README.md

OpenAI Whisper API Python CLI

This repository contains two Python CLI scripts to interact with OpenAI's Whisper API for transcribing and translating audio files.

Requirements

• Python 3.6 or higher
• python-dotenv library
• requests library

Installation

• Clone this repository:

git clone https://github.com/VincentStark/whisper-api-cli.git
cd openai-audio-api-cli

• Install the required libraries:

pip install -r requirements.txt

• Create a .env file in the project directory with the following content:

OPENAI_API_KEY=your_api_key_here

Replace your_api_key_here with your actual OpenAI API key.

Usage

Transcribe Audio

To transcribe an audio file, use the transcribe.py script:

python transcribe.py [--language LANGUAGE_CODE] /path/to/audio/file

Example:

python transcribe.py --language en /path/to/file/audio.mp3

Translate Audio

To translate an audio file, use the translate.py script:

python translate.py /path/to/audio/file

Example:

python translate.py /path/to/file/german.m4a

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for details.