From aca8c302c084d4ed0e2c1144809460f59fa0c14d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: James Devine <devine.jd@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2025 11:25:52 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Update audio.py

Hardcoded CPU use for faster_whisper to permit use on low CUDA compute capable GPU systems.
---
 backend/open_webui/routers/audio.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/backend/open_webui/routers/audio.py b/backend/open_webui/routers/audio.py
index a9aa93e08..7695ed103 100644
--- a/backend/open_webui/routers/audio.py
+++ b/backend/open_webui/routers/audio.py
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ def set_faster_whisper_model(model: str, auto_update: bool = False):
 
         faster_whisper_kwargs = {
             "model_size_or_path": model,
-            "device": DEVICE_TYPE if DEVICE_TYPE and DEVICE_TYPE == "cuda" else "cpu",
+            "device": "cpu",
             "compute_type": "int8",
             "download_root": WHISPER_MODEL_DIR,
             "local_files_only": not auto_update,