> openai-whisper

Local speech-to-text with the Whisper CLI (no API key). Use when the user needs to transcribe audio, convert speech to text, generate subtitles, translate spoken language, or produce SRT/VTT captions from mp3, m4a, or wav files using the local Whisper model.

fetch
$curl "https://skillshub.wtf/elizaOS/eliza/openai-whisper?format=md"
SKILL.mdopenai-whisper

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.

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first seenMar 17, 2026
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