Faster Whisper Transcription

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Transcribes local voice messages to text using Faster Whisper models for fast, privacy-focused speech recognition on audio files.

Install

openclaw skills install faster-whisper-transcribe

Voice Transcription Skill

Transcribes voice messages using Faster Whisper (local, privacy-first).

Requirements

pip3 install --break-system-packages faster-whisper

Usage

# Transcribe a voice file
voice-transcribe /path/to/audio.ogg

# Or use with media path
voice-transcribe ~/.openclaw/media/inbound/file_xxx.ogg

Models

  • tiny - Fastest, lowest accuracy (default)
  • base - Balanced
  • small - Better accuracy
  • medium - High accuracy (requires more RAM)

Output

Returns transcribed text from voice messages.