diff --git a/packages/flow-schema/src/parse.ts b/packages/flow-schema/src/parse.ts
index 5009689..7029520 100644
--- a/packages/flow-schema/src/parse.ts
+++ b/packages/flow-schema/src/parse.ts
@@ -145,11 +145,18 @@ function decodePrompt(value: unknown, label: string, issues: Issue[]): Prompt |
   if (isScalar(value) && typeof value.value === 'string') return value.value;
   if (isMap(value)) {
     const fields = fieldsOf(value, label, issues);
-    warnUnknownFields(fields, ['audio'], label, issues);
+    // `transcript` is the words the clip speaks, carried for display and
+    // traces (model `Audio.transcript`); advisory only — playback still uses
+    // `audio`. Known here so it neither warns nor gets dropped on decode.
+    warnUnknownFields(fields, ['audio', 'transcript'], label, issues);
     const audio = fields.get('audio');
     if (audio) {
       const ref = asString(audio.value, `${label} audio`, issues);
-      return ref === undefined ? undefined : { audio: ref };
+      if (ref === undefined) return undefined;
+      const transcriptField = fields.get('transcript');
+      if (!transcriptField) return { audio: ref };
+      const transcript = asString(transcriptField.value, `${label} transcript`, issues);
+      return transcript === undefined ? undefined : { audio: ref, transcript };
     }
   }
   error(issues, 'bad_prompt', `${label} must be text or { audio: ref }`, value);
diff --git a/packages/flow-schema/test/parse.test.ts b/packages/flow-schema/test/parse.test.ts
index 227e9c3..6cea7e9 100644
--- a/packages/flow-schema/test/parse.test.ts
+++ b/packages/flow-schema/test/parse.test.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
 
 import { parseFlow } from '../src/parse.js';
-import { requiredAssets } from '../src/model.js';
+import { promptTranscript, requiredAssets } from '../src/model.js';
 
 // The doc 48 "flow document, sketched" example — kept in sync with the
 // Rust side's `model::tests::LUIGIS` on purpose: both must stay valid.
@@ -123,6 +123,39 @@ nodes:
     expect(flow ? requiredAssets(flow) : []).toEqual(['bye.wav']);
   });
 
+  it('carries an audio prompt transcript through decode without warning', () => {
+    const { flow, issues } = parseFlow(`
+schema_version: 1
+id: f
+name: n
+entry: g
+nodes:
+  g:
+    kind: hangup
+    prompt: { audio: vprompt_ab12, transcript: Thanks for calling! }
+`);
+    const node = flow?.nodes['g'];
+    const prompt = node?.kind === 'hangup' ? node.prompt : undefined;
+    expect(prompt).toEqual({ audio: 'vprompt_ab12', transcript: 'Thanks for calling!' });
+    expect(prompt && promptTranscript(prompt)).toBe('Thanks for calling!');
+    // The field the schema added in #30 must not read as unknown.
+    expect(issues.filter((issue) => issue.code === 'unknown_field')).toHaveLength(0);
+  });
+
+  it('rejects a non-string audio prompt transcript', () => {
+    const { issues } = parseFlow(`
+schema_version: 1
+id: f
+name: n
+entry: g
+nodes:
+  g:
+    kind: hangup
+    prompt: { audio: vprompt_ab12, transcript: 42 }
+`);
+    expect(issues.some((issue) => issue.code === 'expected_string')).toBe(true);
+  });
+
   it('rejects duplicate keys at any nesting level', () => {
     const { flow, issues } = parseFlow(`
 schema_version: 1