Verified reference stack

Consultant — Offline Voice Transcription — CPU 32 GB

CPU-only fallback reference: privacy remains local, with lower throughput than GPU-backed transcription.

Application

whisper.cpp

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Runtime

whisper.cpp

Model

Whisper large-v3-turbo

Hardware

CPU-only / 32 GB RAM

GOOD_BUT_SLOWER_THAN_GPU
Privacy

Offline/local transcription

License / terms

MIT for OpenAI Whisper code and model weights

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