• CPU: Intel I5 10500
• RAM: 2 GB
• GPU: Not required
• Mic: Any directional microphone, usually USB or XLR, costs under 50$

Running under virtual machines comes with the following caveats:

1. Many BenASR components rely on AVX. Although AVX is supported by almost all modern processors, this may not be true when you run the software under a virtual machine.
2. VirtualBox generally has problems supporting AVX under Windows while Hyper-V is enabled. VMware doesn't have this limitation and has been free since Nov 2024.
3. For both cases under Windows, you cannot train a model inside them if Hyper-V is enabled. For training we rely on WSL, and WSL requires Hyper-V inside the guest machine, which requires VT-x to be enabled. VT-x is only available if Hyper-V is disabled on the host machine. So at the same time, only one of the host or guest can be used for training. [Reference]