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whisper-translation/transcribe.py
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import sys
import time
import re
import requests
import threading
import json
import argparse
from unittest.mock import MagicMock
from collections import Counter, deque
# Comprehensive workaround for missing _lzma in some Python builds
try:
import lzma
except ImportError:
mock_lzma = MagicMock()
mock_lzma.FORMAT_XZ = 1
mock_lzma.FORMAT_ALONE = 2
mock_lzma.FORMAT_RAW = 3
mock_lzma.CHECK_NONE = 0
mock_lzma.CHECK_CRC32 = 1
mock_lzma.CHECK_CRC64 = 4
mock_lzma.CHECK_SHA256 = 10
sys.modules["_lzma"] = MagicMock()
sys.modules["lzma"] = mock_lzma
import mlx_whisper
import numpy as np
import sounddevice as sd
import queue
import torch
from silero_vad import load_silero_vad, get_speech_timestamps
from transformers import MarianMTModel, MarianTokenizer
# Parameters
WHISPER_MODEL = "mlx-community/whisper-small-mlx"
INGEST_URL = "https://emiapi.reynafamily.com/live-captions/ingest"
# Translation models (English -> Target)
# Map to the specific keys requested by the backend
TARGET_LANGS = {
"es": "Helsinki-NLP/opus-mt-en-es",
"fr": "Helsinki-NLP/opus-mt-en-fr",
"ar": "Helsinki-NLP/opus-mt-en-ar" # Added Arabic as discussed before
}
SAMPLERATE = 16000
BLOCK_SIZE = 512
VAD_THRESHOLD = 0.5
audio_queue = queue.Queue()
ingest_queue = queue.Queue()
def parse_temperature_fallback(value):
"""Parse comma-separated temperatures into a tuple of floats."""
try:
temps = tuple(float(x.strip()) for x in value.split(",") if x.strip())
except ValueError as exc:
raise argparse.ArgumentTypeError("Invalid --temperature-fallback value.") from exc
if not temps:
raise argparse.ArgumentTypeError("--temperature-fallback requires at least one value.")
return temps
def split_text_for_translation(text, max_chars=250):
"""Split long English text into sentence-aware chunks for MT."""
normalized = " ".join(text.split()).strip()
if not normalized:
return []
if len(normalized) <= max_chars:
return [normalized]
chunks = []
current = ""
sentences = [s for s in re.split(r"(?<=[.!?])\s+", normalized) if s]
for sentence in sentences:
if len(sentence) > max_chars:
words = sentence.split()
word_chunk = ""
for word in words:
candidate = f"{word_chunk} {word}".strip()
if len(candidate) <= max_chars:
word_chunk = candidate
else:
if word_chunk:
chunks.append(word_chunk)
word_chunk = word
if word_chunk:
chunks.append(word_chunk)
continue
candidate = f"{current} {sentence}".strip()
if candidate and len(candidate) <= max_chars:
current = candidate
else:
if current:
chunks.append(current)
current = sentence
if current:
chunks.append(current)
return chunks
def transcribe_with_controls(audio, transcribe_kwargs):
"""Call mlx_whisper.transcribe and gracefully fallback if a decoder arg is unsupported."""
optional_keys = [
"beam_size",
"temperature",
"logprob_threshold",
"compression_ratio_threshold",
]
try:
return mlx_whisper.transcribe(audio, **transcribe_kwargs)
except TypeError as exc:
message = str(exc)
unsupported = [k for k in optional_keys if f"'{k}'" in message]
if not unsupported:
raise
retry_kwargs = {k: v for k, v in transcribe_kwargs.items() if k not in unsupported}
print(f"\n[SYSTEM]: Decoder args not supported by current mlx_whisper build: {', '.join(unsupported)}. Retrying without them.")
return mlx_whisper.transcribe(audio, **retry_kwargs)
except Exception as exc:
message = str(exc).lower()
if "beam search decoder is not yet implemented" in message and "beam_size" in transcribe_kwargs:
retry_kwargs = dict(transcribe_kwargs)
retry_kwargs.pop("beam_size", None)
print("\n[SYSTEM]: Beam search is not implemented in this mlx_whisper build. Retrying with greedy decoding.")
return mlx_whisper.transcribe(audio, **retry_kwargs)
raise
def extract_whisper_quality(result):
"""Compute aggregate quality signals from Whisper segments when available."""
segments = result.get("segments") if isinstance(result, dict) else None
if not segments:
return None, None
logprobs = []
compressions = []
for seg in segments:
avg_logprob = seg.get("avg_logprob")
compression_ratio = seg.get("compression_ratio")
if isinstance(avg_logprob, (int, float)):
logprobs.append(float(avg_logprob))
if isinstance(compression_ratio, (int, float)):
compressions.append(float(compression_ratio))
mean_logprob = sum(logprobs) / len(logprobs) if logprobs else None
max_compression = max(compressions) if compressions else None
return mean_logprob, max_compression
def quality_score(mean_logprob, max_compression):
"""Higher score means better quality."""
if mean_logprob is None:
mean_logprob = -9.0
compression_penalty = 0.25 * max(0.0, (max_compression or 1.5) - 1.5)
return mean_logprob - compression_penalty
def should_retry_transcription(text, mean_logprob, max_compression, args):
if not text:
return False
if mean_logprob is not None and mean_logprob < args.retry_logprob_threshold:
return True
if max_compression is not None and max_compression > args.retry_compression_threshold:
return True
return False
def parse_glossary_pair(value):
if "=" not in value:
raise argparse.ArgumentTypeError("Glossary pairs must be in SOURCE=TARGET format.")
source, target = value.split("=", 1)
source = source.strip()
target = target.strip()
if not source or not target:
raise argparse.ArgumentTypeError("Glossary SOURCE and TARGET cannot be empty.")
return source, target
def apply_glossary(text, glossary_pairs):
updated = text
for source, target in glossary_pairs:
pattern = re.compile(rf"\b{re.escape(source)}\b", re.IGNORECASE)
updated = pattern.sub(target, updated)
return updated
def normalize_english_caption(text):
normalized = " ".join(text.split()).strip()
if not normalized:
return ""
if normalized[0].isalpha():
normalized = normalized[0].upper() + normalized[1:]
return normalized
def maybe_merge_recent_caption(recent_en_lines, current_text, now_ts, window_sec):
if not recent_en_lines:
return None
previous = recent_en_lines[-1]
if (now_ts - previous["ts"]) > window_sec:
return None
prev_text = previous["text"].strip()
if not prev_text:
return None
sentence_end = bool(re.search(r'[.!?]["\')\]]*$', prev_text))
if sentence_end:
return None
if len(prev_text) > 120:
return None
merged = normalize_english_caption(f"{prev_text} {current_text}")
if merged == prev_text:
return None
old = previous["text"]
previous["text"] = merged
previous["ts"] = now_ts
return old, merged
def is_hallucination(text):
"""Detect common Whisper hallucinations or high repetition."""
if not text: return False
# Common hallucinations
hallucinations = [
r"thanks? for watching",
r"please subscribe",
r"youtube",
r"click the link",
r"like and subscribe",
r"tuned in",
r"next time",
]
for pattern in hallucinations:
if re.search(pattern, text, re.IGNORECASE):
return True
# Check for excessive word repetition (e.g. "Hallelujah" repeated 10 times)
words = text.lower().split()
if len(words) >= 8:
counts = Counter(words)
most_common_word, count = counts.most_common(1)[0]
if count / len(words) > 0.75:
return True
return False
def callback(indata, frames, time, status):
if status:
print(status, file=sys.stderr)
audio_queue.put(indata.copy())
def ingest_worker():
"""Background thread to handle server ingestion with retries."""
while True:
payload = ingest_queue.get()
if payload is None: break
delay = 1
max_delay = 15
success = False
while not success:
try:
response = requests.post(INGEST_URL, json=payload, timeout=5)
if response.status_code == 200:
success = True
else:
print(f"\n[Ingest Error] Server returned {response.status_code}. Retrying in {delay}s...")
except Exception as e:
print(f"\n[Ingest Error] {e}. Retrying in {delay}s...")
if not success:
time.sleep(delay)
delay = min(delay * 2, max_delay)
ingest_queue.task_done()
def main():
global WHISPER_MODEL
parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Live transcription and translation with Whisper.")
parser.add_argument("-es", action="store_true", help="Enable Spanish translation")
parser.add_argument("-en", action="store_true", help="Enable English (detected or bridged)")
parser.add_argument("-ar", action="store_true", help="Enable Arabic translation")
parser.add_argument("-fr", action="store_true", help="Enable French translation")
parser.add_argument("-i", "--ingest", action="store_true", help="Enable data transmission to server")
parser.add_argument("-l", "--list-devices", action="store_true", help="Show available audio devices and exit")
parser.add_argument("-d", "--device", type=int, help="Input device index")
parser.add_argument("--loopback", action="store_true", help="Automatically select a loopback device (e.g., BlackHole, Stereo Mix)")
parser.add_argument("-q", "--quantize", action="store_true", help="Use 4-bit quantized Whisper model for speed")
parser.add_argument("-s", "--stream", action="store_true", help="Enable real-time streaming transcription (Draft mode)")
parser.add_argument("-c", "--context", action="store_true", help="Enable prompt caching/rolling context for better continuity")
parser.add_argument("--lang", type=str, help="Hardcode source language (e.g. 'en', 'es') to bypass detection")
parser.add_argument("--silence", type=int, default=1000, help="Minimum silence duration in ms to end a chunk (default: 1000)")
parser.add_argument("--max-buffer", type=int, default=20, help="Maximum buffer duration in seconds before forcing a flush (default: 20)")
parser.add_argument("--channels", type=int, default=1, help="Number of input channels (default: 1)")
parser.add_argument("--pick-channel", type=int, choices=[0, 1], help="Pick a specific channel (0 or 1) from stereo input")
parser.add_argument("--filter-lang", action="store_true", help="Discard segments where detected language does not match --lang")
parser.add_argument("--draft-beam-size", type=int, default=1, help="Beam size for draft mode transcriptions (default: 1)")
parser.add_argument("--final-beam-size", type=int, default=1, help="Beam size for final segment transcriptions (default: 1)")
parser.add_argument("--temperature-fallback", type=parse_temperature_fallback, default=(0.0, 0.2, 0.4, 0.6, 0.8, 1.0), help="Comma-separated temperatures for fallback decoding (default: 0.0,0.2,0.4,0.6,0.8,1.0)")
parser.add_argument("--logprob-threshold", type=float, default=-0.8, help="Reject low-confidence tokens below this avg logprob (default: -0.8)")
parser.add_argument("--compression-threshold", type=float, default=2.2, help="Reject repetitive outputs above this compression ratio (default: 2.2)")
parser.add_argument("--mt-max-chars", type=int, default=250, help="Max chars per translation chunk before sentence-aware splitting (default: 250)")
parser.add_argument("--mt-max-new-tokens", type=int, default=150, help="Max new tokens per translation chunk (default: 150)")
parser.add_argument("--mt-num-beams", type=int, default=4, help="Beam size for Marian translation generation (default: 4)")
parser.add_argument("--mt-no-repeat-ngram-size", type=int, default=3, help="No-repeat n-gram size for Marian generation (default: 3)")
parser.add_argument("--mt-length-penalty", type=float, default=1.0, help="Length penalty for Marian generation (default: 1.0)")
parser.add_argument("--mt-repetition-penalty", type=float, default=1.05, help="Repetition penalty for Marian generation (default: 1.05)")
parser.add_argument("--mt-no-early-stopping", action="store_true", help="Disable early stopping in Marian beam search")
parser.add_argument("--smart-correct", action="store_true", help="Enable English caption post-correction (retry + glossary + rolling merge)")
parser.add_argument("--retry-logprob-threshold", type=float, default=-1.05, help="Retry transcription when mean avg_logprob is below this threshold (default: -1.05)")
parser.add_argument("--retry-compression-threshold", type=float, default=2.4, help="Retry transcription when max compression ratio exceeds this threshold (default: 2.4)")
parser.add_argument("--caption-correction-window", type=float, default=3.0, help="Seconds where previous English line can still be merged/corrected (default: 3.0)")
parser.add_argument("--glossary-pair", action="append", type=parse_glossary_pair, default=[], help="Term replacement pair SOURCE=TARGET (repeatable)")
args = parser.parse_args()
if args.quantize:
WHISPER_MODEL = "mlx-community/whisper-small-mlx-4bit"
if args.list_devices:
print("\nAvailable Audio Devices:")
print(sd.query_devices())
return
buffer_limit = SAMPLERATE * args.max_buffer
device = "mps" if torch.backends.mps.is_available() else "cpu"
print(f"Using device: {device}")
# Only start ingest thread if enabled
if args.ingest:
threading.Thread(target=ingest_worker, daemon=True).start()
# 1. Load models
print(f"Loading Multilingual Whisper model '{WHISPER_MODEL}'...")
# Filter translation models to only those enabled by args
active_target_langs = {k: v for k, v in TARGET_LANGS.items() if getattr(args, k, False)}
translation_engines = {}
for lang_key, model_id in active_target_langs.items():
print(f"Loading {lang_key} translation model ({model_id})...")
tokenizer = MarianTokenizer.from_pretrained(model_id)
model = MarianMTModel.from_pretrained(model_id).to(device)
translation_engines[lang_key] = (model, tokenizer)
print("Loading Silero VAD model...")
vad_model = load_silero_vad()
print("Models loaded.")
# 2. Select Audio Device
device_index = None
if args.device is not None:
device_index = args.device
elif args.loopback:
print("Searching for loopback device...")
devices = sd.query_devices()
for i, dev in enumerate(devices):
name = dev['name'].lower()
if any(keyword in name for keyword in ["blackhole", "loopback", "soundflower", "stereo mix"]):
if dev['max_input_channels'] > 0:
device_index = i
print(f"Using loopback device: {dev['name']} (Index {i})")
print("\n[TIP] For macOS with BlackHole:")
print("1. Open 'Audio MIDI Setup' and create a 'Multi-Output Device'.")
print("2. Select your speakers AND 'BlackHole 2ch'.")
print("3. Set your system output to this 'Multi-Output Device'.")
print("This way you can hear the audio while it is being captioned.\n")
break
if device_index is None:
print("No loopback device found. Falling back to default.")
if device_index is None and not args.loopback:
print("\nAvailable Audio Devices:")
print(sd.query_devices())
try:
device_input = input("\nSelect input device index (or press Enter for default): ")
device_index = int(device_input) if device_input.strip() else None
except ValueError:
print("Invalid input, using default device.")
device_index = None
if device_index is not None:
print(f"Using device index: {device_index}")
else:
print("Using system default input device.")
print(f"\nStarting live transcription{' & server ingest' if args.ingest else ''}... (Press Ctrl+C to stop)")
audio_buffer = []
speech_started = False
last_stream_time = time.time()
last_change_time = time.time()
rolling_context = ""
rolling_context_en = ""
last_draft_text = ""
recent_en_lines = deque(maxlen=2)
try:
with sd.InputStream(samplerate=SAMPLERATE, channels=args.channels, callback=callback, blocksize=BLOCK_SIZE, device=device_index):
while True:
while not audio_queue.empty():
data = audio_queue.get()
if args.channels > 1:
if args.pick_channel is not None:
# Select specific channel
data = data[:, args.pick_channel]
else:
# Mix to mono
data = np.mean(data, axis=1)
audio_buffer.append(data.flatten())
if len(audio_buffer) > 0:
current_audio = np.concatenate(audio_buffer)
audio_tensor = torch.from_numpy(current_audio)
buffer_duration = len(current_audio) / SAMPLERATE
speech_timestamps = get_speech_timestamps(
audio_tensor,
vad_model,
sampling_rate=SAMPLERATE,
threshold=VAD_THRESHOLD,
min_silence_duration_ms=args.silence
)
# --- STUCK WATCHDOG ---
# If buffer is getting long (>12s) and we haven't had a change in draft for 7s,
# OR if buffer is extremely long (>25s) regardless of draft activity.
time_since_last_change = time.time() - last_change_time
if (buffer_duration > 12.0 and time_since_last_change > 7.0) or (buffer_duration > 25.0):
print(f"\n[SYSTEM]: Transcription watchdog triggered (Buffer: {buffer_duration:.1f}s, No change: {time_since_last_change:.1f}s). Resetting...")
audio_buffer = []
speech_started = False
rolling_context = ""
rolling_context_en = ""
recent_en_lines.clear()
last_draft_text = ""
last_change_time = time.time()
if args.stream:
sys.stdout.write("\r\033[K")
sys.stdout.flush()
continue
if len(speech_timestamps) > 0:
speech_started = True
last_end = speech_timestamps[-1]['end']
buffer_len_samples = len(current_audio)
if (buffer_len_samples - last_end) > (SAMPLERATE * args.silence / 1000) or buffer_len_samples > buffer_limit:
# Clear draft line if it was used
if args.stream:
sys.stdout.write("\r\033[K")
sys.stdout.flush()
# Prepare transcription kwargs
transcribe_kwargs = {"path_or_hf_repo": WHISPER_MODEL}
if args.lang:
transcribe_kwargs["language"] = args.lang
if args.context and rolling_context:
transcribe_kwargs["initial_prompt"] = rolling_context
if args.final_beam_size > 1:
transcribe_kwargs["beam_size"] = args.final_beam_size
transcribe_kwargs["temperature"] = args.temperature_fallback
transcribe_kwargs["logprob_threshold"] = args.logprob_threshold
transcribe_kwargs["compression_ratio_threshold"] = args.compression_threshold
# 1. Transcribe & Detect Language
transcription_result = transcribe_with_controls(current_audio, transcribe_kwargs)
original_text = transcription_result['text'].strip()
detected_lang = transcription_result.get('language', args.lang if args.lang else 'en')
avg_logprob, max_compression = extract_whisper_quality(transcription_result)
if args.smart_correct and should_retry_transcription(original_text, avg_logprob, max_compression, args):
retry_kwargs = dict(transcribe_kwargs)
retry_kwargs["temperature"] = (0.0,)
retry_kwargs.pop("initial_prompt", None)
retry_result = transcribe_with_controls(current_audio, retry_kwargs)
retry_text = retry_result.get("text", "").strip()
retry_avg_logprob, retry_max_compression = extract_whisper_quality(retry_result)
original_score = quality_score(avg_logprob, max_compression)
retry_score = quality_score(retry_avg_logprob, retry_max_compression)
if retry_text and retry_score > (original_score + 0.05):
print("\n[SYSTEM]: Low-confidence segment re-decoded with better quality.")
transcription_result = retry_result
original_text = retry_text
avg_logprob, max_compression = retry_avg_logprob, retry_max_compression
# Filter language if requested
if args.filter_lang and args.lang and detected_lang != args.lang:
print(f"\n[SYSTEM]: Discarding segment (Detected: {detected_lang}, Expected: {args.lang})")
original_text = ""
if is_hallucination(original_text):
print(f"\n[SYSTEM]: Hallucination detected, ignoring and resetting context.")
original_text = ""
rolling_context = ""
rolling_context_en = ""
recent_en_lines.clear()
if original_text:
print(f"\n[{detected_lang.upper()}]: {original_text}")
last_change_time = time.time() # Successfully transcribed full segment
# Prepare payload
payload = {"original": original_text}
# ... (payload construction)
# Include detected language if requested or if it's the bridge
if (detected_lang in active_target_langs) or (detected_lang == "en" and args.en):
payload[detected_lang] = original_text
# 2. Bridge to English if not already English
if detected_lang != "en":
bridge_kwargs = {"path_or_hf_repo": WHISPER_MODEL, "task": "translate"}
if args.lang:
bridge_kwargs["language"] = args.lang
if args.context and rolling_context_en:
# Keep a dedicated English context for translate mode.
bridge_kwargs["initial_prompt"] = rolling_context_en
if args.final_beam_size > 1:
bridge_kwargs["beam_size"] = args.final_beam_size
bridge_kwargs["temperature"] = args.temperature_fallback
bridge_kwargs["logprob_threshold"] = args.logprob_threshold
bridge_kwargs["compression_ratio_threshold"] = args.compression_threshold
bridge_result = transcribe_with_controls(current_audio, bridge_kwargs)
english_text = bridge_result['text'].strip()
if args.context and english_text:
rolling_context_en = (rolling_context_en + " " + english_text)[-200:].strip()
else:
english_text = original_text
if args.context and english_text:
rolling_context_en = (rolling_context_en + " " + english_text)[-200:].strip()
english_for_translation = english_text
if args.smart_correct and english_for_translation:
english_for_translation = normalize_english_caption(english_for_translation)
english_for_translation = apply_glossary(english_for_translation, args.glossary_pair)
english_for_caption = english_for_translation
if args.smart_correct and english_for_caption:
now_ts = time.time()
merged = maybe_merge_recent_caption(
recent_en_lines,
english_for_caption,
now_ts,
args.caption_correction_window,
)
if merged:
old_line, new_line = merged
english_for_caption = new_line
print(f"[EN-REV]: {old_line} -> {new_line}")
else:
recent_en_lines.append({"text": english_for_caption, "ts": now_ts})
if args.en and english_for_caption:
payload["en"] = english_for_caption
print(f"[EN]: {english_for_caption}")
# Update rolling context for next segment
if args.context:
# keep the last ~200 characters of the source language text
rolling_context = (rolling_context + " " + original_text)[-200:].strip()
# 3. Translate from English to other languages
if english_for_translation and translation_engines:
english_chunks = split_text_for_translation(english_for_translation, max_chars=args.mt_max_chars)
for lang_key, (model, tokenizer) in translation_engines.items():
# Skip if we already filled this (e.g. detected lang was 'es')
if lang_key in payload:
if lang_key != detected_lang: # Already printed original
print(f"[{lang_key.upper()}]: {payload[lang_key]}")
continue
translated_parts = []
for chunk in english_chunks:
inputs = tokenizer(chunk, return_tensors="pt", padding=True).to(device)
with torch.no_grad():
translated_tokens = model.generate(
**inputs,
max_new_tokens=args.mt_max_new_tokens,
num_beams=args.mt_num_beams,
no_repeat_ngram_size=args.mt_no_repeat_ngram_size,
length_penalty=args.mt_length_penalty,
repetition_penalty=args.mt_repetition_penalty,
early_stopping=not args.mt_no_early_stopping,
)
translated_parts.append(tokenizer.decode(translated_tokens[0], skip_special_tokens=True).strip())
translated_text = " ".join(part for part in translated_parts if part).strip()
payload[lang_key] = translated_text
print(f"[{lang_key.upper()}]: {translated_text}")
# Queue for background ingestion if enabled
if args.ingest:
ingest_queue.put(payload)
# print(f"Sent to ingest: {list(payload.keys())}")
audio_buffer = []
speech_started = False
last_stream_time = time.time()
stuck_draft_count = 0
last_draft_text = ""
elif args.stream and (time.time() - last_stream_time) > 1.0:
# Draft transcription
draft_kwargs = {"path_or_hf_repo": WHISPER_MODEL}
if args.lang: draft_kwargs["language"] = args.lang
if args.context and rolling_context: draft_kwargs["initial_prompt"] = rolling_context
if args.draft_beam_size > 1:
draft_kwargs["beam_size"] = args.draft_beam_size
draft_kwargs["temperature"] = 0.0
draft_result = transcribe_with_controls(current_audio, draft_kwargs)
draft_text = draft_result['text'].strip()
draft_lang = draft_result.get('language', args.lang if args.lang else 'en')
if args.filter_lang and args.lang and draft_lang != args.lang:
draft_text = ""
if draft_text:
# Update timestamp ONLY if the text actually changed
if draft_text != last_draft_text:
last_change_time = time.time()
last_draft_text = draft_text
sys.stdout.write(f"\r\033[K[DRAFT]: {draft_text}")
sys.stdout.flush()
# Send draft to ingest if enabled
if args.ingest:
ingest_queue.put({"draft": draft_text})
else:
# If Whisper returns empty, check if we've been silent for too long
# even though VAD says there is speech.
if buffer_duration > 10.0 and (time.time() - last_change_time) > 7.0:
print(f"\n[SYSTEM]: Draft is empty while audio continues. Forcing reset...")
audio_buffer = []
speech_started = False
rolling_context = ""
rolling_context_en = ""
recent_en_lines.clear()
last_change_time = time.time()
last_draft_text = ""
sys.stdout.write("\r\033[K")
sys.stdout.flush()
continue
last_stream_time = time.time()
elif not speech_started and len(current_audio) > SAMPLERATE * 2:
audio_buffer = []
except KeyboardInterrupt:
print("\nStopped by user.")
except Exception as e:
print(f"\nError: {e}")
if __name__ == "__main__":
import multiprocessing
multiprocessing.freeze_support()
main()