Language selection

[aleksandermajos]

Hi, I just make speed tests and comparing pywhispercpp and "normal" whisper.Speedup is amazing!!Thx for that:)
One simple question: on python whisper during initialization I can choose language
def init(self,size='small', lang='german'):

How I can choose the language on initialize stage?
If I choose german all I say in any language not only transcribe but also translate to target language.
Buy default it is english.I already know I need to use multilanguage model.

Any answer will be great :)

[abdeladim-s]

Hi @aleksandermajos,
You are welcome, 'Glad you found pywhispercpp useful :)

If I understand your question correctly, you are asking about how to change the language during initialization ?
You can change it as follows:

from pywhispercpp.model import Model

model = Model('large', language="de") # I think "de" for german in your case 
segments = model.transcribe('file.mp3')
for segment in segments:
    print(segment.text)

This will output the segments in the target language, and you need of course to use the large model.
Let me know if that answers your question ?

[aleksandermajos]

Superb!
Thx for quick response!
Working like a charm!
:))

[abdeladim-s]

You are welcome @aleksandermajos :)

[Mabenan]

I use the commandline with --language de
The audio is also german but the result srt is in english correctly translated.

Do i need to deactivate translation?

[abdeladim-s]

@Mabenan, Does it work if you deactivate the translation: --translate false ?