AndyTranscribe/README.md

# AndyTranscribe

Upload pocket-recorder audio (MP3, WAV, OGG, and more), extract embedded metadata, and transcribe locally with [faster-whisper-server](https://github.com/fedirz/faster-whisper-server). Audio never leaves your machine.

Built with Laravel 13, Blade, Livewire, Flux UI, Alpine.js, Tailwind CSS 4, [Laravel Reverb](https://laravel.com/docs/reverb), FrankenPHP, and [Laravel AI](https://github.com/laravel/ai).

## Features

- User accounts with login and open registration (each user only sees their own recordings)
- Upload common audio formats (MP3, WAV, OGG, FLAC, M4A, AAC, WebM, WMA, AIFF — up to 2 GB)
- Automatic metadata extraction when tags are present (title, artist, album, duration, recorded date)
- Search recordings by title, artist, or transcript
- Queued local transcription (faster-whisper in Docker)
- Live transcription progress over WebSockets (Reverb) on the list and detail pages
- Stop or restart a run anytime
- Copy finished transcripts from the recording detail page

## Requirements

- [Docker](https://docs.docker.com/get-docker/) and Docker Compose
- About 2 GB free disk for the Whisper model cache (first run downloads the model)

Optional for native PHP development: PHP 8.3+ (8.5 recommended), Composer, Node.js & npm.

## Install

These steps run the full stack with Docker: web app, queue worker, Reverb WebSockets, and Whisper.

### 1. Clone the repository

```bash
git clone <your-repo-url> andyTranscibe
cd andyTranscibe
```

### 2. Create your environment file

```bash
cp .env.example .env
```

### 3. Generate an application key

`APP_KEY` is required. Containers refuse to start if it is empty.

**Option A — PHP installed on the host**

```bash
php artisan key:generate
```

**Option B — Docker only**

Print a key:

```bash
docker run --rm php:8.5-cli php -r "echo 'base64:'.base64_encode(random_bytes(32)), PHP_EOL;"
```

Open `.env` and set:

```env
APP_KEY=base64:paste-the-value-here
```

On Linux you can write it in one step:

```bash
KEY=$(docker run --rm php:8.5-cli php -r "echo 'base64:'.base64_encode(random_bytes(32));")
sed -i "s|^APP_KEY=.*|APP_KEY=${KEY}|" .env
```

### 4. Start the stack

```bash
docker compose up --build -d
```

On first start the app container will:

- create `database/database.sqlite` if needed
- run migrations
- seed a demo user (see below)
- start FrankenPHP on port **8080**

Whisper may take a minute or two while the model downloads.

### Demo login

Every container start runs `db:seed`, which ensures these users exist:

| Email | Password |
| --- | --- |
| `demo@example.com` | `password` |
| `admin@example.com` | `password` |

Override the demo user with `SEED_USER_NAME`, `SEED_USER_EMAIL`, and `SEED_USER_PASSWORD` in `.env`.

### 5. Open the app

| URL | Purpose |
| --- | --- |
| [http://localhost:8080/recordings](http://localhost:8080/recordings) | App UI |
| [http://localhost:8080/up](http://localhost:8080/up) | Health check |

Live transcription status uses WebSockets on port **8081** (Reverb). Keep that port reachable from your browser.

### 6. Verify services (optional)

```bash
docker compose ps
docker compose logs -f app queue whisper reverb
```

You should see `app`, `queue`, `reverb`, and `whisper` running. Whisper becomes healthy after `/health` succeeds.

### Stop / restart

```bash
docker compose down
docker compose up -d
```

Data under `./database`, `./storage/app`, and `./storage/logs` is kept on the host.

### Live reload while developing

Default Compose uses the built image, so PHP/Blade/CSS/JS changes need a rebuild. For day-to-day work, use the dev overlay (bind-mounts the repo and runs Vite HMR):

```bash
docker compose -f docker-compose.yml -f docker-compose.dev.yml up --build -d
```

Or set once in `.env`:

```env
COMPOSE_FILE=docker-compose.yml:docker-compose.dev.yml
```

Then a normal `docker compose up -d` enables:

- host source mounted at `/app` (PHP, Blade, routes, etc. without rebuild)
- `vite` on port **5173** for CSS/JS hot reload and Blade refresh
- `queue:listen` so worker code picks up changes between jobs

Open [http://localhost:8080](http://localhost:8080) as usual. After changing Composer packages, run `docker compose exec app composer install`.
## Services and ports

| Service | Host port | Role |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `app` | `8080` | FrankenPHP (Laravel web UI) |
| `reverb` | `8081` | WebSockets for live transcription status |
| `whisper` | `8090` | faster-whisper HTTP API |
| `queue` | — | `php artisan queue:work` for transcription jobs |
| `vite` | `5173` | Vite HMR (dev overlay only) |

### Persistent data

| Host path | Container path | Contents |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `./database` | `/app/database` | SQLite database |
| `./storage/app` | `/app/storage/app` | Uploaded audio (`private/recordings`) |
| `./storage/logs` | `/app/storage/logs` | Application logs |

Whisper model cache uses the Docker volume `whisper-huggingface-cache`.

### Useful environment variables

Edit `.env` before `docker compose up` when you need different ports or models:

| Variable | Purpose | Default |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `APP_KEY` | Required Laravel encryption key | — |
| `APP_URL` | Public app URL | `http://localhost:8080` |
| `APP_HOST_PORT` | Host port for the web app | `8080` |
| `REVERB_HOST_PORT` | Host port for WebSockets | `8081` |
| `WHISPER_HOST_PORT` | Host port for Whisper | `8090` |
| `LOCAL_WHISPER_MODEL` | Whisper model id | `Systran/faster-whisper-base` |
| `TRANSCRIPTION_TIMEOUT` | Job/HTTP timeout (seconds) | `600` |
| `DB_QUEUE_RETRY_AFTER` | Must exceed `TRANSCRIPTION_TIMEOUT` | `660` |

Inside Compose, Laravel talks to Whisper at `http://whisper:8000/v1` and publishes broadcasts to the `reverb` service. The browser connects to Reverb on `localhost:8081`.

If you change `REVERB_APP_KEY` or browser-facing Reverb host/port settings, rebuild so Vite embeds the new values:

```bash
docker compose up --build -d
```

### GPU Whisper (optional)

```bash
docker compose --profile gpu up -d --build
```

Use the GPU Whisper service instead of the CPU `whisper` service when you have an NVIDIA GPU and the NVIDIA Container Toolkit installed.

## Usage

1. Open the app and **Log in** with `admin@example.com` / `password` (or `demo@example.com` / `password`), or **Register** a new account.
2. Open **Recordings → Upload** and drop one or many audio files.
3. Transcription starts automatically (the `queue` service must be running).
4. Watch live progress on the list or detail page; stop or restart anytime.
5. Search by title, artist, or transcript text.
6. For older uploads still **Queued** with no progress, use **Queue pending transcriptions** on the recordings list.

The demo user is re-seeded on every container start. Any recordings with no owner are assigned to that demo user. Later registered users only see their own uploads.

Finished transcripts are stored on each recording and are included in search.

## Native PHP development (optional)

For hacking on the Laravel app outside the FrankenPHP image:

```bash
composer setup
docker compose up -d whisper reverb
```

Then in separate terminals:

```bash
php artisan serve --port=8000
php artisan queue:work
php artisan reverb:start
npm run dev
```

Point `.env` at local services, for example:

```env
APP_URL=http://localhost:8000
LOCAL_WHISPER_URL=http://127.0.0.1:8090/v1
REVERB_HOST=localhost
REVERB_PORT=8080
VITE_REVERB_HOST=localhost
VITE_REVERB_PORT=8080
VITE_REVERB_SCHEME=http
```

## Tests

```bash
composer test
# or
php artisan test
```

## License

MIT