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When to Use
Invoke this skill when:
- User needs to transcribe audio/video files to text
- User wants meeting minutes automatically generated from recordings
- User requires speaker identification (diarization) in conversations
- User needs subtitles/captions (SRT, VTT formats)
- User wants executive summaries of long audio content
- User asks variations of "transcribe this audio", "convert audio to text", "generate meeting notes from recording"
- User has audio files in common formats (MP3, WAV, M4A, OGG, FLAC, WEBM)
Example Usage
Example 1: Basic Transcription
User Input:
copilot> transcribe audio to markdown: meeting-2026-02-02.mp3
Skill Output:
✅ Faster-Whisper detected (optimized)
✅ ffmpeg available (format conversion enabled)
📂 File: meeting-2026-02-02.mp3
📊 Size: 12.3 MB
⏱️ Duration: 00:45:32
🎙️ Processing...
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✅ Language detected: Portuguese (pt-BR)
👥 Speakers identified: 4
📝 Generating Markdown output...
✅ Transcription Complete!
📊 Results:
File: meeting-2026-02-02.md
Language: pt-BR
Duration: 00:45:32
Speakers: 4
Words: 6,842
Processing time: 127s
📝 Generated:
- meeting-2026-02-02.md (Markdown report)
🎯 Next steps:
1. Review meeting minutes and action items
2. Share report with participants
3. Track action items to completion
Example 3: Batch Processing
User Input:
copilot> transcreva estes áudios: recordings/*.mp3
Skill Output:
📦 Batch mode: 5 files found
1. team-standup.mp3
2. client-call.mp3
3. brainstorm-session.mp3
4. product-demo.mp3
5. retrospective.mp3
🎙️ Processing batch...
[1/5] team-standup.mp3 ✅ (2m 34s)
[2/5] client-call.mp3 ✅ (15m 12s)
[3/5] brainstorm-session.mp3 ✅ (8m 47s)
[4/5] product-demo.mp3 ✅ (22m 03s)
[5/5] retrospective.mp3 ✅ (11m 28s)
✅ Batch Complete!
📝 Generated 5 Markdown reports
⏱️ Total processing time: 6m 15s
Example 5: Large File Warning
User Input:
copilot> transcribe audio to markdown: conference-keynote.mp3
Skill Output:
✅ Faster-Whisper detected (optimized)
📂 File: conference-keynote.mp3
📊 Size: 87.2 MB
⏱️ Duration: 02:15:47
⚠️ Large file (87.2 MB) - processing may take several minutes
Continue? [Y/n]:
User: Y
🎙️ Processing... (this may take 10-15 minutes)
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This skill is platform-agnostic and works in any terminal context where GitHub Copilot CLI is available. It does not depend on specific project configurations or external APIs, following the zero-configuration philosophy.
Limitations
- Use this skill only when the task clearly matches the scope described above.
- Do not treat the output as a substitute for environment-specific validation, testing, or expert review.
- Stop and ask for clarification if required inputs, permissions, safety boundaries, or success criteria are missing.