[whisper] Add OpenAI API compatibility #17921
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Use an external OpenAI compatible API as another option besides the locally embedded whisper.
Whisper is excellent as an embedded service, but it can also be remotely exposed, with services such as OpenAI obviously, but also by some other open source projects wrapping it (backed by whisper.cpp, or faster-whisper), such as faster-whisper-server.
So, this MR adds the possibility to use a remote Whisper by calling an OpenAI compatible API exposing it. I briefly thought about doing a new add-on, but deemed it overkill. It is another way of using Whisper, so I hope it's appropriate to do it here ?
Some refactors I hope @GiviMAD can take a look at :
Thanks !