whiscribe 0.3.0

Cross-platform PyQt6 app for audio/video transcription using Whisper.

Whiscribe

A cross-platform PyQt6 desktop app that:

• On startup checks a model directory for a Whisper model and downloads if missing (default: medium)
• Lets users upload audio/video or record audio
• Transcribes audio into text
• Lets users copy or export TXT/PDF/DOCX

Install/run for development

python -m venv .venv
source .venv/bin/activate  # Windows: .\.venv\Scripts\Activate.ps1
pip install -U pip
pip install -e .
whiscribe

Install/run for users (pipx)

This avoids packaging huge ML deps into an installer. Dependencies are installed at install time.

pip install -U pipx
pipx ensurepath
pipx install .
whiscribe

Notes on dependencies

• Whisper depends on PyTorch; pip will install the appropriate wheels where available.
• Video input uses imageio-ffmpeg which provides an ffmpeg binary in most environments.

Optional: pin/override torch

If you want explicit torch control, install torch first and then install whiscribe.