Transcribing audio with Whisper.cpp

[Adrian]

Take a look at this amazing project https://github.com/ggerganov/whisper.cpp

You have the instructions in the repo, but it's basically:

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git clone https://github.com/ggerganov/whisper.cpp.git
cd whisper.cpp
sh ./models/download-ggml-model.sh base.en

# build the main example
make -j

# transcribe an audio file
./main -f samples/jfk.wav

[dolphin_oracle]

I was just hearing someone talking about that yesterday.

[Adrian]

I heard it from Alex Stamos on TWiT.tv

[operadude]

Take a look at this amazing project https://github.com/ggerganov/whisper.cpp

You have the instructions in the repo, but it's basically:

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git clone https://github.com/ggerganov/whisper.cpp.git
cd whisper.cpp
sh ./models/download-ggml-model.sh base.en

# build the main example
make -j

# transcribe an audio file
./main -f samples/jfk.wav

Very clear instructions!

Thanks for the "make -j" line!!!
Since I don't work with compiled languages ( ), I never would have succeeded in implementing this wicked-cool project.

I just added output to a file:

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./main -m /mnt/Testing/github-projects/whisper.cpp/models/ggml-base.en.bin -f samples/jfk.wav > test.txt

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[Jerry3904]

That looks pretty interesting, will have to take a look.

[Stevo]

Hmmm--shouldn't that "make -j" include a number after the "j" to specify how many CPU cores the build is supposed to use?

[Adrian]

From what I understand it will use as many jobs it can create if you don't specify a number. I assume it won't create an infinite number of jobs though what it means is that it will create as many jobs as threads available (so on a hyperthreaded 8-core CPU for example it will create 16)

-j [N], --jobs[=N] Allow N jobs at once; infinite jobs with no arg.

[operadude]

From what I understand it will use as many jobs it can create if you don't specify a number. I assume it won't create an infinite number of jobs though what it means is that it will create as many jobs as threads available (so on a hyperthreaded 8-core CPU for example it will create 16)

-j [N], --jobs[=N] Allow N jobs at once; infinite jobs with no arg.

Thanks, Adrian.

Here is a quote from the "make" man page, which seems to say it in a less ambiguous way (without invoking "infinity"):

-j [jobs], --jobs[=jobs]
Specifies the number of jobs (commands) to run simultaneously. If there is more than one
-j option, the last one is effective. If the -j option is given without an argument, make
will not limit the number of jobs that can run simultaneously. When make invokes a sub-
make, all instances of make will coordinate to run the specified number of jobs at a time;
see the section PARALLEL MAKE AND THE JOBSERVER for details.

Again, thanks for the thread.

Have wanted for some time to get back on the bike with the "1TBS" group.