# pktito

> pktito transcribes speech in audio and video files on the computer it runs on, with NVIDIA's Parakeet-TDT models (English, or 25 European languages). It is a desktop app for macOS, Windows and Linux with a command-line tool, pktito-cli, and a C11 library. It needs no GPU and no network after the model's one download.

For an agent: install pktito, run `pktito-cli download parakeet-tdt-0.6b-v2` once, then `pktito-cli --json FILE` and read the JSON from stdout. The full text of every page below is at https://pktito.net/llms-full.txt.

## Developers

- [pktito-cli](https://pktito.net/developers/cli): Reference for pktito-cli, the app's transcription from a terminal, with its options, JSON output and exit codes.
- [For AI agents](https://pktito.net/developers/agents): How an AI agent can transcribe audio and video with pktito-cli, without a window or questions.
- [The C library](https://pktito.net/developers/library): libpktito, the C11 library under the app, with what it needs, its API, its backends and how to build it.
- [AliceBench](https://pktito.net/developers/benchmarks): AliceBench v1, one number for how fast a computer transcribes with pktito, and how to run it.
- [Building from source](https://pktito.net/developers/building): Build the pktito app and pktito-cli from source on macOS, Windows and Linux.

## Docs

- [Getting started](https://pktito.net/docs/getting-started): Install pktito, choose a speech model, and transcribe your first recording.
- [Formats](https://pktito.net/docs/formats): The audio and video files pktito reads on macOS, Windows and Linux, and with ffmpeg.
- [Models](https://pktito.net/docs/models): The two speech models pktito uses, where to download them, and how to use a model file you already have.
- [Saving](https://pktito.net/docs/saving): Save a transcript as text, subtitles, Markdown or JSON, save a whole batch at once, or copy it.
- [Troubleshooting](https://pktito.net/docs/troubleshooting): What pktito's messages mean, and what to do about them.

## Optional

- [Download](https://pktito.net/download): installers for macOS, Windows and Linux
- [Source](https://github.com/peterheb/pktito): the app and pktito-cli, MIT