From e65462f57bb4ed13c3a160a73ce2cf5e4a67fcff Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Kristofer=20S=C3=B6derstr=C3=B6m?= Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2026 17:13:05 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Update README.md: Add link to classic release in Mac user note --- README.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 39f3199..21f3728 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ ## Local Transcribe with Whisper -> **⚠ Note for Mac users (Apple Silicon):** This version uses `faster-whisper` (CTranslate2), which does **not** support Apple M-chip GPU acceleration. Transcription will run on CPU, which is slower than OpenAI's Whisper with Metal/CoreML support. The trade-off is a much simpler installation — no conda, no PyTorch, no admin rights. If you'd prefer M-chip GPU acceleration and don't mind a more involved setup, switch to the **classic** release: +> **⚠ Note for Mac users (Apple Silicon):** This version uses `faster-whisper` (CTranslate2), which does **not** support Apple M-chip GPU acceleration. Transcription will run on CPU, which is slower than OpenAI's Whisper with Metal/CoreML support. The trade-off is a much simpler installation — no conda, no PyTorch, no admin rights. If you'd prefer M-chip GPU acceleration and don't mind a more involved setup, switch to the [**classic**](https://github.com/soderstromkr/whisper-local-transcribe/releases/tag/classic) release: > ``` > git checkout classic > ```