Local STT with selectable backends - Parakeet (best accuracy) or Whisper (fastest, multilingual).
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Unified local speech-to-text using ONNX Runtime with int8 quantization. Choose your backend:
# Default: Parakeet v2 (best English accuracy) ~/.openclaw/skills/local-stt/scripts/local-stt.py audio.oggExplicit backend selection
~/.openclaw/skills/local-stt/scripts/local-stt.py audio.ogg -b whisper ~/.openclaw/skills/local-stt/scripts/local-stt.py audio.ogg -b parakeet -m v3
Quiet mode (suppress progress)
~/.openclaw/skills/local-stt/scripts/local-stt.py audio.ogg --quiet
-b/--backendparakeetwhisper-m/--model--no-int8-q/--quiet--room-id| Model | Description |
|---|---|
| v2 (default) | English only, best accuracy |
| v3 | Multilingual |
| Model | Description |
|---|---|
| tiny | Fastest, lower accuracy |
| base (default) | Good balance |
| small | Better accuracy |
| large-v3-turbo | Best quality, slower |
| Backend/Model | Time | RTF | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whisper Base int8 | 0.43s | 0.018x | Fastest |
| Parakeet v2 int8 | 0.60s | 0.025x | Best accuracy |
| Parakeet v3 int8 | 0.63s | 0.026x | Multilingual |
{ "tools": { "media": { "audio": { "enabled": true, "models": [ { "type": "cli", "command": "~/.openclaw/skills/local-stt/scripts/local-stt.py", "args": ["--quiet", "{{MediaPath}}"], "timeoutSeconds": 30 } ] } } } }
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