This project attempts to build a simple Whisper CLI with Rust, to replace the base Python one. It uses [whisper.cpp](https://github.com/ggerganov/whisper.cpp) under the hood, making it significantly faster on M1 systems.
## Installation
You can download the binary corresponding to your OS from the [latest release](https://github.com/m1guelpf/whisper-cli-rs/releases/latest), or build it from scratch with `cargo install whisper_cli`.
## Run from anywhere
Put the `whisper` binary in `/usr/local/bin` on Unix systems (Mac/Linux) & make sure it has permissions to execute (use `chmod +x whisper` in terminal.)
Close & Re-open the terminal to test it by typing `whisper --help`. It should output the following.
## Usage
```bash
$ whisper --help
Generate a transcript of an audio file using the Whisper speech-to-text engine. The transcript will be saved as a .txt, .vtt, and .srt file in the same directory as the audio file.
Usage: whisper [OPTIONS]
