Sending entire recordings in one request can exceed provider limits.
Decode audio once to a shared PCM sample clock and split uploads at a
configurable maximum of 1 to 30 minutes, defaulting to 30 minutes.
Prefer nearby pauses and include six seconds of overlap to protect words
at audio cuts while keeping each encoded MP3 within the duration cap.
Request word timestamps for chunked text and SRT output. Match overlapping
words and times to retain each passage once, warn when a join falls back
to timestamps, and generate SRT cues on the original recording timeline.
Reuse subtitle timestamp validation without reordering regressing words.
Only emit output after every request and conversion succeeds.
Document the Python dependency, temporary storage, boundary limitations,
and lack of automatic retry or resume. Keep single-request text formatting.
Test Plan:
- python3 -B -m unittest -v: all 29 tests passed, including mocked provider
failures, native MP3 payload checks, boundary stitching, and SRT timing.
- bash -n transcribe and shellcheck transcribe: passed.
- git diff --cached --check: passed.
- Locally decoded and encoded the supplied 74-minute WebM into three MP3
chunks; ffprobe confirmed each duration was below 30 minutes.
- Live transcription was not verified: the configured 1Password credential
was unavailable.
