Technical requirements
To harness the capabilities of OpenAI’s Whisper for advanced applications, this chapter leverages Python and Google Colab for ease of use and accessibility. The Python environment setup includes the Whisper library for transcription tasks.
Key requirements:
- Google Colab notebooks: The notebooks are set to run our Python code with the minimum required memory and capacity. If the T4 GPU runtime type is available, select it for better performance.
- Python environment: Each notebook contains directives to load the required Python libraries, including Whisper and Gradio.
- Hugging Face account: Some notebooks require a Hugging Face account and login API key. The Colab notebooks include information about this topic.
- Microphone and speakers: Some notebooks implement a Gradio app with voice recording and audio playback. A microphone and speakers connected to your computer might help you experience the interactive voice features. Another option...