diff --git a/bindings/ruby/ext/ruby_whisper.h b/bindings/ruby/ext/ruby_whisper.h
index 78bc3fc3e..0e907a614 100644
--- a/bindings/ruby/ext/ruby_whisper.h
+++ b/bindings/ruby/ext/ruby_whisper.h
@@ -134,6 +134,13 @@ typedef struct {
   } \
 } while (0)
 
+#define GetParakeetContext(obj, rwpc) do { \
+  TypedData_Get_Struct((obj), ruby_whisper_parakeet_context, &ruby_whisper_parakeet_context_type, (rwpc)); \
+  if ((rwpc)->context == NULL) { \
+    rb_raise(rb_eRuntimeError, "Not initialized"); \
+  } \
+} while (0)
+
 #define GetParakeetParams(obj, rwpp) do { \
   TypedData_Get_Struct((obj), ruby_whisper_parakeet_params, &ruby_whisper_parakeet_params_type, (rwpp)); \
   if (!(rwpp)->new_segment_callback_container || \
diff --git a/bindings/ruby/ext/ruby_whisper_parakeet_context.c b/bindings/ruby/ext/ruby_whisper_parakeet_context.c
index cefb1b233..226e65e10 100644
--- a/bindings/ruby/ext/ruby_whisper_parakeet_context.c
+++ b/bindings/ruby/ext/ruby_whisper_parakeet_context.c
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 extern ID id_to_s;
 
 extern VALUE ruby_whisper_normalize_model_path(VALUE model_path);
+extern VALUE ruby_whisper_parakeet_transcribe(VALUE self, VALUE audio_path, VALUE params);
 
 static void
 ruby_whisper_parakeet_context_free(void *p)
@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@ ruby_whisper_parakeet_context_memsize(const void *p)
   return size;
 }
 
-static const rb_data_type_t ruby_whisper_parakeet_context_type = {
+const rb_data_type_t ruby_whisper_parakeet_context_type = {
   "ruby_whisper_parakeet_context",
   {0, ruby_whisper_parakeet_context_free, ruby_whisper_parakeet_context_memsize,},
   0, 0,
@@ -72,4 +73,5 @@ init_ruby_whisper_parakeet_context(VALUE *mParakeet)
   rb_define_alloc_func(cParakeetContext, ruby_whisper_parakeet_context_allocate);
 
   rb_define_method(cParakeetContext, "initialize", ruby_whisper_parakeet_context_initialize, -1);
+  rb_define_method(cParakeetContext, "transcribe", ruby_whisper_parakeet_transcribe, 2);
 }
diff --git a/bindings/ruby/ext/ruby_whisper_parakeet_transcribe.cpp b/bindings/ruby/ext/ruby_whisper_parakeet_transcribe.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ba713dc8c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bindings/ruby/ext/ruby_whisper_parakeet_transcribe.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+#include "ruby_whisper.h"
+#include "common-whisper.h"
+#include <string>
+#include <vector>
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
+extern const rb_data_type_t ruby_whisper_parakeet_context_type;
+extern const rb_data_type_t ruby_whisper_parakeet_params_type;
+
+extern ID id_to_s;
+extern ID id_to_path;
+
+VALUE
+ruby_whisper_parakeet_transcribe(VALUE self, VALUE audio_path, VALUE params)
+{
+  if (rb_respond_to(audio_path, id_to_path)) {
+    audio_path = rb_funcall(audio_path, id_to_path, 0);
+  }
+
+  std::string fname = StringValueCStr(audio_path);
+  std::vector<float> pcmf32;
+  std::vector<std::vector<float>> pcmf32s;
+
+  if (!read_audio_data(fname, pcmf32, pcmf32s, false)) {
+    rb_raise(rb_eRuntimeError, "Failed to open %s", fname.c_str());
+    return Qnil;
+  }
+
+  ruby_whisper_parakeet_context *rwpc;
+  ruby_whisper_parakeet_params *rwpp;
+  GetParakeetContext(self, rwpc);
+  GetParakeetParams(params, rwpp);
+
+  if (parakeet_full(rwpc->context, rwpp->params, pcmf32.data(), pcmf32.size()) != 0) {
+    rb_raise(rb_eRuntimeError, "Failed to process audio");
+    return Qnil;
+  }
+
+  return self;
+}
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
diff --git a/bindings/ruby/test/test_parakeet_context.rb b/bindings/ruby/test/test_parakeet_context.rb
index 295112bdd..9150fe926 100644
--- a/bindings/ruby/test/test_parakeet_context.rb
+++ b/bindings/ruby/test/test_parakeet_context.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,30 @@
 require_relative "helper"
 
 class TestParakeetContext < TestBase
+  def setup
+    @parakeet = Parakeet::Context.new(File.join(__dir__, "../../../models/parakeet-tdt-0.6b-v3.bin"))
+    @params = Parakeet::Params.new
+  end
+
   def test_new
-    assert_instance_of Parakeet::Context, Parakeet::Context.new(File.join(__dir__, "../../../models/parakeet-tdt-0.6b-v3.bin"))
+    assert_instance_of Parakeet::Context, @parakeet
+  end
+
+  def test_transcribe
+    assert_nothing_raised do
+      @parakeet.transcribe AUDIO, @params
+    end
+  end
+
+  def test_transcribe_with_pathname
+    assert_nothing_raised do
+      @parakeet.transcribe Pathname(AUDIO), @params
+    end
+  end
+
+  def test_transcribe_with_nothing
+    assert_raise_message(/open/) do
+      @parakeet.transcribe "nothing", @params
+    end
   end
 end