# Openai Whisper

> Local speech-to-text with the Whisper CLI (no API key). Use when the user needs to transcribe audio, convert speech to text, generate subtitles, translate spoken language, or produce SRT/VTT captions from mp3, m4a, or wav files using the local Whisper model.

- Skill: `mahabdalla/openai-whisper` (Agent Skill)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add mahabdalla/openai-whisper`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/mahabdalla/openai-whisper/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: AI & ML
- Author: mahabdalla (https://skillmd.com/u/mahabdalla)
- Updated: 2026-09-22
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/mahabdalla/openai-whisper

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# Whisper (CLI)

Use `whisper` to transcribe audio locally.

Quick start

- `whisper /path/audio.mp3 --model medium --output_format txt --output_dir .`
- `whisper /path/audio.m4a --task translate --output_format srt`

Notes

- Models download to `~/.cache/whisper` on first run.
- `--model` defaults to `turbo` on this install.
- Use smaller models for speed, larger for accuracy.

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