Deploy selfhosted voice to text service

About this Video

• Video Title: Deploy self-hosted voice-to-text service
• Channel: DCTekkie
• Speakers: One (the video creator)
• Duration: 00:09:06

Introduction

This video demonstrates how to deploy a self-hosted voice-to-text service using OpenAI's Whisper model. The tutorial focuses on creating a local, transcription service, even on older hardware, and includes setting up both the AI service and a web frontend.

Key Takeaways

• The service uses OpenAI's Whisper model, allowing for local transcription.
• It's designed for self-hosting, even on older hardware (though a GPU is preferable for faster processing). The creator tested it on a decade-old Nvidia 60 with 6GB VRAM.
• The system is split into two parts: the main AI service and a web frontend.
• The code is available on the creator's GitHub repository, linked in the video description.
• The video provides a step-by-step guide to setting up the service, including installing dependencies and running the application. It also shows how to use the service via a curl command.