Add progress bars to transcribe.py

Description

Contributor guide

Tech stack

python

Domain

cli

Issue type

feature

DifficultyEstimated implementation difficulty for a new contributor, from 1 for very small changes to 5 for expert-level work.

3

Estimated timeA rough time range for an experienced contributor to investigate, implement, test, and prepare a pull request.

half day

Activity statusHow available the issue appears right now: fresh, active, stale, blocked, or waiting on maintainer input.

stale

ClarityHow clearly the issue explains the expected change, acceptance criteria, and next step.

clear

Prerequisites

PythonBasic familiarity with DeepSpeech CLI

Newbie friendlinessA 1-100 score estimating how approachable this issue is for first-time contributors.

70

Research direction

The main file to modify is transcribe.py in the DeepSpeech repository. Look for how transcription is currently performed, especially for directory processing and long audio files with VAD splitting. Consider using tqdm or a similar library to add progress bars for both file level and chunk level progress. Check existing comments for any prior discussion about implementation details.