Remove audio.whisper and gpu.ctl for CRAN

CLAUDE.md

@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ Speech-to-text API client for R.
 | Backend | Description | Segments |
 |---------|-------------|----------|
 | `whisper` | Native R torch whisper | **No** (text only) |
-| `audio.whisper` | audio.whisper R package | Yes |
 | `openai` | OpenAI Whisper API | Yes |
 | `auto` | Try backends in order | Depends |
 
@@ -38,7 +37,6 @@ stt("audio.wav", backend = "whisper", model = "large-v3")
 options(stt.api_base = "https://api.openai.com")  # API endpoint
 options(stt.api_key = "sk-...")                    # API key
 options(stt.timeout = 120)                         # Request timeout (seconds)
-options(stt.gpuctl = TRUE)                         # Enable GPU management
 ```
 
 ## Known Issues

DESCRIPTION

@@ -3,10 +3,9 @@ Title: 'OpenAI' Compatible Speech-to-Text API Client
 Version: 0.1.0
 Authors@R:
     person("Troy", "Hernandez", email = "troy@cornball.ai", role = c("aut", "cre"))
-Description: A minimal-dependency R client for 'OpenAI'-compatible Speech-to-Text
-    APIs with optional local fallbacks. Supports 'OpenAI', local servers
-    ('LM Studio', 'OpenWebUI', 'Whisper' containers), and the 'audio.whisper'
-    package.
+Description: A minimal-dependency R client for 'OpenAI'-compatible speech-to-text
+    APIs with optional local fallbacks. Supports 'OpenAI', local servers,
+    and the 'whisper' package for local transcription.
 License: MIT + file LICENSE
 Encoding: UTF-8
 URL: https://github.com/cornball-ai/stt.api

NAMESPACE

@@ -1,11 +1,7 @@
 # tinyrox says don't edit this manually, but it can't stop you!
 
 export(clear_native_whisper_cache)
-export(clear_whisper_cache)
 export(set_stt_base)
 export(set_stt_key)
 export(stt)
 export(stt_health)
-
-importFrom(stats,predict)
-importFrom(utils,capture.output)

NEWS.md

@@ -3,5 +3,5 @@
 * Initial CRAN release
 * Support for OpenAI-compatible speech-to-text APIs
 * Local server support (LM Studio, OpenWebUI, Whisper containers)
-* Optional audio.whisper package integration for local transcription
+* Optional whisper package integration for local transcription
 * Segment-level timestamps with word-level timing when available

R/internal_backend.R

@@ -22,12 +22,6 @@
   getOption("stt.timeout", default = 60)
 }
 
-# Check if audio.whisper is available
-.has_audio_whisper <- function() {
-
-  requireNamespace("audio.whisper", quietly = TRUE)
-}
-
 #' Convert time string to numeric seconds
 #' @param time_str Time string in "HH:MM:SS.mmm" or "MM:SS.mmm" format
 #' @return Numeric seconds
@@ -73,11 +67,10 @@
 }
 
 # Choose backend based on availability and user preference
-.choose_backend <- function(backend = c("auto", "whisper", "audio.whisper", "openai")) {
+.choose_backend <- function(backend = c("auto", "whisper", "openai")) {
   backend <- match.arg(backend)
 
   if (backend == "openai") {
-    # Explicit OpenAI API request - verify it's configured
     if (is.null(.get_api_base())) {
       stop(
         "Backend 'openai' requested but no API base URL is set.\n",
@@ -89,50 +82,31 @@
   }
 
   if (backend == "whisper") {
-    # Explicit native whisper request - verify it's available
     if (!.has_whisper()) {
       stop(
         "Backend 'whisper' requested but package is not installed.\n",
-        "Install with: remotes::install_github('cornball-ai/whisper')",
+        "Install with: install.packages('whisper')",
         call. = FALSE
       )
     }
     return("whisper")
   }
 
-  if (backend == "audio.whisper") {
-    # Explicit audio.whisper request - verify it's available
-    if (!.has_audio_whisper()) {
-      stop(
-        "Backend 'audio.whisper' requested but package is not installed.\n",
-        "Install with: install.packages('audio.whisper', repos = 'https://bnosac.github.io/drat')",
-        call. = FALSE
-      )
-    }
-    return("audio.whisper")
-  }
-
   # Auto mode: try backends in priority order
   # 1. Native whisper (fastest, no external dependencies)
   if (.has_whisper()) {
     return("whisper")
   }
 
-  # 2. audio.whisper (local, no API needed)
-  if (.has_audio_whisper()) {
-    return("audio.whisper")
-  }
-
-  # 3. OpenAI API (if configured)
+  # 2. OpenAI-compatible API (if configured)
   if (!is.null(.get_api_base())) {
     return("openai")
   }
 
   stop(
     "No transcription backend available.\n",
     "Either:\n",
-    "  - Install whisper: remotes::install_github('cornball-ai/whisper'), or\n",
-    "  - Install audio.whisper: install.packages('audio.whisper', repos = 'https://bnosac.github.io/drat'), or\n",
+    "  - Install whisper: install.packages('whisper'), or\n",
     "  - Set an API endpoint with set_stt_base()",
     call. = FALSE
   )