Local STT (Parakeet / Whisper)

Unified local speech-to-text using ONNX Runtime with int8 quantization. Choose your backend:

• Parakeet (default): Best accuracy for English, correctly captures names and filler words
• Whisper: Fastest inference, supports 99 languages

Usage

# Default: Parakeet v2 (best English accuracy)
~/.openclaw/skills/local-stt/scripts/local-stt.py audio.ogg

# Explicit backend selection
~/.openclaw/skills/local-stt/scripts/local-stt.py audio.ogg -b whisper
~/.openclaw/skills/local-stt/scripts/local-stt.py audio.ogg -b parakeet -m v3