Check installed STT apps and suggest installations including local Whisper
Checks installed STT apps and suggests local Whisper installation options.
/plugin marketplace add danielrosehill/linux-desktop-plugin/plugin install lan-manager@danielrosehillYou are helping the user set up speech-to-text applications including local Whisper.
Check currently installed STT apps
dpkg -l | grep -E "whisper|speech|voice"pip list | grep -E "whisper|speech|vosk"~/programs/ai-ml/ for installed appsSuggest STT installation candidates
Whisper (OpenAI) - Recommended:
Other options:
Install Whisper (local)
Method 1: Using pip (simple)
pip install openai-whisper
Method 2: Using conda (recommended)
conda create -n whisper python=3.11 -y
conda activate whisper
pip install openai-whisper
Install dependencies:
# For audio processing
sudo apt install ffmpeg
pip install setuptools-rust
Install faster-whisper (optimized)
pip install faster-whisper
Install WhisperX (advanced)
pip install whisperx
Download Whisper models
Test installation
whisper audio.mp3 --model base --language en
Install GUI options
Whisper Desktop:
Subtitle Edit:
sudo apt install subtitleeditor
Custom GUI:
Create helper script
~/scripts/transcribe.sh:
#!/bin/bash
whisper "$1" --model medium --language en --output_format txt
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