Whisper (CLI)

SkillMedia

Lets your agent transcribe audio files to text locally using the Whisper command-line tool.

Available today. Use it from your connected AI after setup.

Connect ahel once, and every AI you use reads what you have installed.

Then ask your AI: use the Whisper (CLI) skill

About this capability

Local speech-to-text with the Whisper CLI (no API key).

What this skill tells your AI

The instructions your AI receives, as published by bitterbot-ai/bitterbot-desktop in skills/openai-whisper/SKILL.md and read by ahel’s review.

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/whisper on first run.
  • --model defaults to turbo on this install.
  • Use smaller models for speed, larger for accuracy.

Signals

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skill
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openai-whisper-bitterbot-ai
Source
github.com/bitterbot-ai/bitterbot-desktop