Scraibe

Added

- **Python Usage Section**: Detailed instructions on how to use ScrAIbe with Python, including examples for Whisper models, WhisperX, and keyword arguments.
- **Command-line Usage Section**: Enhanced instructions for using ScrAIbe via the command-line interface, including examples and key options.
- **Documentation Section**: Expanded the documentation section with highlights on installation guides, usage examples, API reference, troubleshooting tips, and advanced configuration.
- **Getting Started Section**: Added detailed prerequisites and installation instructions for both stable and development versions of ScrAIbe.
- **WhisperX Support**: Added support for the WhisperX backend.

Changed

- **Model Customization**: Clarified the use of various keywords to customize Whisper models, Pyannote diarization models, and WhisperX.
- **Example Enhancements**: Improved examples to illustrate the usage of different features and options in ScrAIbe.
- **Formatting and Clarity**: Improved formatting and clarity across all sections to enhance readability and user experience.
- **Backend Robustness**: Enhanced the backend to be more robust, removing the need for a HuggingFace token for basic usage.
- **CLI**: to Work without Gradio

Removed

- **Docker Build**: Removed Docker build support.
- **Gradio App**: Removed the Gradio App integration.

Both the Docker Build and the Gradio App are now Available under [ScrAIbe-WebUI](https://github.com/JSchmie/ScrAIbe-WebUI)

Documentation

- **Documentation Page Link**: Updated the documentation section with a direct link to the [ScrAIbe documentation page](https://jschmie.github.io/ScrAIbe/).

**Note**: This changelog might be incomplete, but we promise to improve it in the future. Thank you for your understanding and support.

We are finally here launching our new ScrAIbe-WebUI! 🎉

Features 🌟

- **User-Friendly Interface**: Leveraging Gradio, ScrAIbe-WebUI provides an intuitive web interface that makes it easy for users to interact with the transcription services without any coding requirement.
- **Synchronous Transcription** 🕒: Perfect for live applications, this mode allows users to perform real-time transcriptions, enabling instant text output as audio is being spoken.
- **Asynchronous Transcription** 📨: Designed for asynchronous processing, allowing users to upload audio or video files using the WebUI, which are automatically transcribed, with results sent back via email including file attachment.
- **Broad File Format Compatibility** 🎥🎙: Supports a wide range of audio and video file types compatible with [FFmpeg](https://ffmpeg.org/), ensuring flexibility in handling media from various sources.
- **Direct Input Options** 📹: Users can directly utilize their webcam or microphone to record audio or video for transcription.
- **Multiple Transcription Models** 🌍: Users can select from all available [Whisper](https://github.com/openai/whisper) models, accommodating multiple languages to suit global needs. Includes support for [WhisperX](https://github.com/m-bain/whisperX), providing quantized models for faster performance on CPU.
- **Speaker Diarization** 🗣: Integrates with [Pyannote](https://github.com/pyannote/pyannote-audio), an advanced tool for speaker diarization, ensuring accurate and clear attribution of speech to individual speakers.
- **Custom Configuration** ⚙️: Users can fine-tune settings and preferences via a `config.yaml` file, allowing detailed customization of the application's behavior, including custom headers, footers, and other UI elements.
- **CLI Support** 🖥: Includes a powerful command line interface, enabling scripting and automation of transcription tasks.
- **Docker Compatibility** 🐳: Easy and consistent deployment using Docker. ScrAIbe-WebUI can run in a containerized environment, ensuring smooth operation across different systems.
- **Docker Compose Support** 📦: Manage multi-container Docker applications with ease using Docker Compose.
- **GPL-3.0 License** 📜: ScrAIbe-WebUI is open source and licensed under the GPL-3.0 license, promoting collaboration and development within the community.

Getting Started 🚀

- **Installation Methods**:
- **Docker** 🐳: The simplest and most efficient way to deploy ScrAIbe-WebUI. [Get Started with Docker](./docs/GETTING_STARTED_DOCKER.md)
- **PyPI Package** 📦: Install ScrAIbe-WebUI via pip for seamless integration with your Python environment. [Learn How to Install via PyPI](./docs/GETTING_STARTED.mdpypi-package)
- **Build from Scratch** 🔧: For those who like to get their hands dirty, build ScrAIbe-WebUI from the ground up. [See the Step-by-Step Guide](./docs/GETTING_STARTED.mdbuild-from-scratch)

- **Detailed Guides**: For step-by-step instructions on each installation method, refer to our comprehensive [Getting Started Guide](./docs/GETTING_STARTED.md).
- **Recommended Method**: For the easiest and quickest setup, we highly recommend using Docker. [Check out our Docker Guide](./docs/GETTING_STARTED_DOCKER.md)

Advanced Setup 🛠

For customization and extending the functionality of ScrAIbe-WebUI, our [Advanced Setup Tutorial](./docs/Customize.md) provides all the details you need.

Contributions 🤝

We warmly welcome contributions from the community! Please see our [Contributing Guidelines](./CONTRIBUTING.md) for more information.

License 📜

ScrAIbe-WebUI is proudly open source and licensed under the GPL-3.0 license. For more details, see the [LICENSE](./LICENSE) file in this repository.

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Changelog

All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.