is faster-whisper.cpp possible?

[rawwerks]

is faster-whisper.cpp possible (without any python)?

from a quick review of https://github.com/OpenNMT/CTranslate2/, it is hard for me to tell if it is possible to implement entirely with cpp, which would enable iOS apps such as https://github.com/Saik0s/Whisperboard to use faster-whisper (see: https://github.com/Saik0s/Whisperboard/issues/24)

[westhecool]

Doesn't this already exist here? https://github.com/ggerganov/whisper.cpp

[rawwerks]

my understanding was that this repo is accelerating https://github.com/ggerganov/whisper.cpp with https://github.com/OpenNMT/CTranslate2/ , but maybe the whisper.cpp repo now already incorporates the speed advancements that are available here?

[phineas-pta]

they are different projects: faster-whisper use ctranslate2 backend, whisper.cpp use ggml backend

ctranslate2 has c++ binding so should be possible to write your own c++ code but unlikely to be compatible with whisper.cpp