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Local transcript and word timings with whisper.cpp
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What this guide covers
For anyone who wants an offline transcript of a recording and a time for each word, for checking a narration against its script. You end with a plain transcript and a word-timed pass. It follows the project README, was not run, and leaves subtitle export to the tool's own help.
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Guide title
Local transcript and word timings with whisper.cpp
Coverage
For anyone who wants an offline transcript of a recording and a time for each word, for checking a narration against its script. You end with a plain transcript and a word-timed pass. It follows the project README, was not run, and leaves subtitle export to the tool's own help.
Example
A not-run example converts a placeholder MP3 narration to WAV, transcribes it with a small English model, then repeats the run to get one word per line with start and end times.
Useful starting points
- The tool expects 16-bit WAV; if the input is rejected or garbled, redo the conversion first.
- The README marks word timestamps, confidence colours and speaker marks as experimental, so check them by ear.
- If memory runs out, pick a smaller model; the README lists memory use per model size.
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