Setup & Installation
openclaw skills install @aktheknight/audio-transcribe
Or with the ClawHub CLI, for registry-managed skill folders outside a full OpenClaw workspace:
npx clawhub install audio-transcribe
What This Skill Does
Transcribes audio files locally using faster-whisper, a CPU-compatible Whisper implementation. No API key or internet connection is required for transcription. Clawdbot can auto-transcribe incoming voice messages when the skill is enabled.
Runs entirely on-device, so audio never leaves the machine and there are no per-request costs or usage limits.
When to use it
- Transcribing voice notes sent over messaging apps
- Converting recorded calls or meetings to text
- Archiving voice memos as searchable transcripts
- Captioning audio files for accessibility reviews
- Processing voice messages without uploading to external services
Example Workflow
Here's how your AI assistant might use this skill in practice.
INPUT
User asks: transcribe this voice message at /tmp/message.ogg
AGENT
- 1Locate the audio file at the specified path
- 2Run transcribe.py with the file path as argument
- 3faster-whisper loads the configured model (small by default)
- 4Model processes the audio locally and outputs a text transcript
OUTPUT
Plain text transcript of the audio content