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whisper-node
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Node.js bindings for OpenAI's Whisper. Transcription done local.
npm install whisper-node
npx whisper-node download
Requirement for Windows: Install the make
command from here.
import whisper from 'whisper-node';
const transcript = await whisper("example/sample.wav");
console.log(transcript); // output: [ {start,end,speech} ]
[
{
"start": "00:00:14.310", // time stamp begin
"end": "00:00:16.480", // time stamp end
"speech": "howdy" // transcription
}
]
import whisper from 'whisper-node';
const filePath = "example/sample.wav"; // required
const options = {
modelName: "base.en", // default
// modelPath: "/custom/path/to/model.bin", // use model in a custom directory (cannot use along with 'modelName')
whisperOptions: {
language: 'auto' // default (use 'auto' for auto detect)
gen_file_txt: false, // outputs .txt file
gen_file_subtitle: false, // outputs .srt file
gen_file_vtt: false, // outputs .vtt file
word_timestamps: true // timestamp for every word
// timestamp_size: 0 // cannot use along with word_timestamps:true
}
}
const transcript = await whisper(filePath, options);
Files must be .wav and 16Hz
Use FFmpeg to convert an example .mp3 with this command: ffmpeg -i input.mp3 -ar 16000 output.wav
d.ts
filenpm run dev
- runs nodemon and tsc on '/src/test.ts'
npm run build
- runs tsc, outputs to '/dist' and gives sh permission to 'dist/download.js'
FAQs
Node.js bindings for OpenAI's Whisper. Runs local on CPU.
The npm package whisper-node receives a total of 4,866 weekly downloads. As such, whisper-node popularity was classified as popular.
We found that whisper-node demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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