Whisper.cpp v1.4.0

Re:Whisper.cpp v1.4.0 by speedgoose on Sunday April 30, 2023 @04:30PM (#35766327)

It’s an implementation of a speak to text software. Currently the best open source one, if not the best.

Particularly you can talk to it with a “international” English accent and it will work. Or French or Spanish or Norwegian… and it will transcribe English.

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Re:Whisper.cpp v1.4.0 by canadiantim on Sunday April 30, 2023 @04:35PM (#35766357)

So could you use it to translate audio of a foreign language into english text?

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Re:Whisper.cpp v1.4.0 by detrites on Sunday April 30, 2023 @04:41PM (#35766411)

Yes.

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Re:Whisper.cpp v1.4.0 by Spivak on Sunday April 30, 2023 @04:56PM (#35766557)

And OpenAI has a hosted version for just that https://platform.openai.com/docs/guides/speech-to-text/quick...

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Re:Whisper.cpp v1.4.0 by doublebind on Sunday April 30, 2023 @05:00PM (#35766580)

Yes. According to the OpenAI Whisper repo [0], when you use the 'whisper' command line tool:

"Adding --task translate will translate the speech into English."

I tried translating a conference with a German speaker. The transcription was superb, but the translation no so much.

[0] https://github.com/openai/whisper

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Re:Whisper.cpp v1.4.0 by canadiantim on Sunday April 30, 2023 @05:06PM (#35766628)

Ah I love the future. Thank you!

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Re:Whisper.cpp v1.4.0 by ShadowBanThis01 on Sunday April 30, 2023 @08:56PM (#35767996)

Thanks for providing the missing info!

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