whisper.api: An open source, self-hosted speech-to-text with fast transcription

Re:whisper.api: An open source, self-hosted speech-to-text w... by innovatorved on Tuesday August 22, 2023 @01:48PM (#37226222)

Whisper API - Speech to Text Transcription

This open source project provides a self-hostable API for speech to text transcription using a finetuned Whisper ASR model. The API allows you to easily convert audio files to text through HTTP requests. Ideal for adding speech recognition capabilities to your applications.

Key features:

- Uses a finetuned Whisper model for accurate speech recognition - Simple HTTP API for audio file transcription - User level access with API keys for managing usage - Self-hostable code for your own speech transcription service - Quantized model optimization for fast and efficient inference - Open source implementation for customization and transparency

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Re:whisper.api: An open source, self-hosted speech-to-text w... by atajwala on Tuesday August 22, 2023 @03:48PM (#37227687)

Any plans to add phrase timestamps, channel separation and other equivalent ASR features to make this API more approachable?

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Re:whisper.api: An open source, self-hosted speech-to-text w... by innovatorved on Tuesday August 22, 2023 @04:02PM (#37227817)

I am working on the timestamp feature. You will be able to see the option for timestamp soon.

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Re:whisper.api: An open source, self-hosted speech-to-text w... by atajwala on Tuesday August 22, 2023 @05:31PM (#37228796)

Appreciate it! All the best.

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Re:whisper.api: An open source, self-hosted speech-to-text w... by rrsp on Tuesday August 22, 2023 @03:59PM (#37227792)

Are you able to provide more information on the fine tuning? Any improvement in WER and what language it was fine tuned in and the size of the dataset used?

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Re:whisper.api: An open source, self-hosted speech-to-text w... by brianjking on Tuesday August 22, 2023 @04:24PM (#37228059)

What was the fine tune?

How does this compare to what is possible using https://goodsnooze.gumroad.com/l/macwhisper for example?

Thanks!

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Re:whisper.api: An open source, self-hosted speech-to-text w... by stavros on Tuesday August 22, 2023 @04:58PM (#37228438)

This looks great, does recognition use the GPU? What's the speed you get on it?

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