openai-whisper

name	openai-whisper
description	Local offline speech-to-text with the Whisper CLI (no API key required). Use when transcribing audio or video files locally without sending data to the cloud. Trigger phrases: 'transcribe', 'convert audio to text', 'speech to text', 'transcribe this recording'. NOT for: cloud-based transcription (use openai-whisper-api), or YouTube/URL transcription (use summarize skill).
homepage	https://openai.com/research/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.