What this skill does
Local speech-to-text with OpenAI Whisper CLI. Supports Chinese, English, 100+ languages with translation and summarization.
Voice Recognition is part of the Research & Knowledge category — research and knowledge skills that gather, search, and summarize information. You can install it on its own or alongside other research & knowledge skills from the OpenClaw catalog.
How to install Voice Recognition
The easiest path is via the OpenClaw Easy desktop app — one click, no terminal required:
- Download OpenClaw Easy for macOS or Windows (free, one-click installer, ~30 seconds).
- Open the in-app Skills panel.
- Search for
voice-recognitionand click Install. - The skill activates automatically when an incoming message matches its description.
Install from the command line
If you already run the OpenClaw CLI, add Voice Recognition with a single command:
openclaw skills add voice-recognition
This pulls voice-recognition from ClawHub and installs it into ~/.openclaw/skills/voice-recognition/. Restart the OpenClaw gateway afterwards so the new skill is discovered.
How to use Voice Recognition
Once installed, Voice Recognition activates on its own: when an incoming message on WhatsApp, Telegram, Slack, Discord, Feishu or Line matches the skill's description, your OpenClaw agent loads it and runs the workflow. You can also trigger it explicitly by describing the task in chat. No extra configuration is required after install.
Putting audio in front of an audience
Voice Recognition works with audio. Getting from there to something postable is a separate job: ViralMint — an open-source video pipeline — pairs audio with footage or generated visuals, burns synced captions, and exports a finished short.
It runs as an MCP server, so an OpenClaw agent can drive it from the same chat you already use: ask for a short, and the render comes back finished. See how to connect a video pipeline to your agent.
Manual install (advanced)
If you prefer manual installation:
- Click the Download .zip button above to grab
voice-recognition-1.0.0.zipdirectly from our S3 mirror. - Unzip into
~/.openclaw/skills/voice-recognition/(create the directory if it does not exist). - Restart OpenClaw Easy (or the OpenClaw CLI gateway) so the new skill is discovered.
Frequently asked questions
How do I install Voice Recognition?
Install Voice Recognition in the OpenClaw Easy desktop app by opening the Skills panel, searching for voice-recognition, and clicking Install. From a terminal you can run: openclaw skills add voice-recognition. Either way the skill is placed in ~/.openclaw/skills/voice-recognition/.
Is Voice Recognition free?
Yes. Voice Recognition is free and open-source, distributed under the Apache-2.0 license through ClawHub. No account or payment is required to download or run it.
What does Voice Recognition do?
Local speech-to-text with OpenAI Whisper CLI. Supports Chinese, English, 100+ languages with translation and summarization.
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Free, open-source · Apache-2.0 · Works with Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, or local Ollama models