Technical requirements
As presented in this chapter, you only need a Google account and internet access to run the Whisper AI code in Google Colaboratory. No paid subscription is required to use the free Colab and the GPU version. Those familiar with Python can run this code example in their environment instead of using Colab.
We are using Colab in this chapter as it allows for quick setup and running of the code without installing Python or Whisper locally. The code in this chapter uses the small Whisper model, which works well for testing purposes. In later chapters, we will complete the Whisper installation to utilize more advanced ASR models and techniques.
The code examples from this chapter can be found on GitHub at https://github.com/PacktPublishing/Learn-OpenAI-Whisper/tree/main/Chapter01.
