import whisper
import torch

# Checking if NVIDIA GPU is available
DEVICE = "cuda" if torch.cuda.is_available() else "cpu"

# Load the Whisper model
model = whisper.load_model("base", device=DEVICE)

def transcribe_audio(file_path: str) -> str:
    """Transcribes the given audio file and returns the text."""
    result = model.transcribe(file_path)
    return result['text']