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Open WebUI

Open WebUI provides a self-hosted interface for offline models. Enable CORS to serve local models (it's disabled by default for security).

To use the server for speech-to-text, go to Settings > Audio.

1. Set Speech-to-Text Engine to OpenAI.
2. Set the URL to http://localhost:8000/v1.
3. Enter a transcription model in SST Model (openai/whisper-large-v3). Find more models on the Hub.

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Start a chat and speak. The model transcribes your audio into the input field.