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Transcribe audio files on your Mac.

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Usage

muesli-cli transcribe interview.mp3
muesli-cli transcribe interview.m4a --format json
muesli-cli transcribe interview.wav --save-meeting --title "Customer interview"
muesli-cli transcribe interview.mp4 --format markdown --output transcript.md

Inputs: MP3, MP4, M4A, WAV. Output: text by default; --format json or markdown for other formats.

--output writes a file. --save-meeting stores an imported meeting. --title names the meeting and Markdown output.

Default model: parakeet-unified. Select another with --model. Models may download on first use and require a newer macOS version.

--summarize uses configured Claude Code, OpenAI, Anthropic, OpenRouter, Ollama, LM Studio, or Custom LLM. ChatGPT session summaries are app-only. Summary failures preserve the transcript with a warning.