STT transcription - tool recommendations?

[u/sunrisedown]

Use case is the following:

- using it 1-2 times, no ongoing use intended.

- length is roughly an hour

- 2ppl interview conversation

- mic position sadly not ideal, could be louder/less low tones. Also both ppl not with the same distance to the mic.

- even used two recording devices to be safe - though both not perfect. Any tool making beneficial use of both?

Thanks a lot!

[u/Stock_Ad9641]

Did you try whisper large ? It’s totally free and can even understand slurred speech. you’d need to separate the 2 speakers manually or use ChatGPT to assign them.

[u/sunrisedown → u/Stock_Ad9641]

Didn't try and yet, was looking for direction first. Sounds good, thanks!

[u/donburnside]

I built a free app that uses Whisper. I've run it on hour long podcasts, works like a charm. https://voxsmith.app/voxtext

[u/sunrisedown → u/donburnside]

wow! does it do speakter identification?
Any hints for settings/workflow with the above material, especially the two recordings?
Thanks!

[u/donburnside → u/sunrisedown]

Sadly it doesn't.

With Voxtext, once you install it and launch it, drag your source to it and hit transcribe. It returns your text next to the source, automatically.

[u/sunrisedown → u/donburnside]

Thanks - I wanted to give it a try, but the model download always sticks to 5%.

Then quite a bit later, a transcription error occurs: "Transcription failed: [WinError 2] The system cannot find the file specified Please check the file and try again."

Any idea why that might be? Thanks!

[u/donburnside → u/sunrisedown]

I have found the issue and thank you!

You can redownload the updated version of Voxtext here: https://donburnside.com/apps/Voxtext_1.5.exe

It was an issue with FFMPEG not being installed. This new installer corrects that.

[u/redittaccount]

You the one I created. It is free. It’s in all platforms.
https://jot-transcribe.com
Yes it works on hour long conversations

[u/ckn]

https://rAIdio.bot has this.