I can see that MacWhisper uses parakeet v2 as the model (although it allows choosing another model).

Is MacWhisper a $60 GUI for a Python script that just runs the model?

trenchpilgrim 21 hours ago | parent | next [-]

> Is MacWhisper a $60 GUI for a Python script that just runs the model?

Yes, a large genre of MacOS apps are "Native GUI wrappers around OSS scripts"

	▲	jimbokun 18 hours ago \| parent [-]
		A lot of MacOS itself is this. Which is incredibly value. The OSS script has zero value to someone who doesn't know it exists or doesn't understand how to run it.

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simonw 20 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

There's also a free version that just uses Whisper. I recommend giving it a go, it's a very well constructed GUI wrapper. I use it multiple times a week, and I've run Whisper on my machine in other less convenient ways in the past.