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Speech To Text by marktantongco — Agent Skill

Name: Speech To Text
Author: marktantongco

Speech To Text

Transcribe audio to text with ElevenLabs Scribe and Whisper models via inference.sh CLI. Models: ElevenLabs Scribe v2 (98%+ accuracy, diarization), Fast Whisper Large V3, Whisper V3 Large. Capabilities: transcription, translation, multi-language, timestamps, speaker diarization, audio event tagging. Use for: meeting transcription, subtitles, podcast transcripts, voice notes. Triggers: speech to text, transcription, whisper, audio to text, transcribe audio, voice to text, stt, automatic transcription, subtitles generation, transcribe meeting, audio transcription, whisper ai, elevenlabs stt, scribe, eleven labs transcribe

File contents

Install the belt CLI skill: npx skills add belt-sh/cli

Speech-to-Text

Transcribe audio to text via inference.sh CLI.

Quick Start

Requires inference.sh CLI (belt). Install instructions

belt login

belt app run infsh/fast-whisper-large-v3 --input '{"audio_url": "https://audio.mp3"}'

Available Models

Model	App ID	Best For
ElevenLabs Scribe v2	`elevenlabs/stt`	98%+ accuracy, diarization, 90+ languages
Fast Whisper V3	`infsh/fast-whisper-large-v3`	Fast transcription
Whisper V3 Large	`infsh/whisper-v3-large`	Highest accuracy

Examples

Basic Transcription

belt app run infsh/fast-whisper-large-v3 --input '{"audio_url": "https://meeting.mp3"}'

With Timestamps

belt app sample infsh/fast-whisper-large-v3 --save input.json

# {
#   "audio_url": "https://podcast.mp3",
#   "timestamps": true
# }

belt app run infsh/fast-whisper-large-v3 --input input.json

Translation (to English)

belt app run infsh/whisper-v3-large --input '{
  "audio_url": "https://french-audio.mp3",
  "task": "translate"
}'

From Video

# Extract audio from video first
belt app run infsh/video-audio-extractor --input '{"video_url": "https://video.mp4"}' > audio.json

# Transcribe the extracted audio
belt app run infsh/fast-whisper-large-v3 --input '{"audio_url": "<audio-url>"}'

Workflow: Video Subtitles

# 1. Transcribe video audio
belt app run infsh/fast-whisper-large-v3 --input '{
  "audio_url": "https://video.mp4",
  "timestamps": true
}' > transcript.json

# 2. Use transcript for captions
belt app run infsh/caption-videos --input '{
  "video_url": "https://video.mp4",
  "captions": "<transcript-from-step-1>"
}'

Supported Languages

Whisper supports 99+ languages including: English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Arabic, Hindi, Russian, and many more.

Use Cases

Meetings: Transcribe recordings
Podcasts: Generate transcripts
Subtitles: Create captions for videos
Voice Notes: Convert to searchable text
Interviews: Transcription for research
Accessibility: Make audio content accessible

Output Format

Returns JSON with:

text: Full transcription
segments: Timestamped segments (if requested)
language: Detected language

Related Skills

# ElevenLabs STT (98%+ accuracy, diarization)
npx skills add inference-sh/skills@elevenlabs-stt

# ElevenLabs TTS (reverse direction)
npx skills add inference-sh/skills@elevenlabs-tts

# Full platform skill (all 250+ apps)
npx skills add inference-sh/skills@infsh-cli

# Text-to-speech (reverse direction)
npx skills add inference-sh/skills@text-to-speech

# Video generation (add captions)
npx skills add inference-sh/skills@ai-video-generation

# AI avatars (lipsync with transcripts)
npx skills add inference-sh/skills@ai-avatar-video

Browse all audio apps: belt app list --category audio

Documentation

Running Apps - How to run apps via CLI
Audio Transcription Example - Complete transcription guide
Apps Overview - Understanding the app ecosystem

---name: speech-to-textdescription: Transcribe audio to text with ElevenLabs Scribe and Whisper models via inference.sh CLI. Models: ElevenLabs Scribe v2 (98%+ accuracy, diarization), Fast Whisper Large V3, Whisper V3 Large. Capabilities: transcription, translation, multi-language, timestamps, speaker diarization, audio event tagging. Use for: meeting transcription, subtitles, podcast transcripts, voice notes. Triggers: speech to text, transcription, whisper, audio to text, transcribe audio, voice to text, stt, automatic transcription, subtitles generation, transcribe meeting, audio transcription, whisper ai, elevenlabs stt, scribe, eleven labs transcribe---> **Install the belt CLI skill:** `npx skills add belt-sh/cli`# Speech-to-TextTranscribe audio to text via [inference.sh](https://inference.sh) CLI.![Speech-to-Text](https://cloud.inference.sh/u/4mg21r6ta37mpaz6ktzwtt8krr/01jz025e88nkvw55at1rqtj5t8.png)## Quick Start> Requires inference.sh CLI (`belt`). [Install instructions](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/inference-sh/skills/refs/heads/main/cli-install.md)```bashbelt loginbelt app run infsh/fast-whisper-large-v3 --input '{"audio_url": "https://audio.mp3"}'```## Available Models| Model | App ID | Best For ||-------|--------|----------|| ElevenLabs Scribe v2 | `elevenlabs/stt` | 98%+ accuracy, diarization, 90+ languages || Fast Whisper V3 | `infsh/fast-whisper-large-v3` | Fast transcription || Whisper V3 Large | `infsh/whisper-v3-large` | Highest accuracy |## Examples### Basic Transcription```bashbelt app run infsh/fast-whisper-large-v3 --input '{"audio_url": "https://meeting.mp3"}'```### With Timestamps```bashbelt app sample infsh/fast-whisper-large-v3 --save input.json# {# "audio_url": "https://podcast.mp3",# "timestamps": true# }belt app run infsh/fast-whisper-large-v3 --input input.json```### Translation (to English)```bashbelt app run infsh/whisper-v3-large --input '{ "audio_url": "https://french-audio.mp3", "task": "translate"}'```### From Video```bash# Extract audio from video firstbelt app run infsh/video-audio-extractor --input '{"video_url": "https://video.mp4"}' > audio.json# Transcribe the extracted audiobelt app run infsh/fast-whisper-large-v3 --input '{"audio_url": "<audio-url>"}'```## Workflow: Video Subtitles```bash# 1. Transcribe video audiobelt app run infsh/fast-whisper-large-v3 --input '{ "audio_url": "https://video.mp4", "timestamps": true}' > transcript.json# 2. Use transcript for captionsbelt app run infsh/caption-videos --input '{ "video_url": "https://video.mp4", "captions": "<transcript-from-step-1>"}'```## Supported LanguagesWhisper supports 99+ languages including:English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Arabic, Hindi, Russian, and many more.## Use Cases- **Meetings**: Transcribe recordings- **Podcasts**: Generate transcripts- **Subtitles**: Create captions for videos- **Voice Notes**: Convert to searchable text- **Interviews**: Transcription for research- **Accessibility**: Make audio content accessible## Output FormatReturns JSON with:- `text`: Full transcription- `segments`: Timestamped segments (if requested)- `language`: Detected language## Related Skills```bash# ElevenLabs STT (98%+ accuracy, diarization)npx skills add inference-sh/skills@elevenlabs-stt# ElevenLabs TTS (reverse direction)npx skills add inference-sh/skills@elevenlabs-tts# Full platform skill (all 250+ apps)npx skills add inference-sh/skills@infsh-cli# Text-to-speech (reverse direction)npx skills add inference-sh/skills@text-to-speech# Video generation (add captions)npx skills add inference-sh/skills@ai-video-generation# AI avatars (lipsync with transcripts)npx skills add inference-sh/skills@ai-avatar-video```Browse all audio apps: `belt app list --category audio`## Documentation- [Running Apps](https://inference.sh/docs/apps/running) - How to run apps via CLI- [Audio Transcription Example](https://inference.sh/docs/examples/audio-transcription) - Complete transcription guide- [Apps Overview](https://inference.sh/docs/apps/overview) - Understanding the app ecosystem

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