ssl.SSLCertVerificationError: [SSL: CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED] certificate verify failed: unable to get local issuer certificate about stable-ts

[jianfch]

the script does not modify whisper.load_model() so it is not an issue with the script
check this discussion to see if it helps
if not, you can manually download the base model (or whatever model you want to run):

import whisper
base_model_link = whisper._MODELS['base']
print(base_model_link)

after you download it and get its path to load it manually:

import torch
import whisper
with open(model_path, "rb") as fp:
    checkpoint = torch.load(fp, map_location='cpu')

dims = whisper.model.ModelDimensions(**checkpoint["dims"])
model = whisper.model.Whisper(dims)
model.load_state_dict(checkpoint["model_state_dict"])
# then use the model as you would with/without modify_model()

[danthegoodman1]

works, thanks!