A local instrument STTMiniTool for audio transcription has been released

Developers presented STTMiniTool — a utility for local speech-to-text conversion, working with audio files, video and streaming input from a microphone. The software is focused on creating subtitles in SRT format and supports operation on personal computers without sending data to external servers. The tool provides support for hardware acceleration on both CPU and GPU, which allows optimizing the processing time of long recordings. The user interface is fully translated into simplified Chinese, and the functionality includes a special "karaoke" mode for synchronized text display. The project is distributed with open source code, allowing users to independently control the data processing process. The utility minimizes delays during transcription due to the use of local computing power, eliminating dependence on cloud APIs and limitations on the number of requests. The solution expands the capabilities for local work with multimedia, providing users with a tool for automating the creation of text tracks. The use of local resources makes STTMiniTool a suitable option for processing confidential recordings, where data privacy and lack of third-party access to the audio stream are critically important.