diff --git a/changelog.d/fixes/6936-providercard-audio-badge.md b/changelog.d/fixes/6936-providercard-audio-badge.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6b70fb4434
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/fixes/6936-providercard-audio-badge.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+- fix(dashboard): label audio/embeddings/image compatible providers by kind instead of "Chat" on ProviderCard (#6936)
diff --git a/src/app/(dashboard)/dashboard/providers/components/ProviderCard.tsx b/src/app/(dashboard)/dashboard/providers/components/ProviderCard.tsx
index 23a990abf5..d290f07be0 100644
--- a/src/app/(dashboard)/dashboard/providers/components/ProviderCard.tsx
+++ b/src/app/(dashboard)/dashboard/providers/components/ProviderCard.tsx
@@ -42,6 +42,15 @@ const KIND_LABEL: Record<string, string> = {
   music: "Music",
 };
 
+/** Maps a compatible-provider `apiType` to its `KIND_LABEL` key (#6936: non-chat
+ * apiTypes — audio/embeddings/image — were falling through to the "Chat" badge). */
+const COMPATIBLE_API_TYPE_KIND: Record<string, string> = {
+  "audio-transcriptions": "stt",
+  "audio-speech": "tts",
+  "images-generations": "image",
+  embeddings: "embedding",
+};
+
 interface ProviderCardProps {
   providerId: string;
   provider: {
@@ -319,7 +328,10 @@ export default function ProviderCard({
                 ))}
                 {isCompatible && (
                   <Badge variant="default" size="sm">
-                    {provider.apiType === "responses" ? t("responses") : t("chat")}
+                    {provider.apiType === "responses"
+                      ? t("responses")
+                      : (KIND_LABEL[COMPATIBLE_API_TYPE_KIND[provider.apiType ?? ""] ?? ""] ??
+                        t("chat"))}
                   </Badge>
                 )}
                 {isCcCompatible && (
diff --git a/src/app/(dashboard)/dashboard/providers/components/__tests__/providerCardAudioBadge.test.tsx b/src/app/(dashboard)/dashboard/providers/components/__tests__/providerCardAudioBadge.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..71850594aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/(dashboard)/dashboard/providers/components/__tests__/providerCardAudioBadge.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+import React from "react";
+import { createRoot } from "react-dom/client";
+import { act } from "react";
+import { afterEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
+import ProviderCard from "../ProviderCard";
+
+vi.mock("next-intl", () => ({ useTranslations: () => (k: string) => k }));
+vi.mock("@/shared/components/ProviderTestSlideOver", () => ({ default: () => null }));
+vi.mock("@/shared/components/ProviderIcon", () => ({ default: () => null }));
+
+describe("ProviderCard — #6936 audio-transcriptions provider badge", () => {
+  let container: HTMLDivElement | null = null;
+
+  afterEach(() => {
+    if (container) {
+      document.body.removeChild(container);
+      container = null;
+    }
+  });
+
+  it("does NOT label an audio-transcriptions compatible node as Chat", () => {
+    container = document.createElement("div");
+    document.body.appendChild(container);
+    const root = createRoot(container);
+    act(() => {
+      root.render(
+        <ProviderCard
+          providerId="openai-compatible-speaches-stt"
+          provider={{
+            id: "openai-compatible-speaches-stt",
+            name: "Speaches-stt",
+            apiType: "audio-transcriptions",
+            serviceKinds: [],
+          }}
+          stats={{ total: 1, connected: 1, error: 0, warning: 0 }}
+          authType="apikey"
+          onToggle={() => {}}
+        />
+      );
+    });
+    const text = (container.textContent || "").toLowerCase();
+    expect(text).not.toContain("chat");
+    expect(text).toContain("stt");
+  });
+
+  it("labels an audio-speech compatible node as TTS", () => {
+    container = document.createElement("div");
+    document.body.appendChild(container);
+    const root = createRoot(container);
+    act(() => {
+      root.render(
+        <ProviderCard
+          providerId="openai-compatible-speaches-tts"
+          provider={{
+            id: "openai-compatible-speaches-tts",
+            name: "Speaches-tts",
+            apiType: "audio-speech",
+            serviceKinds: [],
+          }}
+          stats={{ total: 1, connected: 1, error: 0, warning: 0 }}
+          authType="apikey"
+          onToggle={() => {}}
+        />
+      );
+    });
+    const text = (container.textContent || "").toLowerCase();
+    expect(text).not.toContain("chat");
+    expect(text).toContain("tts");
+  });
+
+  it("still labels a plain chat compatible node as Chat", () => {
+    container = document.createElement("div");
+    document.body.appendChild(container);
+    const root = createRoot(container);
+    act(() => {
+      root.render(
+        <ProviderCard
+          providerId="openai-compatible-plain"
+          provider={{
+            id: "openai-compatible-plain",
+            name: "Plain-chat",
+            apiType: "chat",
+            serviceKinds: [],
+          }}
+          stats={{ total: 1, connected: 1, error: 0, warning: 0 }}
+          authType="apikey"
+          onToggle={() => {}}
+        />
+      );
+    });
+    const text = (container.textContent || "").toLowerCase();
+    expect(text).toContain("chat");
+  });
+});