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		instagraham 4 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: FFmpeg 8.0 adds Whisper support Does this mean that any software which uses ffmpeg can now add a transcription option? Audacity, Chrome, OBS etc

ks2048 4 months ago [–]

If they want to support it out-of-the box, they'll still have to embed a model file (roughly 500 MB - 3GB, varying size and quality)

einpoklum 4 months ago | [–]

Can't you point ffmpeg to a model file using some preferences dialog?

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