About openai-whisper
openai-whisper is a command-line tool for transcribing audio locally, for users who need text or subtitles from audio. It offers selectable models and supports translation tasks and multiple output formats.
Key features
- 01Transcribe audio locally
- 02Choose a transcription model
- 03Output TXT or SRT
- 04Run audio translation tasks
Use cases
- 01Transcribe an MP3 into a text file
- 02Translate M4A audio and create subtitles
Install
Copy the command and run it in a terminal.
$
npx skills add https:/ / github.com/ openclaw/ openclaw --skill openai-whisperAfter installing, type/openai-whisperin Claude Code to confirm it loaded.
Details
From the project READMEWhisper (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/whisperon first run. --modeldefaults toturboon this install.- Use smaller models for speed, larger for accuracy.
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