openai-whisper▌
steipete/clawdis · updated Apr 8, 2026
Local speech-to-text transcription using OpenAI's Whisper CLI without API keys.
- ›Transcribes audio files (MP3, M4A, and other formats) directly on your machine with no external API calls required
- ›Supports multiple model sizes (tiny, base, small, medium, large, turbo) with automatic caching to ~/.cache/whisper on first run
- ›Offers transcription and translation tasks with configurable output formats (TXT, SRT, JSON, VTT)
- ›Requires only the whisper CLI binary, installable via Homebrew o
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4.4★★★★★56 reviews- ★★★★★Pratham Ware· Dec 28, 2024
Keeps context tight: openai-whisper is the kind of skill you can hand to a new teammate without a long onboarding doc.
- ★★★★★Isabella Abebe· Dec 28, 2024
I recommend openai-whisper for anyone iterating fast on agent tooling; clear intent and a small, reviewable surface area.
- ★★★★★Yusuf Anderson· Dec 28, 2024
Registry listing for openai-whisper matched our evaluation — installs cleanly and behaves as described in the markdown.
- ★★★★★Zara Desai· Dec 24, 2024
openai-whisper reduced setup friction for our internal harness; good balance of opinion and flexibility.
- ★★★★★Olivia Johnson· Dec 16, 2024
Useful defaults in openai-whisper — fewer surprises than typical one-off scripts, and it plays nicely with `npx skills` flows.
- ★★★★★Evelyn Kim· Dec 4, 2024
We added openai-whisper from the explainx registry; install was straightforward and the SKILL.md answered most questions upfront.
- ★★★★★Mei Ramirez· Dec 4, 2024
openai-whisper is among the better-maintained entries we tried; worth keeping pinned for repeat workflows.
- ★★★★★Olivia Smith· Nov 23, 2024
openai-whisper reduced setup friction for our internal harness; good balance of opinion and flexibility.
- ★★★★★Yusuf Taylor· Nov 23, 2024
Solid pick for teams standardizing on skills: openai-whisper is focused, and the summary matches what you get after install.
- ★★★★★Yash Thakker· Nov 19, 2024
openai-whisper has been reliable in day-to-day use. Documentation quality is above average for community skills.
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