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faster_whisper/transcribe.py (SYSTRAN faster-whisper, master branch)
SYSTRAN, GitHub, SYSTRAN/faster-whisper, 2026
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- What it is
- The transcription module of faster-whisper, an open-source reimplementation of OpenAI's Whisper. Its method signatures show which language detection options the library exposes and their defaults.
- How much weight it carries
- Source code of an open-source project, read directly, so it shows what the code exposes, not how accurate its detection is. The master branch changes over time, so a version you install may differ.
Facts taken from this source
- The faster-whisper transcribe method has a language_detection_segments option that sets how many segments are considered for language detection.
“language_detection_segments: Number of segments to consider for the language detection.” (transcribe() parameters)