diff --git a/Bash/.gitignore b/Bash/.gitignore
index 4750368..50fbb0c 100644
--- a/Bash/.gitignore
+++ b/Bash/.gitignore
@@ -5,4 +5,5 @@
 *.ogg*
 *.wav*
 *.m4a*
-main_folder
\ No newline at end of file
+main_folder
+models
diff --git a/Bash/.vscode/tasks.json b/Bash/.vscode/tasks.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3c4dc0e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Bash/.vscode/tasks.json
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+{
+	"version": "2.0.0",
+	"tasks": [
+		{
+			"label": "Transcribe tiny online smoke test",
+			"type": "shell",
+			"command": "bash",
+			"args": [
+				"/home/kuhy/testsAndMisc/Bash/transcribe.sh",
+				"--online",
+				"-m",
+				"tiny"
+			],
+			"isBackground": false,
+			"problemMatcher": [
+				"$gcc"
+			],
+			"group": "build"
+		}
+	]
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Bash/test_fw.srt b/Bash/test_fw.srt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b9d1a04
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Bash/test_fw.srt
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+1
+00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:02,760
+This is a quick test on faster with but run creep shun.
+
diff --git a/Bash/tools/transcribe_fw.py b/Bash/tools/transcribe_fw.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..eb4ea0b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Bash/tools/transcribe_fw.py
@@ -0,0 +1,338 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+import argparse
+import os
+import shutil
+import subprocess
+import sys
+import time
+from datetime import timedelta
+from typing import List, Optional
+
+
+def format_timestamp(seconds: float) -> str:
+    td = timedelta(seconds=seconds)
+    # Ensure SRT format HH:MM:SS,mmm
+    total_seconds = int(td.total_seconds())
+    hours = total_seconds // 3600
+    minutes = (total_seconds % 3600) // 60
+    secs = total_seconds % 60
+    millis = int((seconds - int(seconds)) * 1000)
+    return f"{hours:02d}:{minutes:02d}:{secs:02d},{millis:03d}"
+
+
+def write_srt(segments, srt_path: str):
+    with open(srt_path, "w", encoding="utf-8") as f:
+        for i, seg in enumerate(segments, start=1):
+            start = format_timestamp(seg.start)
+            end = format_timestamp(seg.end)
+            text = (seg.text or "").strip()
+            if not text:
+                continue
+            f.write(f"{i}\n{start} --> {end}\n{text}\n\n")
+
+
+def write_txt(segments, txt_path: str):
+    with open(txt_path, "w", encoding="utf-8") as f:
+        for seg in segments:
+            text = (seg.text or "").strip()
+            if text:
+                f.write(text + "\n")
+
+
+def write_srt_with_speakers(segments, labels: List[int], path: str):
+    with open(path, "w", encoding="utf-8") as f:
+        for i, (seg, lab) in enumerate(zip(segments, labels), start=1):
+            text = (seg.text or "").strip()
+            if not text:
+                continue
+            spk = f"SPK{lab+1}"
+            f.write(f"{i}\n{format_timestamp(seg.start)} --> {format_timestamp(seg.end)}\n[{spk}] {text}\n\n")
+
+
+def write_txt_with_speakers(segments, labels: List[int], path: str):
+    with open(path, "w", encoding="utf-8") as f:
+        for seg, lab in zip(segments, labels):
+            text = (seg.text or "").strip()
+            if text:
+                spk = f"SPK{lab+1}"
+                f.write(f"[{spk}] {text}\n")
+
+
+def write_rttm(segments, labels: List[int], path: str, file_id: str = "audio"):
+    # RTTM format: SPEAKER <file-id> 1 <start> <duration> <ortho> <stype> <name> <conf>
+    with open(path, "w", encoding="utf-8") as f:
+        for seg, lab in zip(segments, labels):
+            start = float(getattr(seg, "start", 0.0) or 0.0)
+            end = float(getattr(seg, "end", start) or start)
+            dur = max(0.0, end - start)
+            name = f"SPK{lab+1}"
+            f.write(f"SPEAKER {file_id} 1 {start:.3f} {dur:.3f} <NA> <NA> {name} <NA>\n")
+
+
+def hhmmss(seconds: float) -> str:
+    seconds = max(0.0, float(seconds))
+    total_seconds = int(seconds)
+    h = total_seconds // 3600
+    m = (total_seconds % 3600) // 60
+    s = total_seconds % 60
+    return f"{h:02d}:{m:02d}:{s:02d}"
+
+
+def get_media_duration(path: str) -> float | None:
+    """Try to get media duration in seconds using ffmpeg-python or ffprobe.
+    Returns None if unavailable.
+    """
+    # Try ffmpeg-python first (if installed) which uses ffprobe under the hood
+    try:
+        import ffmpeg  # type: ignore
+
+        probe = ffmpeg.probe(path)
+        fmt = probe.get("format", {})
+        if "duration" in fmt:
+            return float(fmt["duration"])  # type: ignore
+    except Exception:
+        pass
+
+    # Fallback: call ffprobe directly if available
+    if shutil.which("ffprobe"):
+        try:
+            out = subprocess.check_output(
+                [
+                    "ffprobe",
+                    "-v",
+                    "error",
+                    "-show_entries",
+                    "format=duration",
+                    "-of",
+                    "default=noprint_wrappers=1:nokey=1",
+                    path,
+                ],
+                stderr=subprocess.DEVNULL,
+            )
+            return float(out.decode().strip())
+        except Exception:
+            return None
+    return None
+
+
+def _resample_linear(x, src_sr: int, tgt_sr: int):
+    import numpy as np
+    if src_sr == tgt_sr:
+        return x
+    ratio = float(tgt_sr) / float(src_sr)
+    n_out = max(1, int(round(x.shape[-1] * ratio)))
+    xp = np.linspace(0.0, 1.0, num=x.shape[-1], endpoint=False)
+    xq = np.linspace(0.0, 1.0, num=n_out, endpoint=False)
+    y = np.interp(xq, xp, x.astype(np.float32))
+    return y.astype(np.float32)
+
+
+def _kmeans_cosine(embs, k: int, iters: int = 50, seed: int = 0):
+    import numpy as np
+    rng = np.random.default_rng(seed)
+    X = np.asarray(embs, dtype=np.float32)
+    if X.ndim != 2 or X.shape[0] == 0:
+        return np.zeros((0,), dtype=np.int64)
+    # Normalize
+    X = X / (np.linalg.norm(X, axis=1, keepdims=True) + 1e-8)
+    # Init centroids as random samples
+    idxs = rng.choice(X.shape[0], size=min(k, X.shape[0]), replace=False)
+    C = X[idxs]
+    # If fewer samples than k, pad with random
+    if C.shape[0] < k:
+        pad = rng.standard_normal(size=(k - C.shape[0], X.shape[1])).astype(np.float32)
+        pad /= (np.linalg.norm(pad, axis=1, keepdims=True) + 1e-8)
+        C = np.concatenate([C, pad], axis=0)
+    for _ in range(iters):
+        # Assign by cosine similarity (maximize dot product)
+        sims = X @ C.T  # (n, k)
+        labels = sims.argmax(axis=1)
+        newC = np.zeros_like(C)
+        for j in range(k):
+            sel = X[labels == j]
+            if sel.shape[0] == 0:
+                newC[j] = C[j]
+            else:
+                v = sel.mean(axis=0)
+                v /= (np.linalg.norm(v) + 1e-8)
+                newC[j] = v
+        if np.allclose(newC, C, atol=1e-4):
+            break
+        C = newC
+    return labels
+
+
+def diarize_segments(audio_path: str, segments, num_speakers: int = 2) -> Optional[list]:
+    """Simple diarization: compute speaker embeddings per segment and cluster with KMeans.
+    Returns a list of speaker labels aligned with segments, or None on failure.
+    """
+    try:
+        import numpy as np
+        import soundfile as sf
+        from speechbrain.pretrained import EncoderClassifier
+        import torch
+    except Exception as e:
+        print(f"[WARN] Diarization dependencies missing ({e}); skipping speaker labels.", file=sys.stderr)
+        return None
+
+    # Load audio
+    try:
+        wav, sr = sf.read(audio_path, dtype="float32", always_2d=False)
+    except Exception as e:
+        print(f"[WARN] Could not read audio for diarization: {e}", file=sys.stderr)
+        return None
+    if wav.ndim == 2:  # mixdown
+        wav = wav.mean(axis=1)
+    # Resample to 16k for ECAPA
+    wav16 = _resample_linear(wav, sr, 16000)
+
+    # Load speaker embedding model (CPU is fine)
+    try:
+        classifier = EncoderClassifier.from_hparams(
+            source="speechbrain/spkrec-ecapa-voxceleb",
+            run_opts={"device": "cpu"},
+            savedir=os.path.join(os.path.expanduser("~"), ".cache", "speechbrain_ecapa")
+        )
+    except Exception as e:
+        print(f"[WARN] Could not load speaker embedding model: {e}", file=sys.stderr)
+        return None
+
+    embs = []
+    # Extract embedding per segment window
+    for seg in segments:
+        s = float(getattr(seg, "start", 0.0) or 0.0)
+        e = float(getattr(seg, "end", s) or s)
+        if e <= s:
+            e = s + 0.2  # minimal window
+        # Convert to samples in 16k
+        i0 = int(s * 16000)
+        i1 = int(e * 16000)
+        # Add small margins to help very short segments
+        pad = int(0.05 * 16000)
+        i0 = max(0, i0 - pad)
+        i1 = min(len(wav16), i1 + pad)
+        if i1 - i0 < 1600:  # <0.1s, too short; expand if possible
+            i1 = min(len(wav16), i0 + 1600)
+        segment_wav = torch.tensor(wav16[i0:i1]).unsqueeze(0)
+        with torch.no_grad():
+            emb = classifier.encode_batch(segment_wav).squeeze(0).squeeze(0).cpu().numpy()
+        embs.append(emb.astype("float32"))
+
+    if len(embs) == 0:
+        return None
+    # Cluster
+    labels = _kmeans_cosine(embs, k=max(1, int(num_speakers)))
+    return labels.tolist()
+
+
+def main():
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Transcribe audio with faster-whisper and write .txt and .srt")
+    parser.add_argument("input", help="Path to audio/video file")
+    parser.add_argument("--model", default=os.environ.get("FW_MODEL", "large-v3"), help="Model size or path (default: large-v3)")
+    parser.add_argument("--language", default=None, help="Language code (e.g., en). Leave None for auto-detect")
+    parser.add_argument("--device", default=os.environ.get("FW_DEVICE", "auto"), choices=["auto", "cpu", "cuda"], help="Device to run on")
+    parser.add_argument("--compute-type", dest="compute_type", default=os.environ.get("FW_COMPUTE", "auto"), help="Compute type (auto,int8,float16,float32,int8_float16,etc.)")
+    parser.add_argument("--outdir", default=None, help="Output directory (default: next to input)")
+    parser.add_argument("--no-progress", action="store_true", help="Disable live progress output")
+    parser.add_argument("--diarize", action="store_true", help="Enable speaker diarization (labels)")
+    parser.add_argument("--num-speakers", type=int, default=int(os.environ.get("FW_NUM_SPEAKERS", "2")), help="Assumed number of speakers (default: 2)")
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+
+    try:
+        from faster_whisper import WhisperModel
+    except Exception as e:
+        print("[ERROR] faster-whisper is not installed in this environment.", file=sys.stderr)
+        print(str(e), file=sys.stderr)
+        return 2
+
+    inp = os.path.abspath(args.input)
+    if not os.path.exists(inp):
+        print(f"[ERROR] Input file not found: {inp}", file=sys.stderr)
+        return 2
+
+    outdir = os.path.abspath(args.outdir or os.path.dirname(inp) or ".")
+    os.makedirs(outdir, exist_ok=True)
+    base = os.path.splitext(os.path.basename(inp))[0]
+    srt_path = os.path.join(outdir, base + ".srt")
+    txt_path = os.path.join(outdir, base + ".txt")
+
+    # Device and compute_type heuristics
+    device = args.device
+    compute_type = args.compute_type
+    if device == "auto":
+        device = "cpu"
+    if compute_type == "auto":
+        # Prefer accuracy over speed by default
+        compute_type = "float16" if device == "cuda" else "float32"
+
+    print(f"[INFO] Loading model='{args.model}', device='{device}', compute_type='{compute_type}'")
+    model = WhisperModel(args.model, device=device, compute_type=compute_type)
+
+    # Transcription with live progress
+    total_duration = get_media_duration(inp)
+    if total_duration:
+        print(f"[INFO] Media duration: {hhmmss(total_duration)}")
+    start_ts = time.time()
+
+    iter_segments, info = model.transcribe(inp, language=args.language)
+    collected = []
+    processed = 0.0
+    last_print = 0.0
+    tty = sys.stderr.isatty()
+    for seg in iter_segments:
+        collected.append(seg)
+        # Update processed time from segment end if available
+        if getattr(seg, "end", None) is not None:
+            processed = max(processed, float(seg.end))
+        now = time.time()
+        # Print each segment or throttle to ~5 per second
+        if not args.no_progress and (tty or (now - last_print) >= 0.2):
+            last_print = now
+            if total_duration and total_duration > 0:
+                pct = max(0.0, min(100.0, (processed / total_duration) * 100.0))
+                elapsed = now - start_ts
+                eta = None
+                if processed > 0:
+                    rate = processed / max(1e-6, elapsed)
+                    remaining = max(0.0, total_duration - processed)
+                    eta = remaining / max(1e-6, rate)
+                line = f"[PROGRESS] {hhmmss(processed)} / {hhmmss(total_duration)} ({pct:5.1f}%)"
+                if eta is not None and eta < 60 * 60 * 24:  # cap unrealistic values
+                    line += f" ETA ~{hhmmss(eta)}"
+            else:
+                line = f"[PROGRESS] processed {hhmmss(processed)}"
+            if tty:
+                print("\r" + line, end="", file=sys.stderr, flush=True)
+            else:
+                print(line, file=sys.stderr, flush=True)
+
+    # Finish progress line
+    if not args.no_progress and sys.stderr.isatty():
+        print("", file=sys.stderr)  # newline
+
+    print(f"[INFO] Detected language: {getattr(info, 'language', None)} (prob={getattr(info, 'language_probability', None)})")
+    print(f"[INFO] Segments: {len(collected)}")
+
+    # Optionally diarize
+    if args.diarize:
+        labels = diarize_segments(inp, collected, num_speakers=args.num_speakers)
+        if labels is not None and len(labels) == len(collected):
+            diar_srt = os.path.join(outdir, base + ".diar.srt")
+            diar_txt = os.path.join(outdir, base + ".diar.txt")
+            rttm_path = os.path.join(outdir, base + ".rttm")
+            write_srt_with_speakers(collected, labels, diar_srt)
+            write_txt_with_speakers(collected, labels, diar_txt)
+            write_rttm(collected, labels, rttm_path, file_id=base)
+            print(f"[OK] Wrote: {diar_txt}\n[OK] Wrote: {diar_srt}\n[OK] Wrote: {rttm_path}")
+        else:
+            print("[WARN] Diarization failed or returned mismatched labels; writing plain outputs.", file=sys.stderr)
+
+    # Write base outputs
+    write_txt(collected, txt_path)
+    write_srt(collected, srt_path)
+    print(f"[OK] Wrote: {txt_path}\n[OK] Wrote: {srt_path}")
+    return 0
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    sys.exit(main())
diff --git a/Bash/transcribe.sh b/Bash/transcribe.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e1cce85
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Bash/transcribe.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,430 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -euo pipefail
+
+# Transcribe an audio file using faster-whisper with automatic setup.
+# - Creates Python venv in .venv
+# - Installs ffmpeg and espeak-ng (best-effort) for test audio generation
+# - Installs faster-whisper (and CUDA stack if NVIDIA is present)
+# - Runs tools/transcribe_fw.py to produce .txt and .srt next to the input
+
+SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
+PROJECT_DIR="$SCRIPT_DIR"
+TOOLS_DIR="$PROJECT_DIR/tools"
+PY_RUNNER="$TOOLS_DIR/transcribe_fw.py"
+VENV_DIR="$PROJECT_DIR/.venv"
+
+usage() {
+	cat <<USAGE
+Usage: $(basename "$0") [--online] [--prepare-model NAME --model-dir DIR] [-m model] [-l lang] [-o outdir] [audio_file]
+
+Options:
+	--online              Allow network to install deps and/or download models (default: offline)
+	--prepare-model NAME  Download a model for offline use (implies --online)
+	--model-dir DIR       Directory to store or load local models (default: ./models)
+	-m model              Model size or path (tiny, base, small, medium, large-v3, etc.). Default: large-v3
+	-l lang               Language code (e.g., en). Default: auto-detect
+	-o outdir             Output directory (default: alongside input)
+	[env] FW_DIARIZE=1    Enable diarization (speaker labels). Optional: FW_NUM_SPEAKERS=N. When --online, installs soundfile, speechbrain, and CPU-only torch/torchaudio.
+	-h                    Show help
+USAGE
+}
+
+log() {
+	echo "[$(date +'%H:%M:%S')]" "$@"
+}
+
+detect_pkg_mgr() {
+	if command -v apt-get >/dev/null 2>&1; then echo apt; return; fi
+	if command -v dnf >/dev/null 2>&1; then echo dnf; return; fi
+	if command -v yum >/dev/null 2>&1; then echo yum; return; fi
+	if command -v pacman >/dev/null 2>&1; then echo pacman; return; fi
+	if command -v zypper >/dev/null 2>&1; then echo zypper; return; fi
+	echo none
+}
+
+has_libcublas12() {
+	# Common system locations
+	for d in \
+		/usr/lib \
+		/usr/lib64 \
+		/usr/local/cuda/lib64 \
+		/usr/local/cuda-12*/lib64 \
+		/opt/cuda/lib64 \
+		/opt/cuda/targets/x86_64-linux/lib; do
+		[[ -e "$d/libcublas.so.12" ]] && return 0 || true
+	done
+	# venv-provided NVIDIA CUDA libs
+	if [[ -x "$VENV_DIR/bin/python" ]]; then
+		local pyver
+		pyver="$($VENV_DIR/bin/python -c 'import sys;print(f"{sys.version_info.major}.{sys.version_info.minor}")' 2>/dev/null || true)"
+		if [[ -n "$pyver" ]]; then
+			for d in "$VENV_DIR/lib/python$pyver/site-packages/nvidia/cublas/lib" \
+							 "$VENV_DIR/lib/python$pyver/site-packages/nvidia/cudnn/lib" \
+							 "$VENV_DIR/lib/python$pyver/site-packages/nvidia/cuda_runtime/lib"; do
+				[[ -e "$d/libcublas.so.12" ]] && return 0 || true
+			done
+		fi
+	fi
+	return 1
+}
+
+ensure_cuda_runtime() {
+	local mgr; mgr="$(detect_pkg_mgr)"
+	if [[ $OFFLINE -eq 1 ]]; then
+		if has_libcublas12; then return 0; fi
+		echo "CUDA runtime (libcublas.so.12) not found and offline mode is enabled. Install CUDA 12 runtime or rerun with --online." >&2
+		exit 6
+	fi
+	if has_libcublas12; then
+		return 0
+	fi
+	if ! command -v sudo >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+		log "sudo not found; skipping CUDA runtime install attempt."
+	else
+		log "CUDA cuBLAS 12 not found; attempting to install CUDA runtime (manager: $mgr)"
+		set +e
+		case "$mgr" in
+			pacman)
+				sudo pacman -Sy --noconfirm cuda cudnn || true ;;
+			apt)
+				sudo apt-get update -y || true
+				sudo apt-get install -y nvidia-cuda-toolkit || true ;;
+			dnf|yum)
+				sudo "$mgr" install -y cuda cudnn || true ;;
+			zypper)
+				sudo zypper install -y cuda cudnn || true ;;
+			*) log "Unknown package manager; cannot install CUDA automatically." ;;
+		esac
+		set -e
+	fi
+	# Re-check
+	if ! has_libcublas12; then
+		echo "CUDA runtime (libcublas.so.12) not found after attempted install. Please install CUDA 12 toolkit/runtime and re-run." >&2
+		exit 6
+	fi
+}
+
+install_system_deps() {
+	have_cmd() { command -v "$1" >/dev/null 2>&1; }
+	local need_ffmpeg=0 need_espeak=0
+	have_cmd ffmpeg || need_ffmpeg=1
+	have_cmd espeak-ng || need_espeak=1
+
+	# If diarization requested and online, we may also try to ensure libsndfile
+	local need_libsndfile=0
+	if [[ "${FW_DIARIZE:-}" == "1" ]]; then
+		# Heuristic: check common library file
+		if [[ ! -e /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libsndfile.so && ! -e /usr/lib/libsndfile.so && ! -e /usr/lib64/libsndfile.so ]]; then
+			need_libsndfile=1
+		fi
+	fi
+
+	if [[ $need_ffmpeg -eq 0 && $need_espeak -eq 0 && $need_libsndfile -eq 0 ]]; then
+		log "System deps present: ffmpeg, espeak-ng${FW_DIARIZE:+, libsndfile}"
+		return 0
+	fi
+
+	if [[ $OFFLINE -eq 1 ]]; then
+		echo "Missing system dependencies (ffmpeg/espeak-ng) but running in offline mode. Install them or rerun with --online." >&2
+		exit 5
+	fi
+
+	local mgr; mgr="$(detect_pkg_mgr)"
+	log "Detected package manager: $mgr (installing missing: $([[ $need_ffmpeg -eq 1 ]] && echo ffmpeg )$([[ $need_espeak -eq 1 ]] && echo espeak-ng )$([[ $need_libsndfile -eq 1 ]] && echo libsndfile))"
+
+	if ! command -v sudo >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+		log "sudo not found; skipping system package installation attempt."
+		return 0
+	fi
+
+	# Avoid exiting on install errors; continue best-effort
+	set +e
+	case "$mgr" in
+		apt)
+			sudo apt-get update -y || log "apt-get update failed; continuing"
+			pkgs=(python3-venv python3-pip)
+			[[ $need_ffmpeg -eq 1 ]] && pkgs+=(ffmpeg)
+			[[ $need_espeak -eq 1 ]] && pkgs+=(espeak-ng)
+			if [[ $need_libsndfile -eq 1 ]]; then
+				# Try both names across releases
+				pkgs+=(libsndfile1)
+				sudo apt-get install -y libsndfile1 || true
+				# If that failed, try libsndfile2 (newer distros)
+				sudo apt-get install -y libsndfile2 || true
+			fi
+			sudo apt-get install -y "${pkgs[@]}" || log "apt-get install failed; continuing" ;;
+		dnf)
+			pkgs=(python3-venv python3-pip)
+			[[ $need_ffmpeg -eq 1 ]] && pkgs+=(ffmpeg)
+			[[ $need_espeak -eq 1 ]] && pkgs+=(espeak-ng)
+			[[ $need_libsndfile -eq 1 ]] && pkgs+=(libsndfile)
+			sudo dnf install -y "${pkgs[@]}" || log "dnf install failed; continuing" ;;
+		yum)
+			pkgs=(python3-venv python3-pip)
+			[[ $need_ffmpeg -eq 1 ]] && pkgs+=(ffmpeg)
+			[[ $need_espeak -eq 1 ]] && pkgs+=(espeak-ng)
+			[[ $need_libsndfile -eq 1 ]] && pkgs+=(libsndfile)
+			sudo yum install -y "${pkgs[@]}" || log "yum install failed; continuing" ;;
+		pacman)
+			pkgs=(python-virtualenv python-pip)
+			[[ $need_ffmpeg -eq 1 ]] && pkgs+=(ffmpeg)
+			[[ $need_espeak -eq 1 ]] && pkgs+=(espeak-ng)
+			[[ $need_libsndfile -eq 1 ]] && pkgs+=(libsndfile)
+			sudo pacman -Sy --noconfirm "${pkgs[@]}" || log "pacman install failed; continuing" ;;
+		zypper)
+			pkgs=(python311-virtualenv python311-pip)
+			[[ $need_ffmpeg -eq 1 ]] && pkgs+=(ffmpeg)
+			[[ $need_espeak -eq 1 ]] && pkgs+=(espeak-ng)
+			[[ $need_libsndfile -eq 1 ]] && pkgs+=(libsndfile1)
+			sudo zypper install -y "${pkgs[@]}" || log "zypper install failed; continuing" ;;
+		*)
+			log "Unknown package manager; please ensure ffmpeg and espeak-ng are installed." ;;
+	esac
+	set -e
+}
+
+setup_venv() {
+	if [[ ! -d "$VENV_DIR" ]]; then
+		log "Creating venv at $VENV_DIR"
+		python3 -m venv "$VENV_DIR"
+	fi
+	# shellcheck disable=SC1091
+	source "$VENV_DIR/bin/activate"
+	if [[ $OFFLINE -eq 0 ]]; then
+		python -m pip install --upgrade pip wheel setuptools
+	fi
+}
+
+install_python_deps() {
+	# Install deps; if NVIDIA GPU is present, prefer CUDA-capable stack (cu12)
+	local has_nvidia_flag="${1:-0}"
+	log "Installing faster-whisper and dependencies"
+	export PIP_DISABLE_PIP_VERSION_CHECK=1
+	export PIP_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT=${PIP_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT:-20}
+	if [[ $OFFLINE -eq 1 ]]; then
+		# Offline: do not install, just verify modules
+		if ! python -c 'import faster_whisper' >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+			echo "Python dependency 'faster_whisper' not found in offline mode. Run with --online to install." >&2
+			exit 7
+		fi
+		# If diarization requested offline, check for its deps too (warn-only)
+		if [[ "${FW_DIARIZE:-}" == "1" ]]; then
+			python - <<'PY' || true
+try:
+    import soundfile, speechbrain, torch  # noqa: F401
+except Exception as e:
+    print(f"[WARN] Diarization deps missing offline ({e}); speaker labels will be skipped.")
+PY
+		fi
+		return 0
+	fi
+	if [[ "$has_nvidia_flag" -eq 1 ]]; then
+		# If ctranslate2 is not installed, attempt CUDA-enabled wheel (quiet, with fallback)
+		if ! "$VENV_DIR/bin/python" -c 'import ctranslate2' >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+			log "Installing CUDA-enabled CTranslate2 (cu12 wheel)"
+			python -m pip install -q --retries 1 --upgrade "ctranslate2<5,>=4.0" --extra-index-url https://download.opennmt.net/ctranslate2/cu12 || \
+				log "Warning: could not reach cu12 wheel index; will proceed with available ctranslate2"
+		fi
+		# Ensure NVIDIA CUDA 12 runtime libs are available inside the venv
+		python -m pip install -q --retries 1 --upgrade nvidia-cublas-cu12 nvidia-cuda-runtime-cu12 nvidia-cudnn-cu12 || \
+			log "Warning: failed to install NVIDIA cu12 runtime libs via pip"
+	fi
+	python -m pip install -q --retries 1 --upgrade faster-whisper ffmpeg-python
+
+	# If diarization requested and online, install its Python deps best-effort
+	if [[ "${FW_DIARIZE:-}" == "1" ]]; then
+		python -m pip install -q --retries 1 --upgrade soundfile speechbrain || \
+			log "Warning: failed to install soundfile/speechbrain"
+		# Torch and torchaudio CPU wheels (force to avoid mismatched CUDA builds)
+		python -m pip install -q --retries 1 --upgrade --force-reinstall --index-url https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cpu torch torchaudio || \
+			log "Warning: failed to install torch/torchaudio CPU wheels"
+	fi
+	python - <<'PY'
+import sys
+print(f"[PY] Python {sys.version.split()[0]} dependencies installed.")
+PY
+}
+
+ensure_runner() {
+	if [[ ! -f "$PY_RUNNER" ]]; then
+		echo "Runner not found: $PY_RUNNER" >&2
+		exit 3
+	fi
+}
+
+generate_test_audio() {
+	local tmpwav
+	tmpwav="${PROJECT_DIR}/test_fw.wav"
+	if command -v espeak-ng >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+		log "Generating test audio via espeak-ng -> $tmpwav" >&2
+		espeak-ng -w "$tmpwav" "This is a quick test of faster whisper transcription." >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
+	fi
+	# If espeak-ng failed or not present, try espeak
+	if [[ ! -s "$tmpwav" ]] && command -v espeak >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+		log "espeak-ng unavailable or failed; trying espeak -> $tmpwav" >&2
+		espeak -w "$tmpwav" "This is a quick test of faster whisper transcription." >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
+	fi
+	# Fallback: generate tone via Python stdlib (no external deps)
+	if [[ ! -s "$tmpwav" ]]; then
+		log "Generating 3s 1kHz WAV via Python stdlib -> $tmpwav" >&2
+		python3 -c 'import sys,wave,math,array;outfile=sys.argv[1];fr=16000;dur=3;freq=1000.0;ampl=0.3;n=fr*dur;data=array.array("h",[int(max(-1.0,min(1.0,ampl*math.sin(2*math.pi*freq*(i/fr))))*32767) for i in range(n)]);wf=wave.open(outfile,"w");wf.setnchannels(1);wf.setsampwidth(2);wf.setframerate(fr);wf.writeframes(data.tobytes());wf.close()' "$tmpwav" || true
+	fi
+	# Final fallback: tone via ffmpeg
+	if [[ ! -s "$tmpwav" ]]; then
+		log "Creating a 3s sine tone WAV via ffmpeg -> $tmpwav" >&2
+		ffmpeg -f lavfi -i sine=frequency=1000:duration=3 -ar 16000 -ac 1 -f wav -y "$tmpwav" >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
+	fi
+	echo "$tmpwav"
+}
+
+prepare_model() {
+	# Download a model for offline use into MODEL_DIR
+	local name="$1"
+	mkdir -p "$MODEL_DIR"
+	# shellcheck disable=SC1091
+	source "$VENV_DIR/bin/activate"
+	log "Preparing model '$name' into $MODEL_DIR"
+	python - <<PY
+import sys, os
+from faster_whisper import WhisperModel
+name = os.environ.get('FW_PREPARE_NAME')
+root = os.environ.get('FW_MODEL_DIR')
+print(f"[PY] Preparing model '{name}' into {root}")
+WhisperModel(name, device="cpu", compute_type="int8", download_root=root)
+print("[PY] Model prepared.")
+PY
+}
+
+main() {
+	# Defaults
+	OFFLINE=1
+	PREPARE_MODEL=""
+	MODEL_DIR="$PROJECT_DIR/models"
+	MODEL="large-v3"
+	LANGUAGE=""
+	OUTDIR=""
+	INPUT_FILE=""
+
+	# Parse args
+	PARSED=$(getopt -o m:l:o:h -l online,prepare-model:,model-dir: -- "$@") || { usage; exit 2; }
+	eval set -- "$PARSED"
+	while true; do
+		case "$1" in
+			-m) MODEL="$2"; shift 2;;
+			-l) LANGUAGE="$2"; shift 2;;
+			-o) OUTDIR="$2"; shift 2;;
+			-h) usage; exit 0;;
+			--online) OFFLINE=0; shift;;
+			--prepare-model) PREPARE_MODEL="$2"; OFFLINE=0; shift 2;;
+			--model-dir) MODEL_DIR="$2"; shift 2;;
+			--) shift; break;;
+			*) break;;
+		esac
+	done
+	INPUT_FILE="${1:-}"
+
+	if [[ $OFFLINE -eq 1 ]]; then
+		export HF_HUB_OFFLINE=1
+		export TRANSFORMERS_OFFLINE=1
+	fi
+
+	install_system_deps
+	setup_venv
+
+	# If asked to prepare a model, do that and exit
+	if [[ -n "$PREPARE_MODEL" ]]; then
+		if [[ $OFFLINE -eq 1 ]]; then
+			echo "--prepare-model requires network; rerun with --online." >&2
+			exit 2
+		fi
+		install_python_deps 0
+		export FW_PREPARE_NAME="$PREPARE_MODEL"
+		export FW_MODEL_DIR="$MODEL_DIR"
+		prepare_model "$PREPARE_MODEL"
+		log "Model '$PREPARE_MODEL' downloaded to $MODEL_DIR"
+		exit 0
+	fi
+
+	# Detect NVIDIA GPU and enforce CUDA if present
+	has_nvidia=0
+	if command -v nvidia-smi >/dev/null 2>&1 && nvidia-smi -L >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+		has_nvidia=1
+	fi
+	install_python_deps "$has_nvidia"
+	ensure_runner
+
+	local input="$INPUT_FILE"
+	if [[ -z "$input" ]]; then
+		input="$(generate_test_audio)"
+		if [[ ! -s "$input" ]]; then
+			echo "Failed to generate test audio. Please provide an audio file." >&2
+			exit 4
+		fi
+	fi
+
+	if [[ ! -f "$input" ]]; then
+		echo "Input file not found: $input" >&2
+		exit 2
+	fi
+
+	local args=("$input" "--model" "$MODEL")
+	[[ -n "$LANGUAGE" ]] && args+=("--language" "$LANGUAGE")
+	[[ -n "$OUTDIR" ]] && args+=("--outdir" "$OUTDIR")
+
+	# Pass diarization via env if requested
+	if [[ "${FW_DIARIZE:-}" == "1" ]]; then
+		args+=("--diarize")
+		if [[ -n "${FW_NUM_SPEAKERS:-}" ]]; then
+			args+=("--num-speakers" "${FW_NUM_SPEAKERS}")
+		fi
+	fi
+
+	if [[ $has_nvidia -eq 1 ]]; then
+		ensure_cuda_runtime
+		# Export common CUDA paths in case the env lacks them
+		export CUDA_HOME="${CUDA_HOME:-/usr/local/cuda}"
+		# Include system and possible venv-provided CUDA libs
+		local pyver venv_cuda_paths=""
+		if [[ -x "$VENV_DIR/bin/python" ]]; then
+			pyver="$($VENV_DIR/bin/python -c 'import sys;print(f"{sys.version_info.major}.{sys.version_info.minor}")' 2>/dev/null || true)"
+			if [[ -n "$pyver" ]]; then
+				venv_cuda_paths="$VENV_DIR/lib/python$pyver/site-packages/nvidia/cublas/lib:$VENV_DIR/lib/python$pyver/site-packages/nvidia/cudnn/lib:$VENV_DIR/lib/python$pyver/site-packages/nvidia/cuda_runtime/lib"
+			fi
+		fi
+		export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="${LD_LIBRARY_PATH:-}:${CUDA_HOME}/lib64:/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu:/opt/cuda/lib64:/opt/cuda/targets/x86_64-linux/lib:${venv_cuda_paths}"
+		export PATH="${PATH}:${CUDA_HOME}/bin"
+		# shellcheck disable=SC1091
+		source "$VENV_DIR/bin/activate"
+		python -c 'from faster_whisper import WhisperModel; WhisperModel("tiny", device="cuda", compute_type="float16"); print("[PY] CUDA test init succeeded.")' || { echo "CUDA environment check failed. Aborting as requested." >&2; exit 6; }
+		args+=("--device" "cuda")
+	fi
+
+	log "Transcribing: $input"
+	# shellcheck disable=SC1091
+	source "$VENV_DIR/bin/activate"
+	if [[ $has_nvidia -eq 1 ]]; then
+		if ! python "$PY_RUNNER" "${args[@]}"; then
+			echo "CUDA execution requested due to detected NVIDIA GPU, but it failed. Aborting as requested (no CPU fallback)." >&2
+			exit 6
+		fi
+	else
+		# Offline: prefer local directory if present; otherwise use cache without network
+		if [[ $OFFLINE -eq 1 ]]; then
+			local local_model_path=""
+			if [[ -d "$MODEL" ]]; then
+				local_model_path="$MODEL"
+			elif [[ -d "$MODEL_DIR/$MODEL" ]]; then
+				local_model_path="$MODEL_DIR/$MODEL"
+			fi
+			if [[ -n "$local_model_path" ]]; then
+				args=("$input" "--model" "$local_model_path")
+				[[ -n "$LANGUAGE" ]] && args+=("--language" "$LANGUAGE")
+				[[ -n "$OUTDIR" ]] && args+=("--outdir" "$OUTDIR")
+			fi
+		fi
+		python "$PY_RUNNER" "${args[@]}"
+	fi
+}
+
+main "$@"
+