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faster-whisper

Local speech-to-text using faster-whisper. High-performance transcription with GPU acceleration support. Includes word-level timestamps and distilled models. Use when asked to "transcribe audio", "whisper", or "speech to text".

skill-install — Terminal

Install via CLI (Recommended)

clawhub install openclaw/skills/skills/damirikys/faster-whisper-local
Or

Faster-Whisper

High-performance local speech-to-text using faster-whisper.

Setup

1. Run Setup Script

Execute the setup script to create a virtual environment and install dependencies. It will automatically detect NVIDIA GPUs for CUDA acceleration.

./setup.sh

Requirements:

  • Python 3.10 or later
  • ffmpeg (installed on the system)

Usage

Use the transcription script to process audio files.

Basic Transcription

./scripts/transcribe audio.mp3

Advanced Options

  • Specific Model: ./scripts/transcribe audio.mp3 --model large-v3-turbo
  • Word Timestamps: ./scripts/transcribe audio.mp3 --word-timestamps
  • JSON Output: ./scripts/transcribe audio.mp3 --json
  • VAD (Silence Removal): ./scripts/transcribe audio.mp3 --vad

Available Models

  • distil-large-v3 (default): Best balance of speed and accuracy.
  • large-v3-turbo: Recommended for multilingual or highest accuracy tasks.
  • medium.en, small.en: Faster, English-only versions.

Troubleshooting

  • No GPU detected: Ensure NVIDIA drivers and CUDA are correctly installed. CPU transcription is significantly slower.
  • OOM Error: Use a smaller model (e.g., small or base) or use --compute-type int8.

Metadata

Author@damirikys
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Updated2026-03-24
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Paste this into your clawhub.json to enable this plugin.

{
  "plugins": {
    "official-damirikys-faster-whisper-local": {
      "enabled": true,
      "auto_update": true
    }
  }
}
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