Mlx Whisper

Local speech-to-text with MLX Whisper (Apple Silicon optimized, no API key).

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Last updated: April 23, 2026

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MLX Whisper

Local speech-to-text using Apple MLX, optimized for Apple Silicon Macs.

Quick Start

mlx_whisper /path/to/audio.mp3 --model mlx-community/whisper-large-v3-turbo

Common Usage

# Transcribe to text file
mlx_whisper audio.m4a -f txt -o ./output
Transcribe with language hint
mlx_whisper audio.mp3 --language en --model mlx-community/whisper-large-v3-turbo
Generate subtitles (SRT)
mlx_whisper video.mp4 -f srt -o ./subs
Translate to English

mlx_whisper foreign.mp3 --task translate

Models (download on first use)

Model	Size	Speed	Quality
mlx-community/whisper-tiny	~75MB	Fastest	Basic
mlx-community/whisper-base	~140MB	Fast	Good
mlx-community/whisper-small	~470MB	Medium	Better
mlx-community/whisper-medium	~1.5GB	Slower	Great
mlx-community/whisper-large-v3	~3GB	Slowest	Best
mlx-community/whisper-large-v3-turbo	~1.6GB	Fast	Excellent (Recommended)

Notes

Requires Apple Silicon Mac (M1/M2/M3/M4)
Models cache to
```
~/.cache/huggingface/
```

Default model is

mlx-community/whisper-tiny

; use

--model mlx-community/whisper-large-v3-turbo

for best results

Mlx Whisper

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MLX Whisper

Quick Start

Common Usage

Transcribe with language hint

Generate subtitles (SRT)

Translate to English

Models (download on first use)

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