[GH-ISSUE #7115] faster-whisper don't support turbo model, please update #14614

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GiteaMirror · 2026-04-19T20:56:07-05:00

GiteaMirror commented

2026-04-19 20:56:07 -05:00

Originally created by @kitaev-chen on GitHub (Nov 20, 2024).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/issues/7115

Bug Report

When choosing Whisper (Local) as Speech-to-Text Engine and change the STT Model from base to turbo, there is an error show in docker log:

File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/faster_whisper/utils.py", line 78, in download_model
    raise ValueError(
ValueError: Invalid model size 'turbo', expected one of: tiny.en, tiny, base.en, base, small.en, small, medium.en, medium, large-v1, large-v2, large-v3, large, distil-large-v2, distil-medium.en, distil-small.en, distil-large-v3

It looks like the faster_whisper inside open-webui doesn't support faster-large-v3-turbo model. When checking faster_whisper model list, it already supports this turbo model. Please see the benchmark.

Installation Method

Install from Docker latest image

Environment

Open WebUI Version: [v0.4.1]
Ollama (if applicable): [v0.4.2]
Operating System: [Windows 11]

Originally created by @kitaev-chen on GitHub (Nov 20, 2024). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/issues/7115 # Bug Report When choosing Whisper (Local) as Speech-to-Text Engine and change the STT Model from **base** to **turbo**, there is an error show in docker log: ``` File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/faster_whisper/utils.py", line 78, in download_model raise ValueError( ValueError: Invalid model size 'turbo', expected one of: tiny.en, tiny, base.en, base, small.en, small, medium.en, medium, large-v1, large-v2, large-v3, large, distil-large-v2, distil-medium.en, distil-small.en, distil-large-v3 ``` It looks like the faster_whisper inside open-webui doesn't support [faster-large-v3-turbo](https://huggingface.co/deepdml/faster-whisper-large-v3-turbo-ct2) model. When checking faster_whisper [model list](https://github.com/SYSTRAN/faster-whisper/blob/master/faster_whisper/utils.py), it already supports this turbo model. Please see the [benchmark](https://github.com/SYSTRAN/faster-whisper/issues/1030). --- ## Installation Method Install from Docker latest image ## Environment - **Open WebUI Version:** [v0.4.1] - **Ollama (if applicable):** [v0.4.2] - **Operating System:** [Windows 11]

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Reference: github-starred/open-webui#14614