Local Whisper (cpp)

Local speech-to-text using whisper-cli (whisper.cpp).

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Install

openclaw skills install local-whisper-cpp

Local Whisper (cpp)

Transcribe audio files locally using whisper-cli and the large-v3-turbo model.

Usage

You can use the wrapper script:

scripts/whisper-local.sh <audio-file>

Or call the binary directly:

whisper-cli -m /usr/share/whisper.cpp-model-large-v3-turbo/ggml-large-v3-turbo.bin -f <file> -l auto -nt

Scripts

Location: scripts/whisper-local.sh (inside skill folder)
Model: /usr/share/whisper.cpp-model-large-v3-turbo/ggml-large-v3-turbo.bin
GPU: Enabled via whisper-cli.

Setup

Download the model to /usr/share/whisper.cpp-model-large-v3-turbo/:

wget https://huggingface.co/ggerganov/whisper.cpp/resolve/main/ggml-large-v3-turbo.bin?download=true -O /usr/share/whisper.cpp-model-large-v3-turbo/ggml-large-v3-turbo.bin