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Whisper Jax

Whisper JAX is an Apache-2.0-licensed JAX library that runs OpenAI Whisper for speech recognition and transcription, with standalone pipeline and inference-endpoint usage.

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Practical overview

When it fits

Use it when you need to run Whisper inference from a JAX-based Python workflow, especially when its device parallelism or batching options fit your audio processing task.

Who it is for

  • Developers building speech-to-text workflows with JAX.
  • Teams processing audio on CPU, GPU or TPU infrastructure.
  • JAX application developers integrating Whisper inference.

Documented uses

  • Transcribe audio into text.
  • Translate speech using the pipeline's translation task.
  • Produce transcription chunks with timestamps.
  • Batch audio processing across accelerator devices.
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Requirements & limits

The repository is public and lists an Apache-2.0 license. The documented installation uses pip from the Git repository.

  • JAX must be installed before the library, and its device-specific setup matters.
  • The first pipeline call incurs JIT compilation; subsequent calls use the cached function.
  • Batching splits audio into 30-second chunks and stitches the resulting transcriptions together.
  • The project describes standalone pipeline use and inference-endpoint use as separate deployment paths.

Check current requirements in the official documentation. Source-based guidance does not mean OpenViST has run or independently tested this project.

Source-based practical guide

Install Whisper JAX after setting up JAX

Install the library from its Git repository once JAX is installed.

Before you start

  • Python environment; the README says the project was tested with Python 3.9.
  • A suitable JAX installation. The README's tested JAX version is 0.4.5.

Steps

  1. Install the appropriate JAX package using the official JAX installation guidance.

  2. Install Whisper JAX with pip from the project repository: the command below.

    Documented command
    pip install git+https://github.com/sanchit-gandhi/whisper-jax.git

Expected outcome

Whisper JAX is installed in the Python environment for use through its documented pipeline or model interface.

Guide limitations

  • This covers installation only; it does not verify a working device configuration or a transcription run.
  • The README's tested versions are not a compatibility guarantee for other environments.
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