Toying with OpenAI Whisper

grahamperrin@mowa219-gjp4 ~/d/hugovalters> python3 transcribe.py --audio /home/grahamperrin/Downloads/futureknowledge__ai-as-normal-technology.mp3 --model base --language en --output /tmp/transcript.txt
2026-10-04 16:27:31,119 ERROR transcribe: Unexpected failure during transcription: No module named 'whisper'
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/grahamperrin/dev/hugovalters/transcribe.py", line 276, in main
    transcript = transcribe_file(
        args.audio,
    ...<3 lines>...
        cache_dir=args.cache_dir,
    )
  File "/home/grahamperrin/dev/hugovalters/transcribe.py", line 166, in transcribe_file
    import whisper  # type: ignore[import-not-found]
    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'whisper'
grahamperrin@mowa219-gjp4 ~/d/hugovalters [1]> which whisper
/home/grahamperrin/.local/bin/whisper
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