File Wizard

File Wizard is a browser-based utility for converting files, running OCR on PDFs/images, and transcribing audio. It provides a simple web UI that orchestrates common command-line tools and local ML models, with job tracking and a persistent history.

Key Features

• Convert between many document, image, audio, and video formats by wrapping external tools (configurable via a YAML settings file)
• OCR for PDFs and images using Tesseract and OCRmyPDF, including generating searchable PDFs
• Audio transcription using local Whisper models (faster-whisper), with subtitle-style outputs supported by Whisper tooling
• Drag-and-drop web interface with responsive dark UI
• Background job processing with real-time status updates and stored job history
• Optional OAuth/OIDC-based access control configuration (can run without auth in local-only mode)
• Optional CUDA-enabled container image for GPU-accelerated transcription

Use Cases

• Convert office documents and ebooks into consistent archival formats (PDF, EPUB, DOCX)
• Turn scanned PDFs into searchable documents with OCR
• Create transcripts/subtitles from meeting recordings and other audio files

Limitations and Considerations

• Not safe to expose publicly without strong authentication and isolation; wrapping converters can introduce arbitrary command execution risk if misconfigured
• Conversion fidelity and supported formats depend on the installed external tools and their build options
• Transcription performance varies significantly by model size and whether GPU acceleration is available

File Wizard fits well for homelabs and internal teams that want a single, lightweight web interface to run conversions, OCR workflows, and local speech-to-text processing. Its tool-based architecture makes it extensible, but it should be deployed with careful security controls when used beyond local environments.