ReCast

A desktop application for audio and video transcription on the GNOME desktop.

Core Features

✅ Transcribe local audio and video files.

✅ View real-time transcription progress and segment display.

✅ Display segmented and full transcripts.

✅ Manage transcription models used by faster-whisper.

✅ View a history of previous transcriptions.

✅ Export transcripts to various formats.

Technology

GnomeRecast is built using:

• Python
• GTK4
• Adwaita
• faster-whisper library for transcription

Target Audience

This application is primarily intended for GNOME desktop users who need an efficient, offline tool for transcribing audio and video content.

Getting Started

Highly experimental flatpak

to install the flatpak from the very experimental beta release:

# download the flatpak
# run the following command:
flatpak install --user recast.flatpak

# dependencies:
org.gnome.Platform branch 47.

To run from source (example):

# Clone the repository (if applicable)
# git clone <repository-url>
# cd gnomerecast

# Install dependencies (example)
# pip install -r requirements.txt

# Run the application
python src/main.py

Status

Recast is currently under active development.