MEMengerSponge·Jul 4, 2024
I've had good luck with Buzz:
https://github.com/chidiwilliams/buzz
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buzz
Buzz transcribes and translates audio offline on your personal computer. Powered by OpenAI's Whisper.
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What it is
Buzz transcribes and translates audio offline on your personal computer. Powered by OpenAI's Whisper.
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| Sep 2022 | 2022-09-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2022-10-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Oct 2022 | 2022-10-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2022-11-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Nov 2022 | 2022-11-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2022-12-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 2022 | 2022-12-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jan 2023 | 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2023-02-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Feb 2023 | 2023-02-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2023-03-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Mar 2023 | 2023-03-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2023-04-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 2023 | 2023-04-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2023-05-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| May 2023 | 2023-05-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2023-06-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jun 2023 | 2023-06-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2023-07-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jul 2023 | 2023-07-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2023-08-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Aug 2023 | 2023-08-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2023-09-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 2023 | 2023-09-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2023-10-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 2023 | 2023-10-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2023-11-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 2023 | 2023-11-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2023-12-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 2023 | 2023-12-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jan 2024 | 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2024-02-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Feb 2024 | 2024-02-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2024-03-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 2024 | 2024-03-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2024-04-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 1 | 0 |
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| Jun 2024 | 2024-06-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2024-07-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jul 2024 | 2024-07-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2024-08-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
What Hacker News says
11 sourcesBuzz: Transcribe and translate audio offline on your personal computer
1 points · Open discussionhttps://github.com/chidiwilliams/buzz
Brew install buzz
Its great
In MacWhisper: Transcribe audio files on your MacEven if you are not into coding there are many good AI tools that run local. Two very easy examples:
I've had great fun with the "
Easiest 1-click way to install and use Stable Diffusion on your computer."
https://github.com/easydiffusion/easydiffusion
And while Whisper is OpenAI, it is trivial to use locally and extremely usefull
https://github.com/chidiwilliams/buzz
In PdfGptIndexer: Indexing and searching PDF text data using GPT-2 and FAISSWhat utilities related to Whisper do you wish existed? What have you had to build yourself?
On the end user application side, I wish there was something that let me pick a podcast of my choosing, get it fully transcribed, and get an embeddings search plus answer q&a on top of that podcast or set of chosen podcasts. I've seen ones for specific podcasts, but I'd like one where I can choose the podcast. (Probably won't build it)
Also on the end user side, I wish there was an Otter alternative (still paid $30/mo, but unlimited minutes per month) that had longer transcription limits. (Started building this, not much interest from users though)
Things I've seen on the dev tool side:
Gladia (API call version of Whisper)
Whisper.cpp
Whisper webservice (https://github.com/ahmetoner/whisper-asr-webservice) - via this thread
Live microphone demo (no
Read the rest
t real time, it still does it in chunks) https://github.com/mallorbc/whisper_mic
Streamlit UI https://github.com/hayabhay/whisper-ui
Whisper playground https://github.com/saharmor/whisper-playground
Real time whisper https://github.com/shirayu/whispering
Whisper as a service https://github.com/schibsted/WAAS
Improved timestamps and speaker identification https://github.com/m-bain/whisperX
MacWhisper https://goodsnooze.gumroad.com/l/macwhisper
Crossplatform desktop Whisper that supports semi-realtime https://github.com/chidiwilliams/buzz
There are some open source projects now using Whisper from OpenAI to transcribe close to realtime, such as Buzz (https://github.com/chidiwilliams/buzz)
In The Cornell Note Taking SystemBuzz: Transcribe audio from your microphones in real-time using OpenAI's Whisper
79 points · Open discussionFor PCs there is the buzz application https://github.com/chidiwilliams/buzz/tree/main.
In Show HN: Record voice memo, receive transcription in emailShow HN: I made a GUI for OpenAI's Whisper
6 points · Open discussion