Qwen3 ASR — Voice Transcription

Transcribe speech from audio files to text.

Binary

• {baseDir}/scripts/asr — Speech-to-text transcription.

Models

• {baseDir}/scripts/models/Qwen3-ASR-0.6B — Speech recognition model (0.6B parameters).

Transcription

Transcribe an audio file to text.

{baseDir}/scripts/asr \
  {baseDir}/scripts/models/Qwen3-ASR-0.6B \
  <audio_file>

Parameters

Parameter	Required	Description
model_path	Yes	Path to the model directory (0.6B or 1.7B)
audio_file	Yes	Path to the audio file (any FFmpeg-supported format)

Output

Prints the transcribed text to standard output.

Example

{baseDir}/scripts/asr \
  {baseDir}/scripts/models/Qwen3-ASR-0.6B \
  recording.wav

Supported Audio Formats

Any format supported by FFmpeg: WAV, MP3, M4A, FLAC, OGG, and more. Audio is automatically resampled to 16 kHz mono internally.

Workflow

1. Identify the Audio File

Get the path to the audio file the user wants to transcribe.

2. Run the Command

Run the asr binary with the full paths to the binary and model directory.

{baseDir}/scripts/asr \
  {baseDir}/scripts/models/Qwen3-ASR-0.6B \
  /path/to/audio.wav

3. Return the Transcription

The transcribed text is printed to stdout. Return it to the user.