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mlx-whisper

@openclaw/mlx-whisper
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Local speech-to-text with MLX Whisper (Apple Silicon optimized, no API key).

Installation

$npx agent-skills-cli install @openclaw/mlx-whisper
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Details

Repositoryopenclaw/skills
Pathskills/kevin37li/mlx-whisper/SKILL.md
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Scoped Name@openclaw/mlx-whisper

Usage

After installing, this skill will be available to your AI coding assistant.

Verify installation:

npx agent-skills-cli list

Skill Instructions


name: mlx-whisper version: 1.0.0 description: Local speech-to-text with MLX Whisper (Apple Silicon optimized, no API key). homepage: https://github.com/ml-explore/mlx-examples/tree/main/whisper metadata: {"clawdbot":{"emoji":"🍎","requires":{"bins":["mlx_whisper"]},"install":[{"id":"pip","kind":"pip","package":"mlx-whisper","bins":["mlx_whisper"],"label":"Install mlx-whisper (pip)"}]}}

MLX Whisper

Local speech-to-text using Apple MLX, optimized for Apple Silicon Macs.

Quick Start

mlx_whisper /path/to/audio.mp3 --model mlx-community/whisper-large-v3-turbo

Common Usage

# Transcribe to text file
mlx_whisper audio.m4a -f txt -o ./output

# Transcribe with language hint
mlx_whisper audio.mp3 --language en --model mlx-community/whisper-large-v3-turbo

# Generate subtitles (SRT)
mlx_whisper video.mp4 -f srt -o ./subs

# Translate to English
mlx_whisper foreign.mp3 --task translate

Models (download on first use)

ModelSizeSpeedQuality
mlx-community/whisper-tiny~75MBFastestBasic
mlx-community/whisper-base~140MBFastGood
mlx-community/whisper-small~470MBMediumBetter
mlx-community/whisper-medium~1.5GBSlowerGreat
mlx-community/whisper-large-v3~3GBSlowestBest
mlx-community/whisper-large-v3-turbo~1.6GBFastExcellent (Recommended)

Notes

  • Requires Apple Silicon Mac (M1/M2/M3/M4)
  • Models cache to ~/.cache/huggingface/
  • Default model is mlx-community/whisper-tiny; use --model mlx-community/whisper-large-v3-turbo for best results