Random Script: transcribe.sh 0 ▲ ((lambda (x) (create x)) '(knowledge)) 1 hour ago · Tech · hide · 0 comments I'm finding that I sometimes don't have time to take notes when I need to, but I often times can record audio. Maybe it's just a random thought I need to capture, or a full conversation crafting a complex system, it doesn't really matter what but if I'm not actively taking notes I'm forgetting things. Fortunately there are always solutions, and automatic speech recognition has gotten stupidly good recently. While I might not love OpenAI their whisper ASR is absurdly good and lightweight. So much so that I can just throw it on any old random box I happen to have at hand. I've technically been able to do that for a while, I could have paid for some type of software subscription prior to the creation of whisper, but I wouldn't have. I don't like the idea of private audio being fed into someone else's system to be processed. In my mind this is a net win on the privacy front, unlocking a useful workflow without trading away my privacy in the process. And it's stupidly easy to setup.… No comments yet. Log in to reply on the Fediverse. Comments will appear here.