# whisper-remote

Two separate Python packages live in this repo:

- `backend/`: FastAPI wrapper around the upstream `whisper` CLI
- `cli/`: local `whisper-remote` command that forwards work to the remote API

## Backend

```bash
cd backend
pip install -e .
uvicorn whisper_remote_backend.server:app --host 0.0.0.0 --port 8000
```

The backend machine must already have the upstream `whisper` CLI available on `PATH`.

## CLI

```bash
cd cli
pip install -e .
export WHISPER_REMOTE=http://your-server:8000
whisper-remote ./audio.mp3 --model base --language en --output-format txt
```

By default the CLI prints the transcript to stdout. Use `--to-file` to save the returned transcript locally.