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Fix: Remove invalid sample_rate argument from faster-whisper transcribe call - #2
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…be call When using the whisper engine, transcription fails immediately with: TypeError: WhisperModel.transcribe() got an unexpected keyword argument 'sample_rate' The `faster-whisper` library's `WhisperModel.transcribe()` method doesn't accept a `sample_rate` parameter - it expects audio to already be at 16kHz (which the recorder provides).
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Verified: faster-whisper's WhisperModel.transcribe() does not accept a sample_rate parameter. This is a correct fix for a blocking bug. Thanks for the contribution!
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Fix: Remove invalid sample_rate argument from faster-whisper transcribe call
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Summary
sample_ratekeyword argument fromWhisperModel.transcribe()callTypeError: WhisperModel.transcribe() got an unexpected keyword argument 'sample_rate'Problem
When using the whisper engine, transcription fails immediately with:
TypeError: WhisperModel.transcribe() got an unexpected keyword argument 'sample_rate'The
faster-whisperlibrary'sWhisperModel.transcribe()method doesn't accept asample_rateparameter - it expects audio to already be at 16kHz (which the recorder provides).Test plan
engine = "whisper"in config)