Faster-Whisper

High-performance local speech-to-text using faster-whisper.

Setup

1. Run Setup Script

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Requirements:

• - Python 3.10 or later
• ffmpeg (installed on the system)

Usage

Use the transcription script to process audio files.

Basic Transcription

Advanced Options

• - Specific Model: INLINECODE0
• Word Timestamps: INLINECODE1
• JSON Output: INLINECODE2
• VAD (Silence Removal): INLINECODE3

Available Models

• - distil-large-v3 (default): Best balance of speed and accuracy.
• INLINECODE5: Recommended for multilingual or highest accuracy tasks.
• INLINECODE6, small.en: Faster, English-only versions.

Troubleshooting

• - No GPU detected: Ensure NVIDIA drivers and CUDA are correctly installed. CPU transcription is significantly slower.
• OOM Error: Use a smaller model (e.g., small or base) or use --compute-type int8.