Metadata-Version: 2.1
Name: whisper-ctranslate2
Version: 0.0.1
Summary: Whisper command line client that uses CTranslate2
Home-page: https://github.com/jordimas/whisper-ctranslate2
Author: Jordi Mas
Author-email: jmas@softcatala.org
License: MIT
Platform: UNKNOWN
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.6
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11
Description-Content-Type: text/markdown
License-File: LICENSE

# Introduction

Whisper command line client compatible with original [OpenAI client](https://github.com/openai/whisper) based on CTranslate2.

It uses [CTranslate2](https://github.com/OpenNMT/CTranslate2/) and [Faster-whisper](https://github.com/guillaumekln/faster-whisper) Whisper implementation that is up to 4 times faster than openai/whisper for the same accuracy while using less memory.  

Goals of the project:
* Provide an easy way to use the CTranslate2 Whisper implementation
* Easy the migration for people using OpenAI Whisper CLI

# Installation

You need to install this dependency first:

    pip install git+https://github.com/guillaumekln/faster-whisper

And then, just type:

    pip install -U whisper-ctranslate2

Alternatively, the following command will pull and install the latest commit from this repository, along with its Python dependencies:

    pip install https://github.com/jordimas/whisper-ctranslate2


