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Speech & Transcription @araa47 Updated 2/26/2026

🎙️ Local Whisper OpenClaw Skill - ClawHub

Do you want your AI agent to automate Local Whisper workflows? This free skill from ClawHub helps with speech & transcription tasks without building custom tools from scratch.

What this skill does

Local speech-to-text using OpenAI Whisper. Runs fully offline after model download. High quality transcription with multiple model sizes.

Install

npx clawhub@latest install local-whisper

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local-whisperLocal speech-to-text using OpenAI Whisper. Runs fully offline after model download. High quality transcription with multiple model sizes.

Local Whisper STT

Local speech-to-text using OpenAI's Whisper. Fully offline after initial model download.

Usage

# Basic
~/.clawdbot/skills/local-whisper/scripts/local-whisper audio.wav

# Better model
~/.clawdbot/skills/local-whisper/scripts/local-whisper audio.wav --model turbo

# With timestamps
~/.clawdbot/skills/local-whisper/scripts/local-whisper audio.wav --timestamps --json

Models

Model Size Notes
tiny 39M Fastest
base 74M Default
small 244M Good balance
turbo 809M Best speed/quality
large-v3 1.5GB Maximum accuracy

Options

  • --model/-m — Model size (default: base)
  • --language/-l — Language code (auto-detect if omitted)
  • --timestamps/-t — Include word timestamps
  • --json/-j — JSON output
  • --quiet/-q — Suppress progress

Setup

Uses uv-managed venv at .venv/. To reinstall:

cd ~/.clawdbot/skills/local-whisper
uv venv .venv --python 3.12
uv pip install --python .venv/bin/python click openai-whisper torch --index-url https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cpu
Original URL: https://github.com/openclaw/skills/blob/main/skills/araa47/local-whisper

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