tutorial for dummies

[camposdaltonton]

Is there any tutorial for people who don't know how to install manually. My experience so far with Obsidian is with the community plugins. I tried to copy the files to the plugins folder and managed to activate it, but when I give the command, it returns an error

[JuergenKaettnis]

Installing hasn't been the problem for me, but now I see I have to use docker to install s.th. called Whisper ASR. I don't about docker. I am on an Android tablet. Is the plugin suitable for Android devices?

[djmango]

Currently you need an instance of Whisper ASR to use the plugin - so you need either Python or Docker. Later this month I will release an update that will remove this dependency, so it will work plug-and-play on any device - stay tuned!

[thomas-neuburger]

Agree with the core suggestion. A step-by-step for non-programmers would be really helpful. I love this plugin, but it took many hours to learn everything I didn't know to get this thing running.

A question: I managed to install the whisper command line program and get it running way before I got this plugin working. I expected the app to "see" and use the CLI. Apparently it doesn't, but uses Ahmed's implementation instead. Great idea, since Ahmed's "webservice", which runs locally after installation, is very fast.

OTOH, lots o' hours learning how to do that. (And there's an error in his own docs, a missing "sudo".)

Bottom line, great plugin. Would love better install and usage docs.

(I suggested as a feature that Ahmed add "model" to the list of options at the localhost implementation. Are you going to add Ahmed's options to your plugin — for example, translate as well as transcribe, and various output formats like SRT? Just wondering.)

Thomas

[Porskrog]

Whisper works fine on my laptop where I have installed it using Python. But in Obsidian it fails. I think it is the URL localhost:9000 that is wrong. But I have no clue as I am not a tech-guy. Is there a more elaborate userguide on what to put in that field?

Thanks for all the good work on this.

[thomas-neuburger]

I got it to work, finally, but I don't now remember all the steps. I believe the secret sauce for Obsidian is to install the docker version of the app locally. That sets up localhost:9000 to work.

I ended up following a chain of directions, linked from one page to another. Maybe start here:

https://github.com/ahmetoner/whisper-asr-webservice

and follow the Docker instructions. (I used instructions for CPU.) There are a bunch of steps, but I got it running — as I say, finally. Two notes:

• One of the commands needs a sudo that isn't shown.
• When you have to pick a keychain method (not the right word, but close), choose the less secure (older) one. That works out of the box, w/o more configuration.

HTH.

Thomas

[djmango]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EyfhLGF3Fxg