This is an example of using the Parakeet model in whisper.cpp.
$ hf download danbev/parakeet parakeet-tdt-0.6b-v3.bin --local-dir models$ cmake -B build -S .
$ cmake --build build --target parakeet-cli -j 12$ ./build/bin/parakeet-cli --help
usage: ./build/bin/parakeet-cli [options] file0 file1 ...
supported audio formats: flac, mp3, ogg, wav
options:
-h, --help [default] show this help message and exit
-t N, --threads N [4 ] number of threads to use during computation
-cl N, --chunk-length N [10000 ] chunk length in milliseconds
-lc N, --left-context N [10000 ] left context in milliseconds
-rc N, --right-context N [4960 ] right context in milliseconds
-m, --model FILE [models/ggml-parakeet-tdt-0.6b-v3.bin] model path
-f, --file FILE [ ] input audio file
-ng, --no-gpu [false ] disable GPU
-dev N, --device N [0 ] GPU device to use
-fa, --flash-attn [false ] enable flash attention
-nfa, --no-flash-attn [false ] disable flash attention
-ps, --print-segments [false ] print segment information$ ./build/bin/parakeet-cli -m models/parakeet-tdt-0.6b-v3.bin -f samples/jfk.wav
Processing audio (176000 samples, 11.00 seconds)
Processing audio: total_frames=1101, chunk_size=1101
parakeet_decode: starting decode with n_frames=138
And so, my fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.To print segment information:
$ ./build/bin/parakeet-cli -m models/parakeet-tdt-0.6b-v3.bin -f samples/jfk.wav --print-segments
Processing audio (176000 samples, 11.00 seconds)
Processing audio: total_frames=1101, chunk_size=1101
parakeet_decode: starting decode with n_frames=138
And so, my fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.
Segments (1):
Segment 0: [0 -> 1101] "And so, my fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country."
Tokens [38]:
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[12] id= 583 frame= 45 dur_idx= 4 dur_val= 4 p=1.0000 plog=-24.5312 t0= 360 t1= 392 word_start=false "sk"
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[14] id= 3470 frame= 65 dur_idx= 4 dur_val= 4 p=0.9995 plog=-16.7306 t0= 520 t1= 552 word_start=true "▁what"
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[17] id= 331 frame= 76 dur_idx= 2 dur_val= 2 p=1.0000 plog=-11.6697 t0= 608 t1= 624 word_start=false "un"
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[20] id= 2059 frame= 82 dur_idx= 3 dur_val= 3 p=1.0000 plog=-17.7694 t0= 656 t1= 680 word_start=true "▁can"
[21] id= 458 frame= 85 dur_idx= 4 dur_val= 4 p=1.0000 plog=-23.2510 t0= 680 t1= 712 word_start=true "▁do"
[22] id= 509 frame= 89 dur_idx= 4 dur_val= 4 p=1.0000 plog=-23.0688 t0= 712 t1= 744 word_start=true "▁for"
[23] id= 1180 frame= 93 dur_idx= 4 dur_val= 4 p=0.9999 plog=-25.0567 t0= 744 t1= 776 word_start=true "▁you"
[24] id= 7877 frame= 98 dur_idx= 4 dur_val= 4 p=0.8820 plog=-14.2549 t0= 776 t1= 776 word_start=false ","
[25] id= 279 frame=102 dur_idx= 3 dur_val= 3 p=0.9992 plog=-16.8176 t0= 816 t1= 840 word_start=true "▁a"
[26] id= 583 frame=105 dur_idx= 4 dur_val= 4 p=1.0000 plog=-21.0352 t0= 840 t1= 872 word_start=false "sk"
[27] id= 3470 frame=109 dur_idx= 3 dur_val= 3 p=0.9999 plog=-15.4659 t0= 872 t1= 896 word_start=true "▁what"
[28] id= 1180 frame=112 dur_idx= 4 dur_val= 4 p=0.9997 plog=-17.6392 t0= 896 t1= 928 word_start=true "▁you"
[29] id= 2059 frame=116 dur_idx= 3 dur_val= 3 p=0.9999 plog=-15.5484 t0= 928 t1= 952 word_start=true "▁can"
[30] id= 458 frame=119 dur_idx= 2 dur_val= 2 p=1.0000 plog=-15.9953 t0= 952 t1= 968 word_start=true "▁do"
[31] id= 509 frame=121 dur_idx= 3 dur_val= 3 p=1.0000 plog=-15.9605 t0= 968 t1= 992 word_start=true "▁for"
[32] id= 3629 frame=124 dur_idx= 2 dur_val= 2 p=0.9994 plog=-12.2083 t0= 992 t1=1008 word_start=true "▁your"
[33] id= 867 frame=126 dur_idx= 2 dur_val= 2 p=0.9969 plog=-9.1252 t0=1008 t1=1024 word_start=true "▁co"
[34] id= 331 frame=128 dur_idx= 1 dur_val= 1 p=0.9999 plog=-12.6911 t0=1024 t1=1032 word_start=false "un"
[35] id= 958 frame=129 dur_idx= 1 dur_val= 1 p=1.0000 plog=-8.8885 t0=1032 t1=1040 word_start=false "tr"
[36] id= 7893 frame=130 dur_idx= 2 dur_val= 2 p=1.0000 plog=-14.1441 t0=1040 t1=1056 word_start=false "y"
[37] id= 7883 frame=132 dur_idx= 4 dur_val= 4 p=0.9567 plog=-11.5227 t0=1056 t1=1056 word_start=false "."Clone the original model from Hugging Face:
$ git clone https://huggingface.co/nvidia/parakeet-tdt-0.6b-v3Convert the model:
(venv) $ python models/convert-parakeet-to-ggml.py \
--model <path to cloned model> \
--use-f32 \
--out-dir models \
--out-name ggml-parakeet-tdt-0.6b-v3.bin