### Installing whisper-kit-expo via npm

Source: https://github.com/seb-sep/whisper-kit-expo/blob/main/README.md

Standard npm command to install the `whisper-kit-expo` package in a React Native project, which typically handles Expo module setup automatically.

```Shell
npm install whisper-kit-expo
```

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### Installing cocoapods-spm Gem

Source: https://github.com/seb-sep/whisper-kit-expo/blob/main/README.md

Command to install the `cocoapods-spm` Ruby gem, which is required to allow the WhisperKit Swift Package Manager dependency to interoperate with CocoaPods.

```Shell
sudo gem install cocoapods-spm
```

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### Running pod-install via npx

Source: https://github.com/seb-sep/whisper-kit-expo/blob/main/README.md

Executes the `pod-install` script using npx, typically run after installing npm packages to ensure CocoaPods dependencies are correctly linked.

```Shell
npx pod-install
```

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### Using TranscriberInitializer Component

Source: https://github.com/seb-sep/whisper-kit-expo/blob/main/README.md

Demonstrates wrapping the root component with `TranscriberInitializer` to automatically load the transcriber into memory when the component mounts.

```JSX
<TranscriberInitializer>
    <children>
</TranscriberInitializer>
```

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### Configuring Podfile for WhisperKit SPM

Source: https://github.com/seb-sep/whisper-kit-expo/blob/main/README.md

Adds the `cocoapods-spm` plugin and defines the WhisperKit Swift Package Manager dependency within the Podfile for integration with CocoaPods in the iOS project.

```Ruby
### START WHISPERKIT PLUGIN SCRIPT ###
plugin "cocoapods-spm"

spm_pkg "WhisperKit",
  :url => "https://github.com/argmaxinc/WhisperKit.git",
  :version => "0.6.0",
  :products => ["WhisperKit"]
### END WHISPERKIT PLUGIN SCRIPT ###
```

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### Transcribing Audio File with whisper-kit-expo

Source: https://github.com/seb-sep/whisper-kit-expo/blob/main/README.md

Shows how to import the `transcribe` function and use it to process an audio file by providing its path or URI. This function requires the transcriber to be loaded beforehand.

```JavaScript
import { transcribe } from 'whisper-kit-expo';
const transcription = await transcribe("path/to/your/audio.{wav,mp3,m4a,flac}")
```

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### Adding .spm.pods to .gitignore

Source: https://github.com/seb-sep/whisper-kit-expo/blob/main/README.md

Specifies the `ios/.spm.pods` directory to be excluded from version control by adding it to the project's .gitignore file.

```Gitignore
ios/.spm.pods
```

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