# whisper-telegram-mcp

> MCP server for transcribing Telegram voice messages using Whisper, with Kokoro/OpenAI TTS voice replies

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## Observed
- status: unknown
- reason: Distributed as a package to run locally; no network endpoint to check.
- 30-day reliability: no checks yet

## Verification
- owner verified: no — claim at https://wellknown.network/agents/whisper-telegram-mcp/claim

## Declared
- homepage: https://github.com/abid-mahdi/whisper-telegram-mcp
- repository: https://github.com/abid-mahdi/whisper-telegram-mcp/releases
- version: 0.1.0
- license: MIT
- protocols: mcp
- tags: claude, kokoro, mcp, speech-to-text, telegram, transcription, tts, voice, whisper
- endpoints:
  - package_pypi: pypi:whisper-telegram-mcp

### Description (declared)

# whisper-telegram-mcp

> Transcribe and speak — two-way voice for Claude via Telegram

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An [MCP](https://modelcontextprotocol.io) server that gives Claude two-way voice capabilities via Telegram: transcribe incoming voice messages with Whisper, and reply with synthesized speech. Works with Claude Desktop, Claude Code, and any MCP-compatible client.

## What It Does

- **Transcribe local audio files** -- OGG, WAV, MP3, FLAC, and more
- **Transcribe Telegram voice messages** -- pass a `file_id`, get text back
- **Speak text as voice notes** -- synthesise speech and send back as OGG (plays as a voice note in Telegram)
- **Two transcription backends** -- local [faster-whisper](https://github.com/SYSTRAN/faster-whisper) (free, private) or OpenAI Whisper API (cloud)
- **Auto mode** -- tries local first, falls back to OpenAI if it fails
- **Language detection** -- automatic or specify an ISO-639-1 code
- **Word-level timestamps** -- optional fine-grained timing

## Prerequisites

| Feature | Requirement |
|---------|-------------|
| Transcription (local) | None — faster-whisper bundled via `[local]` extras |
| Transcription (cloud) | `OPENAI_API_KEY` env var |
| Voice replies — Kokoro (best quality) | **Docker** — run `docker run -p 8880:8880 ghcr.io/remsky/kokoro-fastapi-cpu:latest` |
| Voice replies — OpenAI TTS (fallback) | `OPENAI_API_KEY` env var |
| Voice re…

## Capabilities (derived by Wellknown)
- media.speech-recognition (1, declared)
- communication.sms-voice (1, declared)
- media.speech-synthesis (1, declared)
- productivity.tasks (0.745, derived)

## Provenance
- pypi: https://pypi.org/project/whisper-telegram-mcp/ (first seen 2026-09-10T15:24:41.520Z)

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