Comment by Tepix
9 months ago
Why would you give up your privacy by sending what interests you to OpenAI when whisper doesn't need that much computer in the first place?
With faster-whisper (int8, batch=8) you can transcripe 13 minutes of audio in 51 seconds on CPU.
I am a blue collar electrician. Not a coder (but definitely geeky).
Whisper works quite well on Apple Silicon with simple drag/drop install (i.e. no terminal commands). Program is free; you can get an M4 mini for ~$550; don't see how an online platform can even compete with this, except for one-off customers (i.e. not great repeat customers).
We used it to transcribe ddaayyss of audio microcassettes which my mother had made during her lifetime. Whisper.app even transcribed a few hours that are difficult to comprehend as a human listener. It is VERY fast.
I've used the text to search for timestamps worth listening to, skipping most dead-space (e.g. she made most while driving, in a stream of not-always-focused consciousness).
I came here to ask the same question. This is a well-solved problem, red queen racing it seems utterly pointless, a symptom of reflexive adversarialism.
> symptom of reflexive adversarialism
Is there a definition for this expression? I don't catch you.
> ... using corporate technology for the solved problem is a symptom of self-directed skepticism by the user against the corporate institutions ...
Eh?
Reflexively adopting an adversarial approach (trying to outwit Open AI by using sped-up audio) instead of being content with the perfectly reliable, free, and quite efficient solution that already exists.
>> ... using corporate technology for the solved problem is a symptom of self-directed skepticism by the user against the corporate institutions ...
> Eh?
I don't know who wrote that or why you pasted in response to me.