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 "id": "mozilla-ai-llamafile--transcribe-audio-locally-with-whisperfile",
 "repo": "mozilla-ai/llamafile",
 "repo_url": "https://github.com/mozilla-ai/llamafile",
 "repo_slug": "mozilla-ai-llamafile",
 "title": "Transcribe audio locally with whisperfile",
 "page_title": "How to transcribe audio locally with whisperfile with Llamafile",
 "summary": "Use whisperfile, the single-file speech-to-text tool bundled with Llamafile, to transcribe recordings offline.",
 "who": "A journalist or student who needs transcripts of interviews without uploading audio.",
 "problem": "Cloud transcription means sending private recordings to a third party, and local Whisper setups are fiddly.",
 "outcome": "Text transcripts produced on your own machine from one executable.",
 "steps": [
  "Open the Whisperfile docs linked from the README",
  "Download a whisperfile as described there",
  "Run it on a recording and save the transcript",
  "Compare a short clip first to check accuracy for your accent and audio quality"
 ],
 "agent_prompt": "Following the mozilla-ai/llamafile whisperfile docs, set up whisperfile and transcribe <audio file> locally. Save the transcript as <name>.txt and note any sections that came out unclear.",
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 "difficulty": "Beginner",
 "time": "20 minutes",
 "basis": "readme",
 "caveat": "Version 0.10 uses a new build system and may lack some features from older releases; older versions stay on the releases page.",
 "category": "Software and DevOps",
 "tags": [
  "Software and DevOps"
 ],
 "lang": "c++",
 "requirements": [
  "macOS, Linux, BSD or Windows on most CPU architectures",
  "Disk space and RAM for the model you download",
  "On Windows, only executables under 4GB run directly"
 ],
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 "score": 0.8,
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