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repo: "https://github.com/SYSTRAN/faster-whisper"
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# faster-whisper

**What:** Whisper transcription, faster, via CTranslate2.

**Why:** Talk to it and hear it answer, offline.

**Category:** Voice: speech-to-text & TTS · **Stack layer:** tools

## Status

Catalog entry. Existence and repo metadata checked 2026-10-15 via the GitHub API. Install commands below are auto-extracted from the README and have NOT been executed or verified. Read the README before running anything; prefer a sandbox or venv.

## Install (unverified)

1. [any] source: README (auto-extracted); status: unverified, not executed

```bash
pip install nvidia-cublas-cu12 nvidia-cudnn-cu12==9.*
```

2. [any] source: README (auto-extracted); status: unverified, not executed

```bash
pip install faster-whisper
```

3. [any] source: README (auto-extracted); status: unverified, not executed

```bash
pip install --force-reinstall "faster-whisper @ https://github.com/SYSTRAN/faster-whisper/archive/refs/heads/master.tar.gz"
```

4. [any] source: README (auto-extracted); status: unverified, not executed

```bash
pip install --force-reinstall "faster-whisper @ https://github.com/SYSTRAN/faster-whisper/archive/a4f1cc8f11433e454c3934442b5e1a4ed5e865c3.tar.gz"
```

## Verify

No verified check yet. Minimum: the install command exits 0 and the tool's own help/version flag runs (exact flag: see README).

## Rollback (unverified)

1. source: derived inverse of install command

```bash
pip uninstall -y nvidia-cublas-cu12
```

2. source: derived inverse of install command

```bash
pip uninstall -y faster-whisper
```

## Links

- Repo: https://github.com/SYSTRAN/faster-whisper
- README: https://github.com/SYSTRAN/faster-whisper#readme