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title: Install ParrotIA on Linux | Snap Store
description: Get the latest version of ParrotIA for Linux - Private, local audio and
  video transcription with Whisper
url: https://snapcraft.io/parrotia
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# ParrotIA

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latest/stable 1.4.0

Install latest/stable of ParrotIA

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**Install using the command line**

```
sudo snap install parrotia
```

Don't have snapd? [Get set up for snaps](https://snapcraft.io/docs/installing-snapd).

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### Package name

* parrotia

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### License

* AGPL-3.0-or-later

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### Last updated

* Yesterday - latest/stable
* Yesterday - latest/edge

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### Websites

* [github.com/igorbispo99/ParrotIA](https://github.com/igorbispo99/ParrotIA "https://github.com/igorbispo99/ParrotIA")

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### Contact

* [github.com/igorbispo99/ParrotIA/issues](https://github.com/igorbispo99/ParrotIA/issues "https://github.com/igorbispo99/ParrotIA/issues")

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### Source code

* [github.com/igorbispo99/ParrotIA](https://github.com/igorbispo99/ParrotIA "https://github.com/igorbispo99/ParrotIA")

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### Report a bug

* [github.com/igorbispo99/ParrotIA/issues](https://github.com/igorbispo99/ParrotIA/issues "https://github.com/igorbispo99/ParrotIA/issues")

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##### Report a Snap Store violation

* [Report this Snap](https://snapcraft.io/parrotia#report-snap-modal)

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* [Description](https://snapcraft.io/parrotia#tab-description)
* [Security](https://snapcraft.io/parrotia#tab-security)

#### Private, local audio and video transcription with Whisper

ParrotIA turns audio and video recordings into text on your own computer. Choose a file or a whole folder, pick a Whisper model and a language, and save the transcript as plain text, Markdown, subtitles or JSON. Your recordings never leave your machine.

**What it does**

* Transcribes MP3, WAV, FLAC, M4A, AAC, Ogg, Opus, WMA, MP4, MKV, MOV, AVI and WebM files
* Exports TXT, Markdown, SRT and WebVTT subtitles, and JSON with timestamps
* Detects the spoken language automatically, or lets you choose one of 17 common languages
* Offers seven Whisper models, from the fast *tiny* to *large-v3*; the default *large-v3-turbo* balances speed and accuracy
* Processes whole folders in one go; a damaged file does not stop the rest of the batch
* Includes a command line (`parrotia`) for scripts, and a benchmark mode to compare models on your own recordings

**Privacy and downloads**

Transcription runs locally on your CPU. Audio is not uploaded to any transcription service, and no account or API key is needed. The first time you use a model, ParrotIA downloads it from Hugging Face (about 75 MB for *tiny* up to 3.1 GB; the default model is about 1.6 GB). Models are kept under `~/snap/parrotia/common/huggingface/`, survive updates and work offline afterwards.

**Getting started**

Open ParrotIA from your application menu, or run `parrotia.gui`. For the command line, run `parrotia --help`.

Files in your home folder are accessible. To transcribe from external drives, connect the optional interface:

```
sudo snap connect parrotia:removable-media
```

If the source folder is read-only, choose a writable output folder.

**Requirements**

64-bit Intel/AMD Linux. The interface uses X11 or XWayland. This package runs on the CPU; NVIDIA GPU acceleration is not included.

**License**

ParrotIA is free software under AGPL-3.0-or-later. It uses shared FFmpeg libraries under LGPL-2.1-or-later. Source archives, build settings and third-party notices are included in the snap under `/snap/parrotia/current/share/doc/parrotia/` and `/snap/parrotia/current/share/licenses/parrotia/`.

Source code, issues and support: <https://github.com/igorbispo99/ParrotIA>

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## Install ParrotIA on your Linux distribution

Choose your Linux distribution to get detailed installation instructions. If yours is not shown, get more details on the [installing snapd documentation](https://snapcraft.io/docs/installing-snapd).

[### Arch Linux](https://snapcraft.io/install/parrotia/arch)

[### CentOS](https://snapcraft.io/install/parrotia/centos)

[### Debian](https://snapcraft.io/install/parrotia/debian)

[### elementary OS](https://snapcraft.io/install/parrotia/elementary)

[### Fedora](https://snapcraft.io/install/parrotia/fedora)

[### KDE Neon](https://snapcraft.io/install/parrotia/kde-neon)

[### Kubuntu](https://snapcraft.io/install/parrotia/kubuntu)

[### Manjaro](https://snapcraft.io/install/parrotia/manjaro)

[### Pop!\_OS](https://snapcraft.io/install/parrotia/pop)

[### openSUSE](https://snapcraft.io/install/parrotia/opensuse)

[### Red Hat Enterprise Linux](https://snapcraft.io/install/parrotia/rhel)

[### Ubuntu](https://snapcraft.io/install/parrotia/ubuntu)