beyondcode / writeout.ai

Transcribe and translate your audio files - for free

writeout.ai

Transcribe and translate audio files using OpenAI's Whisper API.

Demo

How it works

Writeout uses the recently released OpenAI Whisper API to transcribe audio files. You can upload any audio file, and the application will send it through the OpenAI Whisper API using Laravel's queued jobs. Translation makes use of the new OpenAI Chat API and chunks the generated VTT file into smaller parts to fit them into the prompt context limit.

Running Locally

Clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/beyondcode/writeout.ai

Create an OpenAI account and link your API key.

1. Sign up at OpenAI to create a free account (you'll get $8 credits)
2. Click on the "User" / "API Keys" menu item and create a new API key
3. Configure the OPENAI_API_KEY environment variable in your .env file

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writeout.ai's Issues

Translation issues

1. Translations could have a line saying that "This is translated using DeepL" blahblahblah
2. VTT timestamp is often messed up after translation, e.g. timestamp is goes after a line instead of being on a new line.
3. Translation just doesn't work: I uploaded Chinese audio and got my transcript. I clicked on "change to English" when the transcript is ready. After a while, the transcript is still in Chinese. But the web page says the translation has bene done.

About the 25MB size limit

About the 25MB size limit: I struggled to set up this project for a long time, only to find out that there was a size limit of 25MB when I ran it myself. So why didn't I just call the official API? I thought your project would automatically split and upload the audio, and then merge the results (to get the best performance, we suggest that you avoid breaking the audio up mid-sentence as this may cause some context to be lost). But the result was disappointing. I had to handle the process myself.

Incomplete local installation instructions

So I cloned this repository, copied .env.example into .env, added in my OpenAI Key and then ...

 yarn install
 yarn run dev

But launching the web browser on localhost port 5173 does not result in an application, just a generic Laravel window.

Can you share how to configure writeout.ai to run locally.

Free?

Thought you said it was free jackass.

[question][license] What is the license to use the code

Hello,

Thank you for this code and for your efforts.

What is the license for code usage?

How to install this? Can you provide a tutorial?

How to install this? Can you provide a tutorial?

InvalidArgumentException PHP 8.1.13 9.52.4 Missing required client configuration options: region: (string) A "region" configuration value is required for the "s3" service (e.g., "us-west-2").

Runtime error, can the official provide a detailed solution? Cannot use it, very regretful.

what languages do you support?

I have a Russian audio.

Traductor

So where do I get my transcription money back

So yeah, that 25mb upload is a nonstarter and it doesn't mention that limitation anywhere on the site before having to purchase a transcription. I'm willing to buy transcriptions, but I need them to be usable.

Writeout

Server 500 with no extra info

@mpociot

Sorry I appear to be making your website crash with a 500 error and no further information.

I'm attempting to send a 24.5meg file for translation but it crashes out with no error logs.

I'm more than happy to pass on extra information/the file if you need any for debuging. Apologies if it caused any issues for yourself.