diff --git a/src/routes/adminConfig.js b/src/routes/adminConfig.js
index b6f76a4..95d6757 100644
--- a/src/routes/adminConfig.js
+++ b/src/routes/adminConfig.js
@@ -684,7 +684,7 @@ router.get('/config/stt/discover', async function(req, res) {
         if (sResp.data && sResp.data.data) {
           sResp.data.data.forEach(function(m) {
             var mid = (m.id || '').toLowerCase();
-            if (mid.indexOf('whisper') !== -1 || mid.indexOf('gemini') !== -1 || mid.indexOf('audio') !== -1 || mid.indexOf('transcri') !== -1 || mid.indexOf('scribe') !== -1 || mid.indexOf('nova') !== -1 || mid.indexOf('deepgram') !== -1 || mid.indexOf('eleven') !== -1 || mid.indexOf('chirp') !== -1) {
+            if (mid.indexOf('whisper') !== -1 || mid.indexOf('parakeet') !== -1 || mid.indexOf('gemini') !== -1 || mid.indexOf('audio') !== -1 || mid.indexOf('transcri') !== -1 || mid.indexOf('scribe') !== -1 || mid.indexOf('nova') !== -1 || mid.indexOf('deepgram') !== -1 || mid.indexOf('eleven') !== -1 || mid.indexOf('chirp') !== -1) {
               discovered.push({ id: m.id, name: m.id, source: 'gateway-api' });
             }
           });
@@ -743,7 +743,7 @@ router.post('/config/stt/test', async function(req, res) {
       var sttModel = adminSttModel || process.env.LITELLM_STT_MODEL || 'gemini-2.0-flash';
       // base URL handled by gatewayUrl() helper
 
-      var isTranscriptionModel = /whisper|deepgram|nova|groq|scribe|elevenlabs|transcri/i.test(sttModel);
+      var isTranscriptionModel = /whisper|parakeet|deepgram|nova|groq|scribe|elevenlabs|transcri/i.test(sttModel);
 
       if (isTranscriptionModel) {
         var ext = mime.split('/')[1] || 'webm';
diff --git a/src/routes/userPreferences.js b/src/routes/userPreferences.js
index 1556d9f..0d8dd39 100644
--- a/src/routes/userPreferences.js
+++ b/src/routes/userPreferences.js
@@ -73,12 +73,14 @@ router.get('/preferences/options', async function(req, res) {
       ];
     } else if (provider === 'litellm') {
       sttModels = [
+        { value: 'local-whisper-large-v3-turbo', label: 'Local Whisper Large v3 Turbo' },
+        { value: 'local-whisper-large-v3', label: 'Local Whisper Large v3' },
+        { value: 'local-parakeet-v3', label: 'Local Parakeet v3' },
+        { value: 'local-whisper-1', label: 'Local Whisper-1 Alias' },
         { value: 'gemini-2.0-flash-exp', label: 'Gemini 2.0 Flash Exp' },
         { value: 'gemini-2.0-flash', label: 'Gemini 2.0 Flash' },
         { value: 'gemini-1.5-flash', label: 'Gemini 1.5 Flash' },
-        { value: 'gemini-1.5-pro', label: 'Gemini 1.5 Pro' },
-        { value: 'whisper-1', label: 'OpenAI Whisper-1' },
-        { value: 'whisper-large-v3', label: 'Whisper Large v3' }
+        { value: 'gemini-1.5-pro', label: 'Gemini 1.5 Pro' }
       ];
     } else if (provider === 'openai') {
       sttModels = [
diff --git a/src/utils/sttProvider.js b/src/utils/sttProvider.js
index e3aed8f..803a084 100644
--- a/src/utils/sttProvider.js
+++ b/src/utils/sttProvider.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 const GOOGLE_STT_MODELS = ['gemini-2.0-flash', 'gemini-2.5-flash', 'gemini-2.0-flash-lite'];
 const AWS_STT_MODES = ['standard', 'medical'];
 const OPENAI_STT_MODELS = ['whisper-1'];
-const LITELLM_STT_MODELS = ['whisper-1', 'gemini-2.0-flash', 'gemini-2.5-flash'];
+const LITELLM_STT_MODELS = ['local-whisper-large-v3-turbo', 'local-whisper-large-v3', 'local-parakeet-v3', 'local-whisper-1', 'gemini-2.0-flash', 'gemini-2.5-flash'];
 const LOCAL_WHISPER_MODELS = ['tiny', 'base', 'small', 'medium', 'large'];
 
 function getSTTDependencies() {
diff --git a/test/stt-provider.test.js b/test/stt-provider.test.js
index 7bfd279..2319f68 100644
--- a/test/stt-provider.test.js
+++ b/test/stt-provider.test.js
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ test('STT model lists preserve admin defaults', () => {
     google: ['gemini-2.0-flash', 'gemini-2.5-flash', 'gemini-2.0-flash-lite'],
     aws: ['standard', 'medical'],
     openai: ['whisper-1'],
-    litellm: ['whisper-1', 'gemini-2.0-flash', 'gemini-2.5-flash'],
+    litellm: ['local-whisper-large-v3-turbo', 'local-whisper-large-v3', 'local-parakeet-v3', 'local-whisper-1', 'gemini-2.0-flash', 'gemini-2.5-flash'],
     local: ['tiny', 'base', 'small', 'medium', 'large']
   });
 });