kaleb21-19/amharic_caption

# Amharic Captions — Premiere Pro Extension Local Amharic speech-to-text captions for Adobe Premiere Pro. Runs entirely on-device — no uploads, no internet required after install. ## Pricing - **One-time license fee:** ETB 1,500 (~$30) - **Payment:** Telebirr (mobile money) - **License:** Per-machine, hardware-locked (one key per PC) ## How buyers purchase 1. Install the extension (unzip → copy `com.amharic.captions` to `C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\CEP\extensions\`) 2. Restart Premiere Pro → Extensions → Amharic Captions 3. Copy the **Machine ID** shown in the License section 4. Send payment via Telebirr to **[YOUR TELEBIRR NUMBER]** with the Machine ID as reference 5. You (developer) receive payment, run `keygen.py `, send the license key back 6. Buyer pastes the key into the panel → Activate → done ## Developer tools ### Generate a license key ```bash cd tools python3 keygen.py [YYYYMMDD-expiry] ``` Examples: ```bash python3 keygen.py a1b2c3d4 # perpetual license python3 keygen.py deadbeef 20271231 # expires 2027-12-31 ``` ### Build zips ```bash cd tools ./prepare_python.sh # fetches relocatable python-build-standalone ./build.sh # creates dist/amharic-captions-{mac-arm64,mac-x64,win-x64}.zip ``` Or let CI do it: push to `main` and the GitHub Actions workflow builds all 3 zips. ## Tech stack - CEP panel (HTML/JS) for Adobe Premiere Pro - CTranslate2 int8 Whisper model (local inference) - Pure-numpy Kaldi-style mel spectrogram - Relocatable python-build-standalone (no system Python needed) - ffmpeg for audio extraction ## License Proprietary. Not for redistribution.