Node.js bindings for OpenAI's Whisper model.
- Automatically convert the audio to WAV format with a 16000 Hz frequency to support the whisper model.
- Output transcripts to (.txt .srt .vtt)
- Optimized for CPU (Including Apple Silicon ARM)
- Timestamp precision to single word
- Split on word rather than on token (Optional)
- Translate from source language to english (Optional)
- Convert audio formet to wav to support whisper model
- Install make tools
sudo apt update
sudo apt install build-essential
- Install nodejs-whisper with npm
npm i nodejs-whisper
- Download whisper model
npx nodejs-whisper download
- NOTE: user may need to install make tool
import path from 'path'
import { nodewhisper } from 'nodejs-whisper'
// Need to provide exact path to your audio file.
const filePath = path.resolve(__dirname, 'YourAudioFileName')
await nodewhisper(filePath, {
modelName: 'base.en', //Downloaded models name
autoDownloadModelName: 'base.en', // (optional) autodownload a model if model is not present
verbose?: boolean
removeWavFileAfterTranscription?: boolean
withCuda?: boolean // (optional) use cuda for faster processing
whisperOptions: {
outputInText: false, // get output result in txt file
outputInVtt: false, // get output result in vtt file
outputInSrt: true, // get output result in srt file
outputInCsv: false, // get output result in csv file
translateToEnglish: false, //translate from source language to english
wordTimestamps: false, // Word-level timestamps
timestamps_length: 20, // amount of dialogue per timestamp pair
splitOnWord: true, //split on word rather than on token
},
})
// Model list
const MODELS_LIST = [
'tiny',
'tiny.en',
'base',
'base.en',
'small',
'small.en',
'medium',
'medium.en',
'large-v1',
'large',
]
interface IOptions {
modelName: string
verbose?: boolean
removeWavFileAfterTranscription?: boolean
withCuda?: boolean
autoDownloadModelName?: string
whisperOptions?: WhisperOptions
}
interface WhisperOptions {
outputInText?: boolean
outputInVtt?: boolean
outputInSrt?: boolean
outputInCsv?: boolean
translateToEnglish?: boolean
timestamps_length?: number
wordTimestamps?: boolean
splitOnWord?: boolean
}
Clone the project
git clone https://github.com/ChetanXpro/nodejs-whisper
Go to the project directory
cd nodejs-whisper
Install dependencies
npm install
Start the server
npm run dev
Build Project
npm run build
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