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README.md

[简体中文] <- 点击查看中文页面。

Buzz

Documentation

Transcribe and translate audio offline on your personal computer. Powered by OpenAI's Whisper.

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.

Windows

Get the installation files from the SourceForge.

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 or a Snap.

To install flatpak, run:

flatpak install flathub io.github.chidiwilliams.Buzz

To install snap, run:

sudo apt-get install libportaudio2 libcanberra-gtk-module libcanberra-gtk3-module
sudo snap install buzz

PyPI

Install ffmpeg

Ensure you use Python 3.12 environment.

Install Buzz

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

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.

Support Buzz

You can help the Buzz by starring 🌟 the repo and sharing it with your friends.