What is SoftWhisper?

SoftWhisper simplifies audio and video transcription using the powerful Whisper model. You can easily select custom models, languages, and tasks, fine-tune transcription with beam size adjustment, and specify start and end times for targeted segments.

Features

🎯 High-accuracy transcription (using Whisper model)<br> 👥 Speaker identification<br> 🌍 Supports all languages supported by the Whisper model (+30)<br> 🎮 User-friendly GUI interface<br>

Usage

1. Run SoftWhisper.bat: .\SoftWhisper.bat When the GUI launches, follow these steps for transcription (screenshot credits: Sunwood-ai-labs):

2. Select an audio/video file.
3. Choose a model size (tiny, base, small, medium, large).
4. Enable speaker diarization if needed.
5. Click the "Start" button.

Common issues and how to solve them

1. libvlc.dll not found error

   • Please check if VLC Media Player is installed. Please download it here: https://www.videolan.org/
   • Restart the program after installation

2. FFmpeg or corresponding library not found

   • Ensure FFmpeg is properly installed and added to PATH. Here is one example it can be downloaded from: https://github.com/BtbN/FFmpeg-Builds/releases