# Transcribe Tool

> Audio transcription tool. Converts audio files to text with Whisper and optional LLM post-processing. Use when: transcribing meetings, podcasts, or extracting text from recorded audio files.

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

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# Transcribe Tool

External tool for speech-to-text using Whisper (faster-whisper).

## Invocation via Bash

Use **Bash** with `animaworks-tool transcribe <subcommand> [args]`:

### audio — Transcribe audio file
```bash
animaworks-tool transcribe transcribe audio_file.wav [-l ja] [-m large-v3-turbo]
```

## Parameters

| Parameter | Type | Default | Description |
|-----------|------|---------|--------------|
| audio_path | string | (required) | Path to audio file |
| language | string | null | Language code (ja, en, etc.). null for auto-detect |
| model | string | "large-v3-turbo" | Whisper model name |
| raw | boolean | false | If true, skip LLM post-processing |

## CLI Usage (S/C/D/G-mode)

```bash
animaworks-tool transcribe transcribe audio_file.wav [-l ja] [-m large-v3-turbo]
```

## Notes

- faster-whisper must be installed
- CUDA-compatible ctranslate2 required for GPU acceleration
- Model is auto-downloaded on first run