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theplasmak/faster-whisper

Local speech-to-text using faster-whisper — a CTranslate2 reimplementation of OpenAI's Whisper that runs 4-6x faster with identical accuracy. With GPU acceleration, expect ~20x realtime transcription (a 10-minute audio file in ~30 seconds).

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Install command
npx skills add https://github.com/theplasmak/faster-whisper --skill faster-whisper
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About this skill
Local speech-to-text using faster-whisper — a CTranslate2 reimplementation of OpenAI's Whisper that runs 4-6x faster with identical accuracy. With GPU acceleration, expect ~20x realtime transcription (a 10-minute audio file in ~30 seconds). Use this skill when you need to: Trigger phrases: "transcribe this audio", "convert speech to text", "what did they say", "make a transcript", "audio to text", "subtitle this video", "who's speaking", "translate this audio", "translate to English", "find where X is mentioned", "search transcript for", "when did they say", "at what timestamp", "add chapters", "detect chapters", "find breaks in the audio", "table of contents for this recording", "TTML subtitles", "DFXP subtitles", "broadcast format subtitles", "Netflix format", "ASS subtitles", "aegisub format", "advanced substation alpha", "mpv subtitles", "LRC subtitles", "timed lyrics", "karaoke subtitles", "music player lyrics", "HTML transcript", "confidence-colored transcript", "color-coded transcript", "separate audio per speaker", "export speaker audio", "split by speaker", "transcript as CSV", "spreadsheet output", "transcribe podcast", "podcast RSS feed", "different languages in batch", "per-file language", "transcribe in multiple formats", "srt and txt at the same time", "output both srt and text", "remove filler words", "clean up ums and uhs", "strip hesitation sounds", "remove...

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What does faster-whisper do?

Local speech-to-text using faster-whisper — a CTranslate2 reimplementation of OpenAI's Whisper that runs 4-6x faster with identical accuracy. With GPU acceleration, expect ~20x realtime transcription (a 10-minute audio file in ~30 seconds).

Is faster-whisper good?

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What agent does faster-whisper work with?

faster-whisper currently lists compatibility with codex, gemini-cli, opencode, cursor, kimi-cli, github-copilot, openclaw.

What are alternatives to faster-whisper?

Skills in the same category include telegram-bot-builder, flutter-app-size, sharp-edges, iterative-retrieval.

How do I install faster-whisper?

npx skills add https://github.com/theplasmak/faster-whisper --skill faster-whisper

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