# Ez Stt

> Local speech-to-text with selectable backends - Parakeet (best accuracy) or Whisper (fastest, multilingual).

- Skill: `araa47/ez-stt` (Agent Skill, multi-file: 3 files)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add araa47/ez-stt`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/araa47/ez-stt/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Coding & Dev Tools
- Author: araa47 (https://skillmd.com/u/araa47)
- Updated: 2026-09-17
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/araa47/ez-stt

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# ez-stt - Local Speech-to-Text

Unified local speech-to-text using ONNX Runtime with int8 quantization. Choose your backend:

- **Parakeet** (default): Best accuracy for English, correctly captures names and filler words
- **Whisper**: Fastest inference, supports 99 languages

Requires `ffmpeg` installed.

## Usage

```bash
# Default: Parakeet v2 (best English accuracy)
scripts/stt.py audio.ogg

# Explicit backend selection
scripts/stt.py audio.ogg -b whisper
scripts/stt.py audio.ogg -b parakeet -m v3

# Quiet mode (suppress progress)
scripts/stt.py audio.ogg --quiet
```

## Options

- `-b/--backend`: `parakeet` (default), `whisper`
- `-m/--model`: Model variant (see below)
- `--no-int8`: Disable int8 quantization
- `-q/--quiet`: Suppress progress
- `--room-id`: Matrix room ID for direct message

## Models

### Parakeet (default backend)
| Model | Description |
|-------|-------------|
| **v2** (default) | English only, best accuracy |
| v3 | Multilingual |

### Whisper
| Model | Description |
|-------|-------------|
| **base** (default) | Fast multilingual (only Whisper variant in onnx-asr) |

## Benchmark (24s audio)

| Backend/Model | Time | RTF | Notes |
|---------------|------|-----|-------|
| Whisper Base int8 | 0.43s | 0.018x | Fastest |
| **Parakeet v2 int8** | 0.60s | 0.025x | Best accuracy |
| Parakeet v3 int8 | 0.63s | 0.026x | Multilingual |

## OpenClaw

See [OPENCLAW.md](references/OPENCLAW.md) for OpenClaw-specific setup and `openclaw.json` configuration.