tldr/pages/common/whisper.md

whisper

CLI tool to convert audio files to txt,vtt,srt,tsv,json. More information: https://github.com/openai/whisper.

• Convert a specific audio file to all of the given file formats:

whisper {{path/to/audio.mp3}}

• Convert an audio file specifying the output format of the converted file:

whisper {{path/to/audio.mp3}} --output-format {{txt}}

• Convert an audio file using a specific model for conversion:

whisper {{path/to/audio.mp3}} --model {{tiny.en,tiny,base.en,base,small.en,small,medium.en,medium,large-v1,large-v2,large}}

• Convert an audio file specifying which language the audio file is in to reduce conversion time:

whisper {{path/to/audio.mp3}} --language {{english}}

• Convert an audio file and save it to a specific location:

whisper {{path/to/audio.mp3}} --output_dir "{{path/to/output}}"

• Convert an audio file in quiet mode:

whisper {{path/to/audio.mp3}} --verbose {{False}}