base on Buzz transcribes and translates audio offline on your personal computer. Powered by OpenAI's Whisper. [[简体中文](readme/README.zh_CN.md)] <- 点击查看中文页面。 # Buzz [Documentation](https://chidiwilliams.github.io/buzz/) Transcribe and translate audio offline on your personal computer. Powered by OpenAI's [Whisper](https://github.com/openai/whisper).  [](https://github.com/chidiwilliams/buzz/actions/workflows/ci.yml) [](https://codecov.io/github/chidiwilliams/buzz)  [](https://GitHub.com/chidiwilliams/buzz/releases/)  ## Features - Transcribe audio and video files or Youtube links - Live realtime audio transcription from microphone - Presentation window for easy accessibility during events and presentations - Speech separation before transcription for better accuracy on noisy audio - Speaker identification in transcribed media - Multiple whisper backend support - CUDA acceleration support for Nvidia GPUs - Apple Silicon support for Macs - Vulkan acceleration support for Whisper.cpp on most GPUs, including integrated GPUs - Export transcripts to TXT, SRT, and VTT - Advanced Transcription Viewer with search, playback controls, and speed adjustment - Keyboard shortcuts for efficient navigation - Watch folder for automatic transcription of new files - Command-Line Interface for scripting and automation ## Installation ### macOS Download the `.dmg` from the [SourceForge](https://sourceforge.net/projects/buzz-captions/files/). ### Windows Get the installation files from the [SourceForge](https://sourceforge.net/projects/buzz-captions/files/). App is not signed, you will get a warning when you install it. Select `More info` -> `Run anyway`. ### Linux Buzz is available as a [Flatpak](https://flathub.org/apps/io.github.chidiwilliams.Buzz) or a [Snap](https://snapcraft.io/buzz). To install flatpak, run: ```shell flatpak install flathub io.github.chidiwilliams.Buzz ``` [](https://flathub.org/en/apps/io.github.chidiwilliams.Buzz) To install snap, run: ```shell sudo apt-get install libportaudio2 libcanberra-gtk-module libcanberra-gtk3-module sudo snap install buzz ``` [](https://snapcraft.io/buzz) ### PyPI Install [ffmpeg](https://www.ffmpeg.org/download.html) Ensure you use Python 3.12 environment. Install Buzz ```shell pip install buzz-captions python -m buzz ``` **GPU support for PyPI** To have GPU support for Nvidia GPUS on Windows, for PyPI installed version ensure, CUDA support for [torch](https://pytorch.org/get-started/locally/) ``` pip3 install -U torch==2.8.0+cu129 torchaudio==2.8.0+cu129 --index-url https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cu129 pip3 install nvidia-cublas-cu12==12.9.1.4 nvidia-cuda-cupti-cu12==12.9.79 nvidia-cuda-runtime-cu12==12.9.79 --extra-index-url https://pypi.ngc.nvidia.com ``` ### Latest development version For info on how to get latest development version with latest features and bug fixes see [FAQ](https://chidiwilliams.github.io/buzz/docs/faq#9-where-can-i-get-latest-development-version). ### Screenshots <div style="display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap;"> <img alt="File import" src="https://github.com/chidiwilliams/buzz/raw/main/share/screenshots/buzz-1-import.png" style="max-width: 18%; margin-right: 1%;" /> <img alt="Main screen" src="https://github.com/chidiwilliams/buzz/raw/main/share/screenshots/buzz-2-main_screen.png" style="max-width: 18%; margin-right: 1%; height:auto;" /> <img alt="Preferences" src="https://github.com/chidiwilliams/buzz/raw/main/share/screenshots/buzz-3-preferences.png" style="max-width: 18%; margin-right: 1%; height:auto;" /> <img alt="Model preferences" src="https://github.com/chidiwilliams/buzz/raw/main/share/screenshots/buzz-3.2-model-preferences.png" style="max-width: 18%; margin-right: 1%; height:auto;" /> <img alt="Transcript" src="https://github.com/chidiwilliams/buzz/raw/main/share/screenshots/buzz-4-transcript.png" style="max-width: 18%; margin-right: 1%; height:auto;" /> <img alt="Live recording" src="https://github.com/chidiwilliams/buzz/raw/main/share/screenshots/buzz-5-live_recording.png" style="max-width: 18%; margin-right: 1%; height:auto;" /> <img alt="Resize" src="https://github.com/chidiwilliams/buzz/raw/main/share/screenshots/buzz-6-resize.png" style="max-width: 18%;" /> </div> ", Assign "at most 3 tags" to the expected json: {"id":"11274","tags":[]} "only from the tags list I provide: [{"id":77,"name":"3d"},{"id":89,"name":"agent"},{"id":17,"name":"ai"},{"id":54,"name":"algorithm"},{"id":24,"name":"api"},{"id":44,"name":"authentication"},{"id":3,"name":"aws"},{"id":27,"name":"backend"},{"id":60,"name":"benchmark"},{"id":72,"name":"best-practices"},{"id":39,"name":"bitcoin"},{"id":37,"name":"blockchain"},{"id":1,"name":"blog"},{"id":45,"name":"bundler"},{"id":58,"name":"cache"},{"id":21,"name":"chat"},{"id":49,"name":"cicd"},{"id":4,"name":"cli"},{"id":64,"name":"cloud-native"},{"id":48,"name":"cms"},{"id":61,"name":"compiler"},{"id":68,"name":"containerization"},{"id":92,"name":"crm"},{"id":34,"name":"data"},{"id":47,"name":"database"},{"id":8,"name":"declarative-gui "},{"id":9,"name":"deploy-tool"},{"id":53,"name":"desktop-app"},{"id":6,"name":"dev-exp-lib"},{"id":59,"name":"dev-tool"},{"id":13,"name":"ecommerce"},{"id":26,"name":"editor"},{"id":66,"name":"emulator"},{"id":62,"name":"filesystem"},{"id":80,"name":"finance"},{"id":15,"name":"firmware"},{"id":73,"name":"for-fun"},{"id":2,"name":"framework"},{"id":11,"name":"frontend"},{"id":22,"name":"game"},{"id":81,"name":"game-engine "},{"id":23,"name":"graphql"},{"id":84,"name":"gui"},{"id":91,"name":"http"},{"id":5,"name":"http-client"},{"id":51,"name":"iac"},{"id":30,"name":"ide"},{"id":78,"name":"iot"},{"id":40,"name":"json"},{"id":83,"name":"julian"},{"id":38,"name":"k8s"},{"id":31,"name":"language"},{"id":10,"name":"learning-resource"},{"id":33,"name":"lib"},{"id":41,"name":"linter"},{"id":28,"name":"lms"},{"id":16,"name":"logging"},{"id":76,"name":"low-code"},{"id":90,"name":"message-queue"},{"id":42,"name":"mobile-app"},{"id":18,"name":"monitoring"},{"id":36,"name":"networking"},{"id":7,"name":"node-version"},{"id":55,"name":"nosql"},{"id":57,"name":"observability"},{"id":46,"name":"orm"},{"id":52,"name":"os"},{"id":14,"name":"parser"},{"id":74,"name":"react"},{"id":82,"name":"real-time"},{"id":56,"name":"robot"},{"id":65,"name":"runtime"},{"id":32,"name":"sdk"},{"id":71,"name":"search"},{"id":63,"name":"secrets"},{"id":25,"name":"security"},{"id":85,"name":"server"},{"id":86,"name":"serverless"},{"id":70,"name":"storage"},{"id":75,"name":"system-design"},{"id":79,"name":"terminal"},{"id":29,"name":"testing"},{"id":12,"name":"ui"},{"id":50,"name":"ux"},{"id":88,"name":"video"},{"id":20,"name":"web-app"},{"id":35,"name":"web-server"},{"id":43,"name":"webassembly"},{"id":69,"name":"workflow"},{"id":87,"name":"yaml"}]" returns me the "expected json"