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Transcribe and translate audio offline on your personal computer. Powered by
OpenAI's [Whisper](https://github.com/openai/whisper).

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## Features

- Import audio and video files and export transcripts to TXT, SRT, and
  VTT ([Demo](https://www.loom.com/share/cf263b099ac3481082bb56d19b7c87fe))
- Transcription and translation from your computer's microphones to text (Resource-intensive and may not be
  real-time, [Demo](https://www.loom.com/share/564b753eb4d44b55b985b8abd26b55f7))
  - Presentation window for easy accessibility during events and presentations
  - [Realtime translation](https://chidiwilliams.github.io/buzz/docs/usage/translations) with OpenAI API compatible AI
- [Advanced Transcription Viewer](https://chidiwilliams.github.io/buzz/docs/usage/transcription_viewer) with search, playback controls, and speed adjustment
- **Smart Interface** with conditional visibility and state persistence
- **Professional Controls** including loop segments, follow audio, and keyboard shortcuts
- Supports [Whisper](https://github.com/openai/whisper#available-models-and-languages),
  [Whisper.cpp](https://github.com/ggerganov/whisper.cpp) (with Vulkan GPU acceleration), [Faster Whisper](https://github.com/guillaumekln/faster-whisper),
  [Whisper-compatible Hugging Face models](https://huggingface.co/models?other=whisper), and
  the [OpenAI Whisper API](https://platform.openai.com/docs/api-reference/introduction)
- [Command-Line Interface](#command-line-interface)
- Speech separation before transcription for better accuracy on noisy audio
- [Speaker identification](https://chidiwilliams.github.io/buzz/docs/usage/speaker_identification) in transcribed media
- Available on Mac, Windows, and Linux