From ddd32cc30f0937680a104140c7fc4666c6f1c752 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kiran Lonikar <klonikar@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2025 13:24:13 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] adding test client to transcribe audio files

---
 run_client.py | 57 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 57 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 run_client.py

diff --git a/run_client.py b/run_client.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fde26e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/run_client.py
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+from pathlib import Path
+import sys
+from whisper_live.client import TranscriptionClient
+import argparse
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+  parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+  parser.add_argument('--port', '-p',
+                        type=int,
+                        default=9090,
+                        help="Websocket port to run the server on.")
+  parser.add_argument('--server', '-s',
+                        type=str,
+                        default='localhost',
+                        help='hostname or ip address of server')
+  parser.add_argument('--files', '-f',
+                        type=str,
+                        nargs='+',
+                        help='hostname or ip address of server')
+  parser.add_argument('--output_file', '-o',
+                        type=str,
+                        default='./output_recording.wav',
+                        help='hostname or ip address of server')
+  args = parser.parse_args()
+
+  # Validate audio files
+  valid_files = []
+  for file_path in args.files:
+      path = Path(file_path)
+      if path.exists() and path.is_file():
+          valid_files.append(str(path))
+      else:
+          print(f"Warning: File not found: {file_path}")
+
+  if not valid_files:
+      print("Error: No valid audio files found!")
+      sys.exit(1)
+
+  print(f"Found {len(valid_files)} audio file(s) to stream:")
+  for file_path in valid_files:
+      print(f"  - {file_path}")
+
+  for f in valid_files:
+    client = TranscriptionClient(
+      args.server,
+      args.port,
+      lang="en",
+      translate=False,
+      model="large-v3",                                   # also support hf_model => `Systran/faster-whisper-small`
+      use_vad=False,
+      save_output_recording=False,                         # Only used for microphone input, False by Default
+      output_recording_filename=args.output_file, # Only used for microphone input
+      max_clients=4,
+      max_connection_time=600,
+      mute_audio_playback=True,                          # Only used for file input, False by Default
+    )
+    client(f)