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@@ -20,6 +20,31 @@ Fine-tuned [openai/whisper-small](https://huggingface.co/openai/whisper-small) (
 
 Brought to you by the [LocalAI](https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI) team. This model can be used directly with [LocalAI](https://localai.io).
 
+## Usage with LocalAI
+
+This model is ready to use with [LocalAI](https://localai.io) via the `whisperx` backend.
+
+Save the following as `whisperx-small-it.yaml` in your LocalAI models directory:
+
+```yaml
+name: whisperx-small-it
+backend: whisperx
+known_usecases:
+  - transcript
+parameters:
+  model: LocalAI-io/whisper-small-it-ct2-int8
+  language: it
+```
+
+Then transcribe audio via the OpenAI-compatible endpoint:
+
+```bash
+curl http://localhost:8080/v1/audio/transcriptions \
+  -H "Content-Type: multipart/form-data" \
+  -F file="@audio.mp3" \
+  -F model="whisperx-small-it"
+```
+
 ## Results
 
 Evaluated on Common Voice 25.0 Italian test set (15,184 samples):