Whisper (CLI)
Use whisper to transcribe audio locally.
Routing
- ❌ Don't use if you need cloud transcription (no local model / no local compute).
- ✅ Prefer
openai-whisper-apifor cloud transcription.
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/whisperon first run. --modeldefaults toturboon this install.- Use smaller models for speed, larger for accuracy.