diff --git a/dnd_transcribe/argparse.py b/dnd_transcribe/argparse.py
index 571d1d1..4f14af0 100644
--- a/dnd_transcribe/argparse.py
+++ b/dnd_transcribe/argparse.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import argparse
+from dnd_transcribe.inference import DEFAULT_MODEL
 
 
 def build_argument_parser() -> argparse.ArgumentParser:
@@ -11,9 +12,16 @@ def build_argument_parser() -> argparse.ArgumentParser:
     parser.add_argument(
         "-q", "--quiet", action="store_true", help="Only display errors"
     )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "-m",
+        "--model",
+        type=str,
+        help="ASR model",
+        default=DEFAULT_MODEL,
+    )
     parser.add_argument(
         "audio_file",
-        type=argparse.FileType(mode="r"),
+        type=argparse.FileType(mode="rb"),
         help="Audio file to process",
     )
     return parser
diff --git a/dnd_transcribe/inference.py b/dnd_transcribe/inference.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f83a696
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dnd_transcribe/inference.py
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+import soundfile
+import numpy.typing
+import time
+import torch
+import typing
+from transformers import (
+    Wav2Vec2Model,
+    Wav2Vec2ForCTC,
+    Wav2Vec2Processor,
+    Wav2Vec2ProcessorWithLM,
+)
+
+
+DEFAULT_MODEL = "facebook/wav2vec2-large-960h-lv60-self"
+AUDIO_SAMPLE_RATE = 16_000
+
+
+class InferredTranscript(typing.NamedTuple):
+    transcript: str
+    confidence_score: float
+    processing_time_sec: float
+
+
+class Inference:
+    def __init__(self, model_name: str, use_gpu: bool = True) -> None:
+        self.device = "cuda" if use_gpu and torch.cuda.is_available() else "cpu"
+        self.processor = Wav2Vec2Processor.from_pretrained(model_name)
+        self.model = Wav2Vec2ForCTC.from_pretrained(model_name)
+        self.model.to(self.device)
+
+    def file_to_text(self, audio_file: typing.BinaryIO) -> InferredTranscript:
+        audio_input, samplerate = soundfile.read(audio_file)
+        if samplerate != AUDIO_SAMPLE_RATE:
+            raise Exception(f"Unsupported sample rate {samplerate}")
+        return self.buffer_to_text(audio_input)
+
+    def buffer_to_text(
+        self, audio_buffer: numpy.typing.ArrayLike
+    ) -> InferredTranscript:
+        if len(audio_buffer) == 0:
+            InferredTranscript("", 1, 0)
+        timer_start = time.perf_counter()
+        inputs = self.processor(
+            torch.tensor(audio_buffer),
+            sampling_rate=AUDIO_SAMPLE_RATE,
+            return_tensors="pt",
+            padding=True,
+        )
+        with torch.no_grad():
+            logits = self.model(
+                inputs.input_values.to(self.device),
+                attention_mask=inputs.attention_mask.to(self.device),
+            ).logits
+        predicted_ids = torch.argmax(logits, dim=-1)
+        transcription = self.processor.batch_decode(predicted_ids)[0]
+        timer_end = time.perf_counter()
+        confidence = self.confidence_score(logits, predicted_ids)
+        return InferredTranscript(transcription, confidence, timer_end - timer_start)
+
+    def confidence_score(
+        self, logits: torch.Tensor, predicted_ids: torch.Tensor
+    ) -> float:
+        scores = torch.nn.functional.softmax(logits, dim=-1)
+        pred_scores = scores.gather(-1, predicted_ids.unsqueeze(-1))[:, :, 0]
+        mask = torch.logical_and(
+            predicted_ids.not_equal(self.processor.tokenizer.word_delimiter_token_id),
+            predicted_ids.not_equal(self.processor.tokenizer.pad_token_id),
+        )
+        character_scores = pred_scores.masked_select(mask)
+        total_average = torch.sum(character_scores) / len(character_scores)
+        return total_average
diff --git a/dnd_transcribe/main.py b/dnd_transcribe/main.py
index 36d2a56..6370ecf 100644
--- a/dnd_transcribe/main.py
+++ b/dnd_transcribe/main.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import dnd_transcribe.argparse
+import dnd_transcribe.inference
 import logging
 
 
@@ -12,4 +13,7 @@ def main():
         logging.basicConfig(level=logging.ERROR, format=logging_format)
     else:
         logging.basicConfig(level=logging.INFO, format=logging_format)
-    print("WIP")
+    inference = dnd_transcribe.inference.Inference(args.model)
+    (transcription, score, duration) = inference.file_to_text(args.audio_file)
+    print(transcription)
+    print(f"[Confidence: {score:.1%} in {duration:.2} seconds]")