README.md

Whsiper-WebUI

A Gradio-based browser interface for Whisper. You can use it as an Easy Subtitle Generator!

Feature

• Generate subtitles from various sources, including :
  • Files
  • Youtube
  • Microphone
• Currently supported subtitle formats :
  • SRT
  • WebVTT
• Speech to Text Translation
  • From other languages to English.

Installation and Running

Prerequisite

To run Whisper, you need to have python version 3.8 to 3.10 and FFmpeg.

Please follow the links below to install the necessary software:

• python : https://www.python.org/downloads/
• FFmpeg : https://ffmpeg.org/download.html

After installing FFmpeg, make sure to add the FFmpeg/bin folder to your system PATH!

Automatic Installation

If you have satisfied the prerequisites listed above, you are now ready to start Whisper-WebUI.

1. Run Install.bat from Windows Explorer as a regular, non-administrator user.
2. After installation, run the start-webui.bat. (It will automatically download the model if it is not already installed.)
3. Open your web browser and go to http://localhost:7860

Available models

The WebUI uses the Open AI Whisper model

Size	Parameters	English-only model	Multilingual model	Required VRAM	Relative speed
tiny	39 M	tiny.en	tiny	~1 GB	~32x
base	74 M	base.en	base	~1 GB	~16x
small	244 M	small.en	small	~2 GB	~6x
medium	769 M	medium.en	medium	~5 GB	~2x
large	1550 M	N/A	large	~10 GB	1x

.en models are for English only, and the cool thing is that you can use the Translate to English option from the "large" models!

Support

If you found this project useful, kindly consider supporting it.