Releases: BBC-Esq/Faster-Whisper-Transcriber
Releases · BBC-Esq/Faster-Whisper-Transcriber
5.3 - Whisper Turbo Added
Added the Whisper Large v3 Turbo model. It's faster than the non-turbo model but about the same as the "distilled" v3 model. That said, the distilled model and turbo model are very similar.
v5.1.0 - Translation Support
Should be able to translate now. Only works with certain Whisper models. Let me know if it doesn't work for some reason.
v5.0.0 - New and Improved
Added new features and overall made it more robust.
v4.1.0 - I Hate Pyinstaller
Patch Notes
This section tracks minor updates following the 4.0.0 release.
The full release notes for v4.0.0 are provided below for reference.
Version Changes 4.1.0 Fix circular imports and pyinstallerissues.
v4.0.0 Release Notes
- Added support for both Python 3.11 and 3.12.
- Add a separate widget to actually see what's copied to the system clipboard.
- Updated all dependencies.
v4.0.0 - new and improved
Improvements
- Added support for both Python 3.11 and 3.12.
- Add a separate widget to actually see what's copied to the system clipboard.
- Updated all dependencies.
v3.3.0 - good stuff
Improved thread handling and a host of other improvements as well.
v3.2.1 - distil whisper dude!
See notes for v3.2.0
v3.2.0 - distil-whisper in da house
Added "distil" variants of the Whisper models for increased speed and efficiency.
Added multithreading so the GUI should no longer freeze when transcribing nor when simply downloading a model.
Full Changelog: v3.1.1...v3.2.0
v3.1.1 - faster-whisper-transcriber
Patch release to make setting cuda-related paths more robust.
v3.1.0 - faster installation
Improvements
- Modified
setup.pyto utilize the powerfuluvpackage to speedup installation by approximately 2-4x. - Removed all
Ctranslate2quantization options exceptfloat32,bfloat16, andfloat16. Nobody really used them... - Upgraded certain library versions.