Indic TUI: Indian-accent transcription + translation (Ollama or IndicTrans2)

Features

• Transcribe Indian-accent speech locally with Faster-Whisper
• Translate with local Ollama model or IndicTrans2 (Transformers)
• Simple TUI to pick audio, choose target language, and run

Prerequisites

• Windows 10/11, PowerShell 7
• Python 3.10 or newer
• FFmpeg installed and on PATH (required for many audio formats)
• Optional: Ollama installed and running (ollama serve) if using Ollama translation

Install

python -m venv .venv
. .venv/Scripts/Activate.ps1
pip install -r requirements.txt

Run

python app.py

Notes

• First run will download models (Faster-Whisper and/or IndicTrans2). This can be several GB.
• To use IndicTrans2, the model used is ai4bharat/indictrans2-en-indic-1B.
• To use Ollama, set the translator to "ollama" in the TUI and select a model like llama3.1:8b.