# Transcribe

> Speech-to-text with local NVIDIA Parakeet (NeMo) via the transcribe CLI.

- Skill: `ci/transcribe` (Agent Skill, multi-file: 2 files)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add ci/transcribe`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/ci/transcribe/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: AI & ML
- Author: ci (https://skillmd.com/u/ci)
- Updated: 2026-09-17
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/ci/transcribe

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# Transcribe

Local speech-to-text on NixOS (Parakeet / NeMo). GPU auto when CUDA available.

## Quick start

```bash
transcribe /path/to/audio.ogg
transcribe /path/to/audio.wav --output /tmp/out.txt
```

## Notes

- Default model: `nvidia/parakeet-tdt-0.6b-v3`
- Device auto: CUDA if available, else CPU
- Formats: any ffmpeg-supported input (ogg/wav/mp3/m4a)
- Former name: `parakeet-transcribe`

## Useful env / flags

```bash
PARAKEET_MODEL=nvidia/parakeet-tdt-0.6b-v3 transcribe file.ogg
PARAKEET_QUIET=0 transcribe file.ogg
PARAKEET_VENV=~/.local/share/parakeet-venv-py312 transcribe file.ogg
transcribe --device cuda file.ogg
```