faster-whisper

By SYSTRAN ยท On-device speech and voice

About faster-whisper

A Python reimplementation of Whisper on a faster inference engine, using less memory for the same transcripts.

Details

  • Open source

    Yes

  • Works offline after setup

    Yes

Not enough info yet on local API server, runs on macOS, runs on Windows, runs on Linux. Check the tool's own site.

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