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+language: it
+license: mit
+tags:
+- whisper
+- automatic-speech-recognition
+- italian
+- ctranslate2
+- faster-whisper
+- whisperx
+- localai
+- int8
+datasets:
+- mozilla-foundation/common_voice_25_0
+- facebook/multilingual_librispeech
+- facebook/voxpopuli
+base_model: openai/whisper-medium
+pipeline_tag: automatic-speech-recognition
+---
+
+# whisper-medium-it-multi-ct2-int8
+
+[CTranslate2](https://github.com/OpenNMT/CTranslate2) INT8 quantized version of [LocalAI-io/whisper-medium-it-multi](https://huggingface.co/LocalAI-io/whisper-medium-it-multi) for fast CPU inference.
+
+**Author:** Ettore Di Giacinto
+
+Brought to you by the [LocalAI](https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI) team. This model can be used directly with [LocalAI](https://localai.io).
+
+## Usage with LocalAI
+
+This model is ready to use with [LocalAI](https://localai.io) via the `whisperx` backend.
+
+Save the following as `whisperx-medium-it-multi.yaml` in your LocalAI models directory:
+
+```yaml
+name: whisperx-medium-it-multi
+backend: whisperx
+known_usecases:
+  - transcript
+parameters:
+  model: LocalAI-io/whisper-medium-it-multi-ct2-int8
+  language: it
+```
+
+Then transcribe audio via the OpenAI-compatible endpoint:
+
+```bash
+curl http://localhost:8080/v1/audio/transcriptions \
+  -H "Content-Type: multipart/form-data" \
+  -F file="@audio.mp3" \
+  -F model="whisperx-medium-it-multi"
+```
+
+## Usage
+
+### faster-whisper
+
+```python
+from faster_whisper import WhisperModel
+
+model = WhisperModel("LocalAI-io/whisper-medium-it-multi-ct2-int8", device="cpu", compute_type="int8")
+segments, info = model.transcribe("audio.mp3", language="it")
+for segment in segments:
+    print(f"[{segment.start:.1f}s - {segment.end:.1f}s] {segment.text}")
+```
+
+## Links
+
+- **HF Safetensors:** [LocalAI-io/whisper-medium-it-multi](https://huggingface.co/LocalAI-io/whisper-medium-it-multi)
+- **Project:** [github.com/localai-org/italian-whisper](https://github.com/localai-org/italian-whisper)
+- **LocalAI:** [github.com/mudler/LocalAI](https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI)