snapshot of https://github.com/ggml-org/whisper.cpp.git @ da54572229bcf64ba367d96c7ef15770376c4280 (2026-09-15)

bindings/go/examples/go-whisper/color.go

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+package main
+
+import "fmt"
+
+///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+// CONSTANTS
+
+const (
+	Reset     = "\033[0m"
+	RGBPrefix = "\033[38;5;" // followed by RGB values in decimal format separated by colons
+	RGBSuffix = "m"
+)
+
+///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+// PUBLIC METHODS
+
+// Colorize text with RGB values, from 0 to 23
+func Colorize(text string, v int) string {
+	// https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ANSI_escape_code#8-bit
+	// Grayscale colors are in the range 232-255
+	return RGBPrefix + fmt.Sprint(v%24+232) + RGBSuffix + text + Reset
+}

bindings/go/examples/go-whisper/flags.go

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+package main
+
+import (
+	"flag"
+	"fmt"
+	"strings"
+	"time"
+
+	// Packages
+	whisper "github.com/ggerganov/whisper.cpp/bindings/go/pkg/whisper"
+)
+
+///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+// TYPES
+
+type Flags struct {
+	*flag.FlagSet
+}
+
+///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+// LIFECYCLE
+
+func NewFlags(name string, args []string) (*Flags, error) {
+	flags := &Flags{
+		FlagSet: flag.NewFlagSet(name, flag.ContinueOnError),
+	}
+
+	// Register the command line arguments
+	registerFlags(flags)
+
+	// Parse command line
+	if err := flags.Parse(args); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	// Return success
+	return flags, nil
+}
+
+///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+// PUBLIC METHODS
+
+func (flags *Flags) GetModel() string {
+	return flags.Lookup("model").Value.String()
+}
+
+func (flags *Flags) GetLanguage() string {
+	return flags.Lookup("language").Value.String()
+}
+
+func (flags *Flags) IsTranslate() bool {
+	return flags.Lookup("translate").Value.(flag.Getter).Get().(bool)
+}
+
+func (flags *Flags) GetOffset() time.Duration {
+	return flags.Lookup("offset").Value.(flag.Getter).Get().(time.Duration)
+}
+
+func (flags *Flags) GetDuration() time.Duration {
+	return flags.Lookup("duration").Value.(flag.Getter).Get().(time.Duration)
+}
+
+func (flags *Flags) GetThreads() uint {
+	return flags.Lookup("threads").Value.(flag.Getter).Get().(uint)
+}
+
+func (flags *Flags) GetOut() string {
+	return strings.ToLower(flags.Lookup("out").Value.String())
+}
+
+func (flags *Flags) IsTokens() bool {
+	return flags.Lookup("tokens").Value.String() == "true"
+}
+
+func (flags *Flags) IsColorize() bool {
+	return flags.Lookup("colorize").Value.String() == "true"
+}
+
+func (flags *Flags) GetMaxLen() uint {
+	return flags.Lookup("max-len").Value.(flag.Getter).Get().(uint)
+}
+
+func (flags *Flags) GetMaxTokens() uint {
+	return flags.Lookup("max-tokens").Value.(flag.Getter).Get().(uint)
+}
+
+func (flags *Flags) GetWordThreshold() float32 {
+	return float32(flags.Lookup("word-thold").Value.(flag.Getter).Get().(float64))
+}
+
+func (flags *Flags) SetParams(context whisper.Context) error {
+	if lang := flags.GetLanguage(); lang != "" && lang != "auto" {
+		fmt.Fprintf(flags.Output(), "Setting language to %q\n", lang)
+		if err := context.SetLanguage(lang); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+	if flags.IsTranslate() && context.IsMultilingual() {
+		fmt.Fprintf(flags.Output(), "Setting translate to true\n")
+		context.SetTranslate(true)
+	}
+	if offset := flags.GetOffset(); offset != 0 {
+		fmt.Fprintf(flags.Output(), "Setting offset to %v\n", offset)
+		context.SetOffset(offset)
+	}
+	if duration := flags.GetDuration(); duration != 0 {
+		fmt.Fprintf(flags.Output(), "Setting duration to %v\n", duration)
+		context.SetDuration(duration)
+	}
+	if threads := flags.GetThreads(); threads != 0 {
+		fmt.Fprintf(flags.Output(), "Setting threads to %d\n", threads)
+		context.SetThreads(threads)
+	}
+	if max_len := flags.GetMaxLen(); max_len != 0 {
+		fmt.Fprintf(flags.Output(), "Setting max_segment_length to %d\n", max_len)
+		context.SetMaxSegmentLength(max_len)
+	}
+	if max_tokens := flags.GetMaxTokens(); max_tokens != 0 {
+		fmt.Fprintf(flags.Output(), "Setting max_tokens to %d\n", max_tokens)
+		context.SetMaxTokensPerSegment(max_tokens)
+	}
+	if word_threshold := flags.GetWordThreshold(); word_threshold != 0 {
+		fmt.Fprintf(flags.Output(), "Setting word_threshold to %f\n", word_threshold)
+		context.SetTokenThreshold(word_threshold)
+	}
+
+	// Return success
+	return nil
+}
+
+///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+// PRIVATE METHODS
+
+func registerFlags(flag *Flags) {
+	flag.String("model", "", "Path to the model file")
+	flag.String("language", "", "Spoken language")
+	flag.Bool("translate", false, "Translate from source language to english")
+	flag.Duration("offset", 0, "Time offset")
+	flag.Duration("duration", 0, "Duration of audio to process")
+	flag.Uint("threads", 0, "Number of threads to use")
+	flag.Uint("max-len", 0, "Maximum segment length in characters")
+	flag.Uint("max-tokens", 0, "Maximum tokens per segment")
+	flag.Float64("word-thold", 0, "Maximum segment score")
+	flag.Bool("tokens", false, "Display tokens")
+	flag.Bool("colorize", false, "Colorize tokens")
+	flag.String("out", "", "Output format (srt, none or leave as empty string)")
+}

bindings/go/examples/go-whisper/main.go

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+package main
+
+import (
+	"flag"
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+
+	// Packages
+	whisper "github.com/ggerganov/whisper.cpp/bindings/go/pkg/whisper"
+)
+
+func main() {
+	flags, err := NewFlags(filepath.Base(os.Args[0]), os.Args[1:])
+	if err == flag.ErrHelp {
+		os.Exit(0)
+	} else if err != nil {
+		fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, err)
+		os.Exit(1)
+	} else if flags.GetModel() == "" {
+		fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, "Use -model flag to specify which model file to use")
+		os.Exit(1)
+	} else if flags.NArg() == 0 {
+		fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, "No input files specified")
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
+
+	// Load model
+	model, err := whisper.New(flags.GetModel())
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, err)
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
+	defer model.Close()
+
+	// Process files
+	for _, filename := range flags.Args() {
+		if err := Process(model, filename, flags); err != nil {
+			fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, err)
+			continue
+		}
+	}
+}

bindings/go/examples/go-whisper/process.go

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+package main
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+	"os"
+	"time"
+
+	// Package imports
+	whisper "github.com/ggerganov/whisper.cpp/bindings/go/pkg/whisper"
+	wav "github.com/go-audio/wav"
+)
+
+func Process(model whisper.Model, path string, flags *Flags) error {
+	var data []float32
+
+	// Create processing context
+	context, err := model.NewContext()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	// Set the parameters
+	if err := flags.SetParams(context); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	fmt.Printf("\n%s\n", context.SystemInfo())
+
+	// Open the file
+	fmt.Fprintf(flags.Output(), "Loading %q\n", path)
+	fh, err := os.Open(path)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	defer fh.Close()
+
+	// Decode the WAV file - load the full buffer
+	dec := wav.NewDecoder(fh)
+	if buf, err := dec.FullPCMBuffer(); err != nil {
+		return err
+	} else if dec.SampleRate != whisper.SampleRate {
+		return fmt.Errorf("unsupported sample rate: %d", dec.SampleRate)
+	} else if dec.NumChans != 1 {
+		return fmt.Errorf("unsupported number of channels: %d", dec.NumChans)
+	} else {
+		data = buf.AsFloat32Buffer().Data
+	}
+
+	// Segment callback when -tokens is specified
+	var cb whisper.SegmentCallback
+	if flags.IsTokens() {
+		cb = func(segment whisper.Segment) {
+			fmt.Fprintf(flags.Output(), "%02d [%6s->%6s] ", segment.Num, segment.Start.Truncate(time.Millisecond), segment.End.Truncate(time.Millisecond))
+			for _, token := range segment.Tokens {
+				if flags.IsColorize() && context.IsText(token) {
+					fmt.Fprint(flags.Output(), Colorize(token.Text, int(token.P*24.0)), " ")
+				} else {
+					fmt.Fprint(flags.Output(), token.Text, " ")
+				}
+			}
+			fmt.Fprintln(flags.Output(), "")
+			fmt.Fprintln(flags.Output(), "")
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Process the data
+	fmt.Fprintf(flags.Output(), "  ...processing %q\n", path)
+	context.ResetTimings()
+	if err := context.Process(data, nil, cb, nil); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	context.PrintTimings()
+
+	// Print out the results
+	switch {
+	case flags.GetOut() == "srt":
+		return OutputSRT(os.Stdout, context)
+	case flags.GetOut() == "none":
+		return nil
+	default:
+		return Output(os.Stdout, context, flags.IsColorize())
+	}
+}
+
+// Output text as SRT file
+func OutputSRT(w io.Writer, context whisper.Context) error {
+	n := 1
+	for {
+		segment, err := context.NextSegment()
+		if err == io.EOF {
+			return nil
+		} else if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		fmt.Fprintln(w, n)
+		fmt.Fprintln(w, srtTimestamp(segment.Start), " --> ", srtTimestamp(segment.End))
+		fmt.Fprintln(w, segment.Text)
+		fmt.Fprintln(w, "")
+		n++
+	}
+}
+
+// Output text to terminal
+func Output(w io.Writer, context whisper.Context, colorize bool) error {
+	for {
+		segment, err := context.NextSegment()
+		if err == io.EOF {
+			return nil
+		} else if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		fmt.Fprintf(w, "[%6s->%6s]", segment.Start.Truncate(time.Millisecond), segment.End.Truncate(time.Millisecond))
+		if colorize {
+			for _, token := range segment.Tokens {
+				if !context.IsText(token) {
+					continue
+				}
+				fmt.Fprint(w, " ", Colorize(token.Text, int(token.P*24.0)))
+			}
+			fmt.Fprint(w, "\n")
+		} else {
+			fmt.Fprintln(w, " ", segment.Text)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// Return srtTimestamp
+func srtTimestamp(t time.Duration) string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf("%02d:%02d:%02d,%03d", t/time.Hour, (t%time.Hour)/time.Minute, (t%time.Minute)/time.Second, (t%time.Second)/time.Millisecond)
+}