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Local speech-to-text with the Whisper CLI (no API key).

eggent-ai By eggent-ai schedule Updated 2/25/2026

name: openai-whisper description: Local speech-to-text with the Whisper CLI (no API key). homepage: https://openai.com/research/whisper metadata: { "eggent": { "emoji": "🎙️", "requires": { "bins": ["whisper"] }, "install": [ { "id": "brew", "kind": "brew", "formula": "openai-whisper", "bins": ["whisper"], "label": "Install OpenAI Whisper (brew)", }, ], },

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Whisper (CLI)

Use whisper to transcribe audio locally.

Quick start

  • whisper /path/audio.mp3 --model medium --output_format txt --output_dir .
  • whisper /path/audio.m4a --task translate --output_format srt

Notes

  • Models download to ~/.cache/whisper on first run.
  • --model defaults to turbo on this install.
  • Use smaller models for speed, larger for accuracy.
Install via CLI
npx skills add https://github.com/eggent-ai/eggent --skill openai-whisper
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