-col gap-5">
       <div className="flex w-full flex-row">
@@ -894,6 +923,16 @@ function ObjectDetailsTab({
                 </Button>
               </FaceSelectionDialog>
             )}
+            {config?.cameras[search?.camera].audio_transcription.enabled &&
+              search?.label == "speech" &&
+              search?.end_time && (
+                <Button className="w-full" onClick={onTranscribe}>
+                  <div className="flex gap-1">
+                    <CgTranscript />
+                    {t("itemMenu.audioTranscription.label")}
+                  </div>
+                </Button>
+              )}
           </div>
         </div>
       </div>
diff --git a/web/src/pages/Explore.tsx b/web/src/pages/Explore.tsx
index 7e412201e..a911819b2 100644
--- a/web/src/pages/Explore.tsx
+++ b/web/src/pages/Explore.tsx
@@ -246,15 +246,13 @@ export default function Explore() {
 
   // mutation and revalidation
 
-  const trackedObjectUpdate = useTrackedObjectUpdate();
+  const { payload: wsUpdate } = useTrackedObjectUpdate();
 
   useEffect(() => {
-    if (trackedObjectUpdate) {
+    if (wsUpdate && wsUpdate.type == "description") {
       mutate();
     }
-    // mutate / revalidate when event description updates come in
-    // eslint-disable-next-line react-hooks/exhaustive-deps
-  }, [trackedObjectUpdate]);
+  }, [wsUpdate, mutate]);
 
   // embeddings reindex progress
 
diff --git a/web/src/views/explore/ExploreView.tsx b/web/src/views/explore/ExploreView.tsx
index afe5001af..f5cdb220d 100644
--- a/web/src/views/explore/ExploreView.tsx
+++ b/web/src/views/explore/ExploreView.tsx
@@ -74,13 +74,13 @@ export default function ExploreView({
     }, {});
   }, [events]);
 
-  const trackedObjectUpdate = useTrackedObjectUpdate();
+  const { payload: wsUpdate } = useTrackedObjectUpdate();
 
   useEffect(() => {
-    mutate();
-    // mutate / revalidate when event description updates come in
-    // eslint-disable-next-line react-hooks/exhaustive-deps
-  }, [trackedObjectUpdate]);
+    if (wsUpdate && wsUpdate.type == "description") {
+      mutate();
+    }
+  }, [wsUpdate, mutate]);
 
   // update search detail when results change