README.md

---
license: apache-2.0
language:
- multilingual
- en
- fr
- de
- es
- pt
- ja
base_model:
- ibm-granite/granite-4.0-1b-base
library_name: mlx-audio
tags:
- mlx
- speech-to-text
- speech
- transcription
- asr
- stt
- mlx-audio
---
# mlx-community/granite-4.0-1b-speech-8bit

This model was converted to MLX format from [`ibm-granite/granite-4.0-1b-speech`](https://huggingface.co/ibm-granite/granite-4.0-1b-speech) using mlx-audio version **0.4.0**.

Refer to the [original model card](https://huggingface.co/ibm-granite/granite-4.0-1b-speech) for more details on the model.

## Use with mlx-audio

```bash
pip install -U mlx-audio
```

### CLI Example:
```bash
python -m mlx_audio.stt.generate --model mlx-community/granite-4.0-1b-speech-8bit --audio "audio.wav"
```

### Python Example:
```python        
from mlx_audio.stt.utils import load_model
from mlx_audio.stt.generate import generate_transcription

model = load_model("mlx-community/granite-4.0-1b-speech-8bit")
transcription = generate_transcription(
    model=model,
    audio_path="path_to_audio.wav",
    output_path="path_to_output.txt",
    format="txt",
    verbose=True,
)
print(transcription.text)

```