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Show HN: CPU-only transcription for YouTube, TikTok, X, Instagram videos
May 20, 2026
yapsnap is a CLI tool for CPU-only audio transcription from YouTube, TikTok, X, and Instagram URLs using a streaming Zipformer transducer model (Kaldi/k2-based), processing audio at several times realtime without GPU. Useful for developers needing offline or cost-sensitive transcription pipelines; competes with Whisper-based tools but targets CPU-constrained environments specifically.