openai-whisper

name	openai-whisper
description	Local speech-to-text with the Whisper CLI (no API key); Don't use if you need cloud transcription with no local model; prefer openai-whisper-api.
homepage	https://openai.com/research/whisper
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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-api for 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/whisper on first run.
• --model defaults to turbo on this install.
• Use smaller models for speed, larger for accuracy.