faster-whisper
Faster-whisper provides an optimized version of OpenAI's Whisper model with CTranslate2, achieving up to four times faster transcription speeds with comparable accuracy and reduced memory usage. It utilizes 8-bit quantization on CPUs and GPUs for improved efficiency and is compatible with CUDA 12 libraries for enhanced GPU performance. Installation is simplified via PyPI. The solution is highly suitable for applications requiring quick transcription with minimal resource consumption.