Is it possible to use offline STT (Whisper) and TTS with LiveKit?

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This question originally came up in our Slack community and the thread has been consolidated here for long-term reference.

Is it possible to use offline STT (Whisper) and TTS module with LiveKit?

Not offline, no. But LiveKit supports whisper-based models through several inference/plugins, such as:

These are cloud-hosted whisper models rather than running locally.