update readme

.gitmodules

@@ -2,3 +2,6 @@
 	path = llm/llama.cpp
 	url = https://github.com/ggerganov/llama.cpp.git
 	shallow = true
+[submodule "llm/whisper.cpp"]
+	path = llm/whisper.cpp
+	url = git@github.com:ggerganov/whisper.cpp.git

api/types.go

@@ -36,6 +36,13 @@ func (e StatusError) Error() string {
 // ImageData represents the raw binary data of an image file.
 type ImageData []byte
 
+type WhisperRequest struct {
+	Model      string    `json:"model,omitempty"`
+	Audio      string    `json:"audio,omitempty"`
+	Transcribe bool      `json:"transcribe,omitempty"`
+	KeepAlive  *Duration `json:"keep_alive,omitempty"`
+}
+
 // GenerateRequest describes a request sent by [Client.Generate]. While you
 // have to specify the Model and Prompt fields, all the other fields have
 // reasonable defaults for basic uses.
@@ -80,6 +87,8 @@ type GenerateRequest struct {
 	// Options lists model-specific options. For example, temperature can be
 	// set through this field, if the model supports it.
 	Options map[string]interface{} `json:"options"`
+
+	Speech *WhisperRequest `json:"speech,omitempty"`
 }
 
 // ChatRequest describes a request sent by [Client.Chat].
@@ -105,6 +114,10 @@ type ChatRequest struct {
 
 	// Options lists model-specific options.
 	Options map[string]interface{} `json:"options"`
+
+	Speech *WhisperRequest `json:"speech,omitempty"`
+
+	RunSpeech bool `json:"run_speech,omitempty"`
 }
 
 type Tools []Tool
@@ -127,6 +140,7 @@ type Message struct {
 	Content   string      `json:"content"`
 	Images    []ImageData `json:"images,omitempty"`
 	ToolCalls []ToolCall  `json:"tool_calls,omitempty"`
+	Audio     string      `json:"audio,omitempty"`
 }
 
 func (m *Message) UnmarshalJSON(b []byte) error {
@@ -450,6 +464,11 @@ type GenerateResponse struct {
 	Metrics
 }
 
+type WhisperCompletion struct {
+	Text  string `json:"text"`
+	Error string `json:"error,omitempty"`
+}
+
 // ModelDetails provides details about a model.
 type ModelDetails struct {
 	ParentModel       string   `json:"parent_model"`

cmd/cmd.go

@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/ollama/ollama/format"
 	"github.com/ollama/ollama/parser"
 	"github.com/ollama/ollama/progress"
+	"github.com/ollama/ollama/recorder"
 	"github.com/ollama/ollama/server"
 	"github.com/ollama/ollama/types/errtypes"
 	"github.com/ollama/ollama/types/model"
@@ -380,6 +381,14 @@ func RunHandler(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 			}
 		}
 
+		speech, err := cmd.Flags().GetBool("speech")
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		if speech {
+			return generateInteractiveAudio(cmd, opts)
+		}
 		return generateInteractive(cmd, opts)
 	}
 	return generate(cmd, opts)
@@ -862,6 +871,7 @@ type runOptions struct {
 	Options     map[string]interface{}
 	MultiModal  bool
 	KeepAlive   *api.Duration
+	Audio       bool
 }
 
 type displayResponseState struct {
@@ -970,6 +980,10 @@ func chat(cmd *cobra.Command, opts runOptions) (*api.Message, error) {
 		req.KeepAlive = opts.KeepAlive
 	}
 
+	if opts.Audio {
+		req.RunSpeech = true
+	}
+
 	if err := client.Chat(cancelCtx, req, fn); err != nil {
 		if errors.Is(err, context.Canceled) {
 			return nil, nil
@@ -1055,6 +1069,30 @@ func generate(cmd *cobra.Command, opts runOptions) error {
 		KeepAlive: opts.KeepAlive,
 	}
 
+	speech, err := cmd.Flags().GetBool("speech")
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	// create temp wav file with the recorder package
+	if speech {
+		tempFile, err := os.CreateTemp("", "recording-*.wav")
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		defer os.Remove(tempFile.Name())
+
+		fmt.Print("Speech Mode\n\n")
+
+		err = recorder.RecordAudio(tempFile)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		request.Speech = &api.WhisperRequest{
+			Audio: tempFile.Name(),
+		}
+	}
 	if err := client.Generate(ctx, &request, fn); err != nil {
 		if errors.Is(err, context.Canceled) {
 			return nil
@@ -1262,6 +1300,7 @@ func NewCLI() *cobra.Command {
 		RunE:    RunHandler,
 	}
 
+	runCmd.Flags().Bool("speech", false, "Speech to text mode")
 	runCmd.Flags().String("keepalive", "", "Duration to keep a model loaded (e.g. 5m)")
 	runCmd.Flags().Bool("verbose", false, "Show timings for response")
 	runCmd.Flags().Bool("insecure", false, "Use an insecure registry")

cmd/interactive.go

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/ollama/ollama/parser"
 	"github.com/ollama/ollama/progress"
 	"github.com/ollama/ollama/readline"
+	"github.com/ollama/ollama/recorder"
 	"github.com/ollama/ollama/types/errtypes"
 )
 
@@ -51,6 +52,40 @@ func loadModel(cmd *cobra.Command, opts *runOptions) error {
 	return client.Chat(cmd.Context(), chatReq, func(api.ChatResponse) error { return nil })
 }
 
+func generateInteractiveAudio(cmd *cobra.Command, opts runOptions) error {
+	for {
+		p := progress.NewProgress(os.Stderr)
+		spinner := progress.NewSpinner("")
+		p.Add("", spinner)
+
+		// create temp wav file with the recorder package
+		tempFile, err := os.CreateTemp("", "recording-*.wav")
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		defer os.Remove(tempFile.Name())
+
+		err = recorder.RecordAudio(tempFile)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		p.StopAndClear()
+
+		newMessage := api.Message{Role: "user", Audio: tempFile.Name()}
+		opts.Audio = true
+		opts.Messages = append(opts.Messages, newMessage)
+
+		assistant, err := chat(cmd, opts)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		if assistant != nil {
+			opts.Messages = append(opts.Messages, *assistant)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 func generateInteractive(cmd *cobra.Command, opts runOptions) error {
 	usage := func() {
 		fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, "Available Commands:")

docs/speech.md

@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Speech to Text Prototype
+
+### To run
+`make {/path/to/whisper.cpp/server}`
+- replace `whisperServer` in `routes.go` with path to server
+
+## CLI
+`./ollama run llama3 [PROMPT] --speech`
+- processes voice audio with the provided prompt
+
+`./ollama run llama3 --speech`
+- enters interactive mode for continuous voice chat
+- TODO: fix exiting interactive mode
+
+Notes: uses default model
+
+
+## api/generate
+### Request fields
+- `speech` (required):
+    - `audio` (required): path to audio file
+    - `model` (optional): path to whisper model, uses default if null
+    - `transcribe` (optional): if true, will transcribe and return the audio file
+    - `keep_alive`: (optional): sets how long the model is stored in memory (default: `5m`)
+- `prompt` (optional): if not null, passed in with the transcribed audio
+
+#### Transcription
+```
+curl http://localhost:11434/api/generate -d '{
+    "speech": {
+        "model": "/Users/royhan-ollama/.ollama/whisper/ggml-base.en.bin",
+        "audio": "/Users/royhan-ollama/ollama/llm/whisper.cpp/samples/jfk.wav",
+        "transcribe": true,
+        "keep_alive": "1m"
+    },
+    "stream": false
+}' | jq
+```
+
+#### Response Generation
+```
+curl http://localhost:11434/api/generate -d '{
+    "model": "llama3",
+    "prompt": "What do you think about this quote?",
+    "speech": {
+        "model": "/Users/royhan-ollama/.ollama/whisper/ggml-base.en.bin",
+        "audio": "/Users/royhan-ollama/ollama/llm/whisper.cpp/samples/jfk.wav",
+        "keep_alive": "1m"
+    },
+    "stream": false
+}' | jq
+```
+
+## api/chat
+### Request fields
+- `model` (required): language model to chat with
+- `speech` (optional):
+    - `model` (optional): path to whisper model, uses default if null
+    - `keep_alive`: (optional): sets how long the model is stored in memory (default: `5m`)
+-  `run_speech` (optional): either this flag must be true or `speech` must be passed in for speech mode to run
+- `messages`/`message`/`audio` (required): path to audio file
+
+```
+curl http://localhost:11434/api/chat -d '{
+    "model": "llama3",
+    "speech": {
+        "model": "/Users/royhan-ollama/.ollama/whisper/ggml-base.en.bin",
+        "keep_alive": "10m"
+    },
+    "messages": [
+        {
+            "role": "system",
+            "content": "You are a Canadian Nationalist"
+        },
+        {
+            "role": "user",
+            "content": "What do you think about this quote?",
+            "audio": "/Users/royhan-ollama/ollama/llm/whisper.cpp/samples/jfk.wav"
+        }
+    ],
+    "stream": false
+}' | jq
+```

go.mod

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/agnivade/levenshtein v1.1.1
 	github.com/d4l3k/go-bfloat16 v0.0.0-20211005043715-690c3bdd05f1
 	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0
+	github.com/gordonklaus/portaudio v0.0.0-20230709114228-aafa478834f5
 	github.com/mattn/go-runewidth v0.0.14
 	github.com/nlpodyssey/gopickle v0.3.0
 	github.com/pdevine/tensor v0.0.0-20240510204454-f88f4562727c

go.sum

@@ -115,6 +115,8 @@ github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0/go.mod h1:17dUlkBOakJ0+DkrSSNjCkIjxS6bF9zb3elmeN
 github.com/google/gofuzz v1.0.0/go.mod h1:dBl0BpW6vV/+mYPU4Po3pmUjxk6FQPldtuIdl/M65Eg=
 github.com/google/uuid v1.1.2 h1:EVhdT+1Kseyi1/pUmXKaFxYsDNy9RQYkMWRH68J/W7Y=
 github.com/google/uuid v1.1.2/go.mod h1:TIyPZe4MgqvfeYDBFedMoGGpEw/LqOeaOT+nhxU+yHo=
+github.com/gordonklaus/portaudio v0.0.0-20230709114228-aafa478834f5 h1:5AlozfqaVjGYGhms2OsdUyfdJME76E6rx5MdGpjzZpc=
+github.com/gordonklaus/portaudio v0.0.0-20230709114228-aafa478834f5/go.mod h1:WY8R6YKlI2ZI3UyzFk7P6yGSuS+hFwNtEzrexRyD7Es=
 github.com/grpc-ecosystem/grpc-gateway v1.16.0/go.mod h1:BDjrQk3hbvj6Nolgz8mAMFbcEtjT1g+wF4CSlocrBnw=
 github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.1.0 h1:wN+x4NVGpMsO7ErUn/mUI3vEoE6Jt13X2s0bqwp9tc8=
 github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.1.0/go.mod h1:vpF70FUmC8bwa3OWnCshd2FqLfsEA9PFc4w1p2J65bw=

llm/whisper.cpp

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 6739eb83c3ca5cf40d24c6fe8442a761a1eb6248

recorder/recorder.go

@@ -0,0 +1,137 @@
+package recorder
+
+import (
+	"encoding/binary"
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"os/signal"
+	"syscall"
+
+	"golang.org/x/sys/unix"
+	"golang.org/x/term"
+
+	"github.com/gordonklaus/portaudio"
+)
+
+const (
+	sampleRate    = 16000
+	numChannels   = 1
+	bitsPerSample = 16
+)
+
+func RecordAudio(f *os.File) error {
+	fmt.Print("Recording. Press any key to stop.\n\n")
+
+	sig := make(chan os.Signal, 1)
+	signal.Notify(sig, os.Interrupt, syscall.SIGTERM)
+
+	portaudio.Initialize()
+	defer portaudio.Terminate()
+
+	in := make([]int16, 64)
+	stream, err := portaudio.OpenDefaultStream(numChannels, 0, sampleRate, len(in), in)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	defer stream.Close()
+
+	err = stream.Start()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	// Write WAV header with placeholder sizes
+	writeWavHeader(f, sampleRate, numChannels, bitsPerSample)
+
+	var totalSamples uint32
+
+	// Set up terminal input reading
+	oldState, err := term.MakeRaw(int(os.Stdin.Fd()))
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	defer term.Restore(int(os.Stdin.Fd()), oldState)
+
+	// Create a channel to handle the stop signal
+	stop := make(chan struct{})
+
+	go func() {
+		_, err := unix.Read(int(os.Stdin.Fd()), make([]byte, 1))
+		if err != nil {
+			fmt.Println("Error reading from stdin:", err)
+			return
+		}
+		// Send signal to stop recording
+		stop <- struct{}{}
+	}()
+
+loop:
+	for {
+		err = stream.Read()
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		err = binary.Write(f, binary.LittleEndian, in)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		totalSamples += uint32(len(in))
+
+		select {
+		case <-stop:
+			break loop
+		case <-sig:
+			break loop
+		default:
+		}
+	}
+
+	err = stream.Stop()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	// Update WAV header with actual sizes
+	updateWavHeader(f, totalSamples, numChannels, bitsPerSample)
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func writeWavHeader(f *os.File, sampleRate int, numChannels int, bitsPerSample int) {
+	subchunk1Size := 16
+	audioFormat := 1
+	byteRate := sampleRate * numChannels * (bitsPerSample / 8)
+	blockAlign := numChannels * (bitsPerSample / 8)
+
+	// Write the RIFF header
+	f.Write([]byte("RIFF"))
+	binary.Write(f, binary.LittleEndian, uint32(0)) // Placeholder for file size
+	f.Write([]byte("WAVE"))
+
+	// Write the fmt subchunk
+	f.Write([]byte("fmt "))
+	binary.Write(f, binary.LittleEndian, uint32(subchunk1Size))
+	binary.Write(f, binary.LittleEndian, uint16(audioFormat))
+	binary.Write(f, binary.LittleEndian, uint16(numChannels))
+	binary.Write(f, binary.LittleEndian, uint32(sampleRate))
+	binary.Write(f, binary.LittleEndian, uint32(byteRate))
+	binary.Write(f, binary.LittleEndian, uint16(blockAlign))
+	binary.Write(f, binary.LittleEndian, uint16(bitsPerSample))
+
+	// Write the data subchunk header
+	f.Write([]byte("data"))
+	binary.Write(f, binary.LittleEndian, uint32(0)) // Placeholder for data size
+}
+
+func updateWavHeader(f *os.File, totalSamples uint32, numChannels int, bitsPerSample int) {
+	fileSize := 36 + (totalSamples * uint32(numChannels) * uint32(bitsPerSample/8))
+	dataSize := totalSamples * uint32(numChannels) * uint32(bitsPerSample/8)
+
+	// Seek to the start of the file and write updated sizes
+	f.Seek(4, 0)
+	binary.Write(f, binary.LittleEndian, uint32(fileSize))
+
+	f.Seek(40, 0)
+	binary.Write(f, binary.LittleEndian, uint32(dataSize))
+}

server/routes.go

@@ -10,13 +10,17 @@ import (
 	"io"
 	"log/slog"
 	"math"
+	"math/rand"
+	"mime/multipart"
 	"net"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/netip"
 	"os"
+	"os/exec"
 	"os/signal"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"slices"
+	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"syscall"
 	"time"
@@ -105,6 +109,186 @@ func (s *Server) scheduleRunner(ctx context.Context, name string, caps []Capabil
 	return runner.llama, model, &opts, nil
 }
 
+func (s *Server) runWhisperServer(c *gin.Context, portCh chan int, errCh chan error, speech *api.WhisperRequest) {
+	var modelPath string
+	if speech.Model == "" {
+		modelPath = "/Users/royhan-ollama/.ollama/whisper/ggml-base.en.bin"
+	} else {
+		modelPath = speech.Model
+	}
+
+	// default to 5 minutes
+	var sessionDuration time.Duration
+	if speech.KeepAlive != nil {
+		sessionDuration = speech.KeepAlive.Duration
+	} else {
+		sessionDuration = 5 * time.Minute
+	}
+
+	s.sched.whisperMu.Lock()
+	if s.sched.whisperLoaded[modelPath] != nil {
+		slog.Info(fmt.Sprintf("whisper server already running %s on port %d", modelPath, *s.sched.whisperLoaded[modelPath]))
+		portCh <- *s.sched.whisperLoaded[modelPath]
+		// Renew the expiration time
+		s.sched.whisperExpiresAt[modelPath] = time.Now().Add(sessionDuration)
+		s.sched.whisperMu.Unlock()
+		return
+	}
+
+	whisperServer := "/Users/royhan-ollama/.ollama/server"
+
+	// Find an available port for whisper
+	port := 0
+	params := []string{}
+	if a, err := net.ResolveTCPAddr("tcp", "localhost:0"); err == nil {
+		var l *net.TCPListener
+		if l, err = net.ListenTCP("tcp", a); err == nil {
+			port = l.Addr().(*net.TCPAddr).Port
+			l.Close()
+		}
+	}
+	if port == 0 {
+		slog.Debug("ResolveTCPAddr failed")
+		port = rand.Intn(65535-49152) + 49152 // get a random port in the ephemeral range
+	}
+	finalParams := append(params, "--port", strconv.Itoa(port), "--model", modelPath)
+
+	cmd := exec.Command(whisperServer, finalParams...)
+	slog.Info("starting whisper server", "cmd", cmd.String())
+	cmd.Stdout = os.Stdout
+	cmd.Stderr = os.Stderr
+	err := cmd.Start()
+	if err != nil {
+		slog.Error("failed to start whisper server", "error", err)
+		errCh <- err
+		return
+	}
+
+	// Wait for server connection
+	retries := 25
+	var connErr error
+	for range retries {
+		time.Sleep(50 * time.Millisecond)
+		conn, err := net.DialTimeout("tcp", fmt.Sprintf("localhost:%d", port), time.Second)
+		if err == nil {
+			conn.Close()
+			connErr = nil
+			break
+		}
+		connErr = err
+	}
+
+	if connErr != nil {
+		slog.Error("failed to connect to whisper server", "error", connErr)
+		errCh <- connErr
+		return
+	}
+
+	portCh <- port
+	s.sched.whisperLoaded[modelPath] = &port
+	s.sched.whisperExpiresAt[modelPath] = time.Now().Add(sessionDuration)
+
+	s.sched.whisperMu.Unlock()
+
+	// Wait for the whisper server to exit
+	defer func() {
+		ticker := time.NewTicker(5 * time.Second)
+		defer ticker.Stop()
+		for range ticker.C {
+			s.sched.whisperMu.Lock()
+			if time.Now().After(s.sched.whisperExpiresAt[modelPath]) {
+				slog.Info("exiting whisper server")
+				delete(s.sched.whisperLoaded, modelPath)
+				delete(s.sched.whisperExpiresAt, modelPath)
+				s.sched.whisperMu.Unlock()
+
+				if err := cmd.Process.Kill(); err != nil {
+					c.AbortWithStatusJSON(http.StatusInternalServerError, gin.H{"error": err})
+					return
+				}
+
+				slog.Debug("whisper server stopped")
+				return
+			}
+			s.sched.whisperMu.Unlock()
+		}
+	}()
+}
+
+func whisperInference(c *gin.Context, filePath string, port int) (*api.WhisperCompletion, error) {
+	// Open the file
+	file, err := os.Open(filePath)
+	if err != nil {
+		c.AbortWithStatusJSON(http.StatusInternalServerError, gin.H{"error": "failed to open file"})
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	defer file.Close()
+
+	// Create a buffer to hold the multipart form data
+	buffer := &bytes.Buffer{}
+	writer := multipart.NewWriter(buffer)
+
+	// Add the file to the multipart form
+	part, err := writer.CreateFormFile("file", filepath.Base(filePath))
+	if err != nil {
+		c.AbortWithStatusJSON(http.StatusInternalServerError, gin.H{"error": "failed to create form file"})
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	if _, err := io.Copy(part, file); err != nil {
+		c.AbortWithStatusJSON(http.StatusInternalServerError, gin.H{"error": "failed to copy file"})
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	// Add other fields to the form
+	if err := writer.WriteField("temperature", "0.0"); err != nil {
+		c.AbortWithStatusJSON(http.StatusInternalServerError, gin.H{"error": "failed to write field"})
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	// Close the writer to finalize the multipart form
+	if err := writer.Close(); err != nil {
+		c.AbortWithStatusJSON(http.StatusInternalServerError, gin.H{"error": "failed to close writer"})
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	endpoint := fmt.Sprintf("http://localhost:%s/inference", strconv.Itoa(port))
+
+	serverReq, err := http.NewRequestWithContext(c.Request.Context(), http.MethodPost, endpoint, buffer)
+	if err != nil {
+		c.AbortWithStatusJSON(http.StatusInternalServerError, gin.H{"error": "failed to create request"})
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	serverReq.Header.Set("Content-Type", writer.FormDataContentType())
+
+	res, err := http.DefaultClient.Do(serverReq)
+	if err != nil {
+		c.AbortWithStatusJSON(http.StatusInternalServerError, gin.H{"error": "failed to send request"})
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	defer res.Body.Close()
+
+	body, err := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
+	if err != nil {
+		c.AbortWithStatusJSON(http.StatusInternalServerError, gin.H{"error": "failed to read response"})
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	var w api.WhisperCompletion
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(body, &w); err != nil {
+		c.AbortWithStatusJSON(http.StatusInternalServerError, gin.H{"error": "failed to unmarshal response"})
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	if w.Error != "" {
+		c.AbortWithStatusJSON(http.StatusBadRequest, gin.H{"error": w.Error})
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf(w.Error)
+	}
+
+	return &w, nil
+}
+
 func (s *Server) GenerateHandler(c *gin.Context) {
 	checkpointStart := time.Now()
 	var req api.GenerateRequest
@@ -129,6 +313,40 @@ func (s *Server) GenerateHandler(c *gin.Context) {
 		caps = append(caps, CapabilityInsert)
 	}
 
+	if req.Speech != nil {
+		portCh := make(chan int, 1)
+		errCh := make(chan error, 1)
+		go s.runWhisperServer(c, portCh, errCh, req.Speech)
+
+		var port int
+
+		select {
+		case port = <-portCh:
+		case err := <-errCh:
+			c.AbortWithStatusJSON(http.StatusInternalServerError, gin.H{"error": err})
+			return
+		}
+
+		w, err := whisperInference(c, req.Speech.Audio, port)
+		if err != nil {
+			c.AbortWithStatusJSON(http.StatusInternalServerError, gin.H{"error": "failed to generate completion"})
+			return
+		}
+
+		if req.Speech.Transcribe {
+			c.JSON(http.StatusOK, api.GenerateResponse{
+				Model:      req.Model,
+				CreatedAt:  time.Now().UTC(),
+				Response:   w.Text,
+				Done:       true,
+				DoneReason: "transcribe",
+			})
+			return
+		}
+
+		req.Prompt += "\n" + w.Text
+	}
+
 	r, m, opts, err := s.scheduleRunner(c.Request.Context(), req.Model, caps, req.Options, req.KeepAlive)
 	if errors.Is(err, errCapabilityCompletion) {
 		c.JSON(http.StatusBadRequest, gin.H{"error": fmt.Sprintf("%q does not support generate", req.Model)})
@@ -1296,6 +1514,37 @@ func (s *Server) ProcessHandler(c *gin.Context) {
 	c.JSON(http.StatusOK, api.ProcessResponse{Models: models})
 }
 
+func processAudio(c *gin.Context, s *Server, msgs []api.Message, req *api.WhisperRequest) error {
+	slog.Info("processing audio")
+	if req == nil {
+		req = &api.WhisperRequest{}
+	}
+	portCh := make(chan int, 1)
+	errCh := make(chan error, 1)
+	go s.runWhisperServer(c, portCh, errCh, req)
+
+	var port int
+	select {
+	case port = <-portCh:
+	case err := <-errCh:
+		c.AbortWithStatusJSON(http.StatusInternalServerError, gin.H{"error": err.Error()})
+		return err
+	}
+
+	// could parallelize this
+	for i, msg := range msgs {
+		if msg.Audio != "" {
+			w, err := whisperInference(c, msg.Audio, port)
+			if err != nil {
+				c.AbortWithStatusJSON(http.StatusInternalServerError, gin.H{"error": "failed to generate completion"})
+				return err
+			}
+			msgs[i].Content += "\n" + w.Text
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
 func (s *Server) ChatHandler(c *gin.Context) {
 	checkpointStart := time.Now()
 
@@ -1340,6 +1589,13 @@ func (s *Server) ChatHandler(c *gin.Context) {
 		msgs = append([]api.Message{{Role: "system", Content: m.System}}, msgs...)
 	}
 
+	if req.Speech != nil || req.RunSpeech {
+		if err := processAudio(c, s, msgs, req.Speech); err != nil {
+			slog.Error("failed to process audio", "error", err)
+			return
+		}
+	}
+
 	prompt, images, err := chatPrompt(c.Request.Context(), m, r.Tokenize, opts, msgs, req.Tools)
 	if err != nil {
 		c.JSON(http.StatusInternalServerError, gin.H{"error": err.Error()})

server/sched.go

@@ -46,6 +46,10 @@ type Scheduler struct {
 	getGpuFn     func() gpu.GpuInfoList
 	getCpuFn     func() gpu.GpuInfoList
 	reschedDelay time.Duration
+
+	whisperLoaded    map[string]*int
+	whisperExpiresAt map[string]time.Time
+	whisperMu        sync.Mutex
 }
 
 // Default automatic value for number of models we allow per GPU
@@ -63,15 +67,17 @@ var ErrMaxQueue = errors.New("server busy, please try again.  maximum pending re
 func InitScheduler(ctx context.Context) *Scheduler {
 	maxQueue := envconfig.MaxQueue()
 	sched := &Scheduler{
-		pendingReqCh:  make(chan *LlmRequest, maxQueue),
-		finishedReqCh: make(chan *LlmRequest, maxQueue),
-		expiredCh:     make(chan *runnerRef, maxQueue),
-		unloadedCh:    make(chan interface{}, maxQueue),
-		loaded:        make(map[string]*runnerRef),
-		newServerFn:   llm.NewLlamaServer,
-		getGpuFn:      gpu.GetGPUInfo,
-		getCpuFn:      gpu.GetCPUInfo,
-		reschedDelay:  250 * time.Millisecond,
+		pendingReqCh:     make(chan *LlmRequest, maxQueue),
+		finishedReqCh:    make(chan *LlmRequest, maxQueue),
+		expiredCh:        make(chan *runnerRef, maxQueue),
+		unloadedCh:       make(chan interface{}, maxQueue),
+		loaded:           make(map[string]*runnerRef),
+		newServerFn:      llm.NewLlamaServer,
+		getGpuFn:         gpu.GetGPUInfo,
+		getCpuFn:         gpu.GetCPUInfo,
+		reschedDelay:     250 * time.Millisecond,
+		whisperLoaded:    make(map[string]*int),
+		whisperExpiresAt: make(map[string]time.Time),
 	}
 	sched.loadFn = sched.load
 	return sched
@@ -110,6 +116,10 @@ func (s *Scheduler) Run(ctx context.Context) {
 	go func() {
 		s.processCompleted(ctx)
 	}()
+
+	// go func() {
+	// 	could clean up whisper servers in init thread
+	// }
 }
 
 func (s *Scheduler) processPending(ctx context.Context) {