Shotcut 25.10.31 – “Speech to Text” always fails and the Speech menu doesn’t appear (Windows 10)

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Hi everyone,

I’m having a problem with Shotcut’s Speech-to-Text feature and I can’t figure out why it’s not working.

I’m using Shotcut 25.10.31 on Windows 10 Home 22H2 (build 19045). When I try to generate subtitles, the job does this:

  • “Extracting Audio” works fine

  • “Speech to Text” instantly shows failed

  • In the installation folder (**C:\Program Files\Shotcut\share**) there is no “models” folder — only applications, ffmpeg, icons, movit, translations, etc.

Things I already checked:

  • I’m 100% using the installed version (NOT the portable one)

  • Installed as Administrator

  • Reinstalled multiple times

  • Windows is fully updated

  • The issue happens with any video I try

Because the Speech menu is missing and no models folder exists, it seems like Whisper is not being installed or initialized, but I don’t know why.

Has anyone run into this problem or knows how to enable the Speech-to-Text engine in this version?

Thanks in advance.

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The model/file is not in that location.

The model/file is here: C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Programs\Shotcut

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To find the app directory, click on Settings (in Shotcut)

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Windows 10 Home
Shotcut 25.10.31, Default installation location.

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