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Consultant — Offline Voice Transcription — CPU 32 GB
CPU-only fallback reference: privacy remains local, with lower throughput than GPU-backed transcription.
whisper.cpp
Open tool profile →Whisper large-v3-turbo
CPU-only / 32 GB RAM
GOOD_BUT_SLOWER_THAN_GPUOffline/local transcription
MIT for OpenAI Whisper code and model weights
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