faster-whisper

Installation
SKILL.md

Faster Whisper Transcription Skill

Fast speech-to-text powered by faster-whisper (CTranslate2 implementation of OpenAI Whisper).

Zero configuration - run.py handles everything automatically!

When to Use This Skill

Trigger when user:

  • Wants to transcribe audio/video files to text
  • Mentions "transcribe", "speech to text", "convert audio to text"
  • Has audio files (MP3, WAV, MP4, M4A, etc.) needing transcription
  • Needs subtitles/captions for videos
  • Wants to extract speech from recordings
  • Asks about "whisper", "speech recognition", "audio transcription"
  • Needs timestamps in transcription output
  • Wants to transcribe specific languages (Chinese, English, etc.)

Core Capabilities

Installs
2
First Seen
Mar 1, 2026