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Local speech-to-text transcription using Whisper models with ONNX Runtime. Zero-configuration, automatic GPU acceleration, and lazy model downloading.

Published
Aug 9, 2026
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Install

dotnet add package LMSupply.Transcriber --version 0.39.0
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LMSupply.Transcriber

Local speech-to-text transcription using Whisper models.

Features

  • Zero-config: Models download automatically from HuggingFace
  • GPU Acceleration: CUDA, DirectML (Windows), CoreML (macOS)
  • MIT Licensed: OpenAI Whisper models
  • 99+ Languages: Auto-detection and multilingual support

Quick Start

using LMSupply.Transcriber;

// Load the default model
await using var transcriber = await LocalTranscriber.LoadAsync("default");

// Transcribe audio
var result = await transcriber.TranscribeAsync("audio.wav");

Console.WriteLine(result.Text);
Console.WriteLine($"Language: {result.Language}");
Console.WriteLine($"Duration: {result.DurationSeconds}s");

Available Models

Alias Model Size WER Description
fast Whisper Tiny ~150MB 7.6% Ultra-fast
default Whisper Base ~290MB 5.0% Balanced
quality Whisper Small ~970MB 3.4% Higher accuracy
medium Whisper Medium ~3GB 2.9% High quality
large Whisper Large V3 ~6GB 2.5% Highest accuracy
english Whisper Base.en ~290MB 4.3% English optimized

GPU Acceleration

# NVIDIA GPU
dotnet add package Microsoft.ML.OnnxRuntime.Gpu

# Windows (AMD/Intel/NVIDIA)
dotnet add package Microsoft.ML.OnnxRuntime.DirectML

Changes from Previous Version

No structural changes between v0.38.1 and v0.39.0.

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