feat: Add complete async audio transcription workflow

Implemented full transcription system with local Whisper and OpenAI API
support. Includes comprehensive test suite (60 tests) and reorganized
keybindings for better discoverability.

Features:
- Async transcription (non-blocking workflow)
- Desktop notifications (started/complete/error)
- Output: audio.txt (transcript) + audio.log (process logs)
- Modeline integration showing active transcription count
- Dired integration (press T on audio files)
- Process management and tracking

Scripts:
- install-whisper.sh: Install Whisper via AUR or pip
- uninstall-whisper.sh: Clean removal with cache cleanup
- local-whisper: Offline transcription using installed Whisper
- oai-transcribe: Cloud transcription via OpenAI API

Tests (60 passing):
- Audio file detection (16 tests)
- Path generation logic (11 tests)
- Log cleanup behavior (5 tests)
- Duration formatting (9 tests)
- Active counter & modeline (11 tests)
- Integration workflows (8 tests)

Keybindings:
- Reorganized gcal to C-; g submenu (s/t/r/c)
- Added C-; t transcription submenu (t/b/k)
- Dired: T to transcribe file at point

🤖 Generated with [Claude Code](https://claude.com/claude-code)

Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>

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+;;; transcription-config.el --- Audio transcription workflow -*- lexical-binding: t; -*-
+
+;; Author: Craig Jennings <c@cjennings.net>
+;; Created: 2025-11-04
+
+;;; Commentary:
+;;
+;; Audio transcription workflow using OpenAI Whisper (API or local).
+;;
+;; USAGE:
+;;   In dired: Press `T` on an audio file to transcribe
+;;   Anywhere: M-x cj/transcribe-audio
+;;   View active: M-x cj/transcriptions-buffer
+;;
+;; OUTPUT FILES:
+;;   audio.m4a → audio.txt (transcript)
+;;            → audio.log (process logs, conditionally kept)
+;;
+;; BACKENDS:
+;;   - 'openai-api: Fast cloud transcription (requires OPENAI_API_KEY)
+;;   - 'local-whisper: Local transcription (requires whisper installed)
+;;
+;; NOTIFICATIONS:
+;;   - "Transcription started on <file>"
+;;   - "Transcription complete. Transcript in <file.txt>"
+;;   - "Transcription errored. Logs in <file.log>"
+;;
+;; MODELINE:
+;;   Shows active transcription count: ⏺2
+;;   Click to view *Transcriptions* buffer
+;;
+;;; Code:
+
+(require 'dired)
+(require 'notifications)
+
+;; ----------------------------- Configuration ---------------------------------
+
+(defvar cj/transcribe-backend 'local-whisper
+  "Transcription backend to use.
+- `openai-api': Fast cloud transcription via OpenAI API
+- `local-whisper': Local transcription using installed Whisper")
+
+(defvar cj/transcription-keep-log-when-done nil
+  "Whether to keep log files after successful transcription.
+If nil, log files are deleted after successful completion.
+If t, log files are always kept.
+Log files are always kept on error regardless of this setting.")
+
+(defvar cj/transcriptions-list '()
+  "List of active transcriptions.
+Each entry: (process audio-file start-time status)
+Status: running, complete, error")
+
+;; ----------------------------- Pure Functions --------------------------------
+
+(defun cj/--audio-file-p (file)
+  "Return non-nil if FILE is an audio file based on extension."
+  (when (and file (stringp file))
+    (when-let ((ext (file-name-extension file)))
+      (member (downcase ext) cj/audio-file-extensions))))
+
+(defun cj/--transcription-output-files (audio-file)
+  "Return cons cell of (TXT-FILE . LOG-FILE) for AUDIO-FILE."
+  (let ((base (file-name-sans-extension audio-file)))
+    (cons (concat base ".txt")
+          (concat base ".log"))))
+
+(defun cj/--transcription-duration (start-time)
+  "Return duration string (MM:SS) since START-TIME."
+  (let* ((elapsed (float-time (time-subtract (current-time) start-time)))
+         (minutes (floor (/ elapsed 60)))
+         (seconds (floor (mod elapsed 60))))
+    (format "%02d:%02d" minutes seconds)))
+
+(defun cj/--should-keep-log (success-p)
+  "Return non-nil if log file should be kept.
+SUCCESS-P indicates whether transcription succeeded."
+  (or (not success-p)  ; Always keep on error
+      cj/transcription-keep-log-when-done))
+
+(defun cj/--transcription-script-path ()
+  "Return absolute path to transcription script based on backend."
+  (let ((script-name (pcase cj/transcribe-backend
+                       ('openai-api "oai-transcribe")
+                       ('local-whisper "local-whisper"))))
+    (expand-file-name (concat "scripts/" script-name) user-emacs-directory)))
+
+;; ---------------------------- Process Management -----------------------------
+
+(defun cj/--notify (title message &optional urgency)
+  "Send desktop notification and echo area message.
+TITLE and MESSAGE are strings.  URGENCY is normal or critical."
+  (message "%s: %s" title message)
+  (when (and (fboundp 'notifications-notify)
+             (getenv "DISPLAY"))
+    (notifications-notify
+     :title title
+     :body message
+     :urgency (or urgency 'normal))))
+
+(defun cj/--start-transcription-process (audio-file)
+  "Start async transcription process for AUDIO-FILE.
+Returns the process object."
+  (unless (file-exists-p audio-file)
+    (user-error "Audio file does not exist: %s" audio-file))
+
+  (unless (cj/--audio-file-p audio-file)
+    (user-error "Not an audio file: %s" audio-file))
+
+  (let* ((script (cj/--transcription-script-path))
+         (outputs (cj/--transcription-output-files audio-file))
+         (txt-file (car outputs))
+         (log-file (cdr outputs))
+         (buffer-name (format " *transcribe-%s*" (file-name-nondirectory audio-file)))
+         (process-name (format "transcribe-%s" (file-name-nondirectory audio-file))))
+
+    (unless (file-executable-p script)
+      (user-error "Transcription script not found or not executable: %s" script))
+
+    ;; Create log file
+    (with-temp-file log-file
+      (insert (format "Transcription started: %s\n" (current-time-string))
+              (format "Backend: %s\n" cj/transcribe-backend)
+              (format "Audio file: %s\n" audio-file)
+              (format "Script: %s\n\n" script)))
+
+    ;; Start process
+    (let ((process (make-process
+                    :name process-name
+                    :buffer (get-buffer-create buffer-name)
+                    :command (list script audio-file)
+                    :sentinel (lambda (proc event)
+                                (cj/--transcription-sentinel proc event audio-file txt-file log-file))
+                    :stderr log-file)))
+
+      ;; Track transcription
+      (push (list process audio-file (current-time) 'running) cj/transcriptions-list)
+      (force-mode-line-update t)
+
+      ;; Notify user
+      (cj/--notify "Transcription"
+                   (format "Started on %s" (file-name-nondirectory audio-file)))
+
+      process)))
+
+(defun cj/--transcription-sentinel (process event audio-file txt-file log-file)
+  "Sentinel for transcription PROCESS.
+EVENT is the process event string.
+AUDIO-FILE, TXT-FILE, and LOG-FILE are the associated files."
+  (let* ((success-p (and (string-match-p "finished" event)
+                         (= 0 (process-exit-status process))))
+         (process-buffer (process-buffer process))
+         (entry (assq process cj/transcriptions-list)))
+
+    ;; Write process output to txt file
+    (when (and success-p (buffer-live-p process-buffer))
+      (with-current-buffer process-buffer
+        (write-region (point-min) (point-max) txt-file nil 'silent)))
+
+    ;; Append process output to log file
+    (when (buffer-live-p process-buffer)
+      (with-temp-buffer
+        (insert-file-contents log-file)
+        (goto-char (point-max))
+        (insert "\n" (format-time-string "[%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S] ") event "\n")
+        (insert-buffer-substring process-buffer)
+        (write-region (point-min) (point-max) log-file nil 'silent)))
+
+    ;; Update transcription status
+    (when entry
+      (setf (nth 3 entry) (if success-p 'complete 'error)))
+
+    ;; Cleanup log file if successful and configured to do so
+    (when (and success-p (not (cj/--should-keep-log t)))
+      (delete-file log-file))
+
+    ;; Kill process buffer
+    (when (buffer-live-p process-buffer)
+      (kill-buffer process-buffer))
+
+    ;; Notify user
+    (if success-p
+        (cj/--notify "Transcription"
+                     (format "Complete.  Transcript in %s" (file-name-nondirectory txt-file)))
+      (cj/--notify "Transcription"
+                   (format "Errored.  Logs in %s" (file-name-nondirectory log-file))
+                   'critical))
+
+    ;; Clean up completed transcriptions after 10 minutes
+    (run-at-time 600 nil #'cj/--cleanup-completed-transcriptions)
+
+    ;; Update modeline
+    (force-mode-line-update t)))
+
+(defun cj/--cleanup-completed-transcriptions ()
+  "Remove completed/errored transcriptions from tracking list."
+  (setq cj/transcriptions-list
+        (seq-filter (lambda (entry)
+                      (eq (nth 3 entry) 'running))
+                    cj/transcriptions-list))
+  (force-mode-line-update t))
+
+(defun cj/--count-active-transcriptions ()
+  "Return count of running transcriptions."
+  (length (seq-filter (lambda (entry)
+                        (eq (nth 3 entry) 'running))
+                      cj/transcriptions-list)))
+
+;; ----------------------------- Modeline Integration --------------------------
+
+(defun cj/--transcription-modeline-string ()
+  "Return modeline string for active transcriptions."
+  (let ((count (cj/--count-active-transcriptions)))
+    (when (> count 0)
+      (propertize (format " ⏺%d " count)
+                  'face 'warning
+                  'help-echo (format "%d active transcription%s (click to view)"
+                                     count (if (= count 1) "" "s"))
+                  'mouse-face 'mode-line-highlight
+                  'local-map (let ((map (make-sparse-keymap)))
+                               (define-key map [mode-line mouse-1]
+                                 #'cj/transcriptions-buffer)
+                               map)))))
+
+;; Add to mode-line-format (will be activated when module loads)
+(add-to-list 'mode-line-misc-info
+             '(:eval (cj/--transcription-modeline-string))
+             t)
+
+;; --------------------------- Interactive Commands ----------------------------
+
+;;;###autoload
+(defun cj/transcribe-audio (audio-file)
+  "Transcribe AUDIO-FILE asynchronously.
+Creates AUDIO.txt with transcript and AUDIO.log with process logs.
+Uses backend specified by `cj/transcribe-backend'."
+  (interactive (list (read-file-name "Audio file to transcribe: "
+                                      nil nil t nil
+                                      #'cj/--audio-file-p)))
+  (cj/--start-transcription-process (expand-file-name audio-file)))
+
+;;;###autoload
+(defun cj/transcribe-audio-at-point ()
+  "Transcribe audio file at point in dired."
+  (interactive)
+  (unless (derived-mode-p 'dired-mode)
+    (user-error "Not in dired-mode"))
+  (let ((file (dired-get-filename nil t)))
+    (unless file
+      (user-error "No file at point"))
+    (cj/transcribe-audio file)))
+
+;;;###autoload
+(defun cj/transcriptions-buffer ()
+  "Show buffer with active transcriptions."
+  (interactive)
+  (let ((buffer (get-buffer-create "*Transcriptions*")))
+    (with-current-buffer buffer
+      (let ((inhibit-read-only t))
+        (erase-buffer)
+        (insert (propertize "Active Transcriptions\n" 'face 'bold)
+                (propertize (make-string 50 ?─) 'face 'shadow)
+                "\n\n")
+        (if (null cj/transcriptions-list)
+            (insert "No active transcriptions.\n")
+          (dolist (entry cj/transcriptions-list)
+            (let* ((process (nth 0 entry))
+                   (audio-file (nth 1 entry))
+                   (start-time (nth 2 entry))
+                   (status (nth 3 entry))
+                   (duration (cj/--transcription-duration start-time))
+                   (status-face (pcase status
+                                  ('running 'warning)
+                                  ('complete 'success)
+                                  ('error 'error))))
+              (insert (propertize (format "%-10s" status) 'face status-face)
+                      " "
+                      (file-name-nondirectory audio-file)
+                      (format " (%s)\n" duration))))))
+      (goto-char (point-min))
+      (special-mode))
+    (display-buffer buffer)))
+
+;;;###autoload
+(defun cj/transcription-kill (process)
+  "Kill transcription PROCESS."
+  (interactive
+   (list (let ((choices (mapcar (lambda (entry)
+                                   (cons (file-name-nondirectory (nth 1 entry))
+                                         (nth 0 entry)))
+                                 cj/transcriptions-list)))
+           (unless choices
+             (user-error "No active transcriptions"))
+           (cdr (assoc (completing-read "Kill transcription: " choices nil t)
+                       choices)))))
+  (when (process-live-p process)
+    (kill-process process)
+    (message "Killed transcription process")))
+
+;; ------------------------------- Dired Integration ---------------------------
+
+(with-eval-after-load 'dired
+  (define-key dired-mode-map (kbd "T") #'cj/transcribe-audio-at-point))
+
+;; Dirvish inherits dired-mode-map, so T works automatically
+
+;; ------------------------------- Global Keybindings --------------------------
+
+;; Transcription keymap
+(defvar-keymap cj/transcribe-map
+  :doc "Keymap for transcription operations"
+  "t" #'cj/transcribe-audio
+  "b" #'cj/transcriptions-buffer
+  "k" #'cj/transcription-kill)
+(keymap-set cj/custom-keymap "t" cj/transcribe-map)
+
+(with-eval-after-load 'which-key
+  (which-key-add-key-based-replacements
+    "C-; t" "transcription menu"
+    "C-; t t" "transcribe audio"
+    "C-; t b" "show transcriptions buffer"
+    "C-; t k" "kill transcription"))
+
+(provide 'transcription-config)
+;;; transcription-config.el ends here