Live Transcribe

Name: Live Transcribe
Author: aviz85

aviz85/claude-skills-library

11 installs
44 repo stars
Updated July 8, 2026
aviz85/claude-skills-library

Live Transcribe is a Claude skill that starts real-time microphone transcription using ElevenLabs Scribe v2 Realtime.

About

Live Transcribe starts real-time microphone transcription using ElevenLabs Scribe v2 Realtime. A developer invokes it to capture dictation or speech live; the script streams audio over WebSocket and continuously writes committed text to a temp file. It checks whether a session is already running and reports the output file path and stop options.

Starts real-time microphone transcription using ElevenLabs Scribe v2 Realtime
Streams audio over WebSocket and writes committed text to a temp file continuously
Plays Hebrew audio cues and supports voice or command stop

Live Transcribe by the numbers

11 all-time installs (skills.sh)
Ranked #1,471 of 2,719 Automation & Workflows skills by installs in the Skillselion catalog
Data as of Jul 28, 2026 (Skillselion catalog sync)

At a glance

live-transcribe capabilities & compatibility

byo-api-key (ElevenLabs)

Capabilities: transcription · speech to text · dictation
Use cases: transcription
Pricing: Bring your own API key

From the docs

What live-transcribe says it does

The script captures audio, streams to ElevenLabs Scribe v2 Realtime via WebSocket, and writes committed text to a temp file continuously.

SKILL.md

Start real-time microphone transcription using ElevenLabs Scribe v2 Realtime.

SKILL.md

Check if one is already running:

SKILL.md

npx skills add https://github.com/aviz85/claude-skills-library --skill live-transcribe

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Installs	11
repo stars	★ 44
Last updated	July 8, 2026
Repository	aviz85/claude-skills-library ↗

What it does

Starting real-time microphone transcription that streams audio to ElevenLabs Scribe v2 and writes text continuously.

Who is it for?

Starting a live dictation or speech-capture session streamed to ElevenLabs Scribe.

Skip if: Reading or stopping a transcript (use live-transcribe-read or live-transcribe-stop).

When should I use this skill?

When the user wants to start live transcription, dictation, or real-time speech capture.

What you get

A running background process that streams mic audio to ElevenLabs and writes live transcript text to a temp file.

a live transcript temp file
a running transcription process

By the numbers

reminder audio cue plays every 30 minutes
waits ~4 seconds for the startup JSON

Files

SKILL.mdMarkdownGitHub ↗

Live Transcribe — Start

Start real-time microphone transcription. The script captures audio, streams to ElevenLabs Scribe v2 Realtime via WebSocket, and writes committed text to a temp file continuously.

Start command

source ~/.claude/skills/transcribe/scripts/.env && \
  ELEVENLABS_API_KEY="$ELEVENLABS_API_KEY" \
  nohup python3 ~/.claude/scripts/realtime-transcribe.py > /tmp/realtime-transcribe.log 2>&1 &

Wait ~4 seconds, then read the first line of /tmp/realtime-transcribe.log for the startup JSON:

{"status": "started", "pid": 12345, "output_file": "/tmp/transcribe-20260526-143022.txt", ...}

Before starting

Check if one is already running:

test -f /tmp/realtime-transcribe.pid && kill -0 $(cat /tmp/realtime-transcribe.pid) 2>/dev/null && echo "ALREADY RUNNING"

If already running, tell the user and offer to stop first.

What to tell the user

1. Transcription is running 2. The output file path 3. Ways to stop: say "אוקי, זה מספיק, בוא נעצור את התמלול", or ask the agent to stop, or /live-transcribe-stop 4. They can ask to read the transcript anytime