diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 8dabc25..9108485 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "faster-whisper>=1.2.1",
     "socksio>=1.0.0",
     "nvidia-cublas-cu12>=12.4; sys_platform == 'linux' and platform_machine == 'x86_64'",
+    "openvino-genai>=2025.0; sys_platform != 'darwin' and (platform_machine == 'x86_64' or platform_machine == 'AMD64')",
     "tomli>=2.0; python_version < '3.11'",
 ]
 
diff --git a/src/local_transcriber/backends/__init__.py b/src/local_transcriber/backends/__init__.py
index 213475c..f4d97e9 100644
--- a/src/local_transcriber/backends/__init__.py
+++ b/src/local_transcriber/backends/__init__.py
@@ -8,10 +8,11 @@ if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from .base import Backend
 
 
-def get_backend(device: str) -> Backend:
+def get_backend(device: str, *, compute_type_explicit: bool = True) -> Backend:
     """Возвращает экземпляр бэкенда для указанного устройства.
 
     Импорты ленивые — бэкенд загружается только при запросе.
+    compute_type_explicit: False если compute_type пришёл из дефолтов (влияет на fallback).
     """
     if device == "openvino":
         try:
@@ -20,7 +21,7 @@ def get_backend(device: str) -> Backend:
             raise ValueError(
                 "OpenVINO бэкенд недоступен. Установите: pip install openvino-genai"
             ) from None
-        return OpenVINOBackend()
+        return OpenVINOBackend(compute_type_explicit=compute_type_explicit)
 
     # cuda, cpu и всё остальное → faster-whisper
     from .faster_whisper import FasterWhisperBackend
diff --git a/src/local_transcriber/backends/openvino.py b/src/local_transcriber/backends/openvino.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..40257f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/local_transcriber/backends/openvino.py
@@ -0,0 +1,179 @@
+"""Бэкенд транскрипции на основе OpenVINO GenAI."""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import warnings
+from collections.abc import Callable
+from pathlib import Path
+from typing import Any
+
+from huggingface_hub import snapshot_download
+from huggingface_hub.errors import LocalEntryNotFoundError
+
+from local_transcriber.types import Segment, TranscribeResult
+
+# (model_alias, compute_type) → HF repo
+MODEL_REPOS: dict[tuple[str, str], str] = {
+    ("tiny", "int8"): "OpenVINO/whisper-tiny-int8-ov",
+    ("base", "fp16"): "OpenVINO/whisper-base-fp16-ov",
+    ("small", "int8"): "OpenVINO/whisper-small-int8-ov",
+    ("medium", "int8"): "OpenVINO/whisper-medium-int8-ov",
+    ("large-v3", "int8"): "OpenVINO/whisper-large-v3-int8-ov",
+    ("large-v3", "fp16"): "OpenVINO/whisper-large-v3-fp16-ov",
+}
+
+# Fallback: если точная пара не найдена, пробуем альтернативный compute_type
+_COMPUTE_TYPE_FALLBACKS: dict[str, list[str]] = {
+    "float32": ["fp16", "int8"],
+    "float16": ["fp16", "int8"],
+    "fp16": ["fp16", "int8"],
+    "int8": ["int8", "fp16"],
+}
+
+# large-v3: при неявном compute_type предпочитаем fp16 (стабильнее по качеству)
+_IMPLICIT_COMPUTE_TYPE_OVERRIDES: dict[str, str] = {
+    "large-v3": "fp16",
+}
+
+MODEL_REQUIRED_FILES = [
+    "openvino_encoder_model.xml",
+    "openvino_decoder_model.xml",
+]
+
+
+class OpenVINOBackend:
+    """Бэкенд транскрипции через openvino-genai WhisperPipeline."""
+
+    def __init__(self, compute_type_explicit: bool = True):
+        """compute_type_explicit=False означает, что compute_type пришёл из дефолтов."""
+        self._compute_type_explicit = compute_type_explicit
+
+    def ensure_model_available(
+        self,
+        model_name: str,
+        compute_type: str,
+        on_status: Callable[[str], None] | None = None,
+    ) -> str:
+        """Скачивает/находит OpenVINO модель нужной квантизации."""
+        repo_id = self._resolve_repo(model_name, compute_type)
+
+        try:
+            _notify(on_status, f"Проверяю кэш модели {model_name} (OpenVINO)...")
+            cached_path = Path(snapshot_download(repo_id, local_files_only=True))
+            _validate_model_dir(cached_path)
+            return str(cached_path)
+        except LocalEntryNotFoundError:
+            pass
+        except ValueError:
+            _notify(on_status, f"Кэш модели {model_name} неполный, докачиваю...")
+
+        _notify(on_status, f"Скачиваю модель {model_name} (OpenVINO) из Hugging Face...")
+        downloaded_path = Path(snapshot_download(repo_id, local_files_only=False))
+        _validate_model_dir(downloaded_path)
+        return str(downloaded_path)
+
+    def create_model(
+        self,
+        model_path: str,
+        device: str,
+        compute_type: str,
+    ) -> Any:
+        """Создаёт WhisperPipeline."""
+        import openvino_genai as ov_genai
+
+        return ov_genai.WhisperPipeline(model_path, "CPU")
+
+    def transcribe(
+        self,
+        model: Any,
+        file_path: Path,
+        language: str | None,
+        on_segment: Callable[[Segment], None] | None = None,
+        on_status: Callable[[str], None] | None = None,
+    ) -> TranscribeResult:
+        """Транскрибирует файл через OpenVINO GenAI."""
+        from faster_whisper import decode_audio
+
+        _notify(on_status, "Загружаю аудио...")
+        raw_speech = decode_audio(str(file_path), sampling_rate=16000)
+        duration = len(raw_speech) / 16000.0
+
+        kwargs: dict[str, Any] = {"return_timestamps": True}
+        if language:
+            kwargs["language"] = f"<|{language}|>"
+
+        _notify(on_status, "Транскрибирую (OpenVINO)...")
+        result = model.generate(raw_speech.tolist(), **kwargs)
+
+        segments: list[Segment] = []
+        if hasattr(result, "chunks") and result.chunks:
+            for chunk in result.chunks:
+                seg = Segment(
+                    start=chunk.start_ts,
+                    end=chunk.end_ts,
+                    text=chunk.text,
+                )
+                if on_segment is not None:
+                    on_segment(seg)
+                segments.append(seg)
+                _notify(
+                    on_status,
+                    f"Транскрибирую (OpenVINO)... [{len(segments)} сегм.]",
+                )
+
+        detected_language = language or "auto"
+        language_probability = 1.0 if language else 0.0
+
+        return TranscribeResult(
+            segments=segments,
+            language=detected_language,
+            language_probability=language_probability,
+            duration=duration,
+            device_used="",  # оркестратор проставит
+        )
+
+    def _resolve_repo(self, model_name: str, compute_type: str) -> str:
+        """Находит HF repo для пары (model, compute_type) с fallback."""
+        # Для неявного compute_type: override для конкретных моделей
+        if not self._compute_type_explicit and model_name in _IMPLICIT_COMPUTE_TYPE_OVERRIDES:
+            compute_type = _IMPLICIT_COMPUTE_TYPE_OVERRIDES[model_name]
+
+        # Точное совпадение
+        repo = MODEL_REPOS.get((model_name, compute_type))
+        if repo:
+            return repo
+
+        # Fallback только для неявного compute_type
+        if not self._compute_type_explicit:
+            fallbacks = _COMPUTE_TYPE_FALLBACKS.get(compute_type, [])
+            for fallback_ct in fallbacks:
+                repo = MODEL_REPOS.get((model_name, fallback_ct))
+                if repo:
+                    return repo
+
+        # Явный --compute-type с несуществующей парой → ошибка
+        available = [ct for (m, ct) in MODEL_REPOS if m == model_name]
+        if available:
+            raise ValueError(
+                f"Модель '{model_name}' недоступна с compute_type='{compute_type}' для OpenVINO. "
+                f"Доступные варианты: {', '.join(sorted(set(available)))}"
+            )
+
+        all_models = sorted({m for m, _ in MODEL_REPOS})
+        raise ValueError(
+            f"Модель '{model_name}' не найдена для OpenVINO. "
+            f"Доступные модели: {', '.join(all_models)}"
+        )
+
+
+def _notify(on_status: Callable[[str], None] | None, message: str) -> None:
+    if on_status is not None:
+        on_status(message)
+
+
+def _validate_model_dir(model_dir: Path) -> None:
+    missing = [f for f in MODEL_REQUIRED_FILES if not (model_dir / f).exists()]
+    if missing:
+        raise ValueError(
+            f"Неполная OpenVINO модель в '{model_dir}': отсутствуют {', '.join(missing)}"
+        )
diff --git a/src/local_transcriber/cli.py b/src/local_transcriber/cli.py
index 84edf27..3b76bdb 100644
--- a/src/local_transcriber/cli.py
+++ b/src/local_transcriber/cli.py
@@ -72,6 +72,8 @@ def main(
         resolved_device = detect_device(defaults["device"])
         defaults = apply_device_defaults(defaults, resolved_device, cli_values, config)
 
+        ct_explicit = compute_type is not None
+
         expanded = expand_globs(files)
         if not expanded:
             console.print("Файлы не найдены.", style="red bold")
@@ -83,9 +85,9 @@ def main(
             raise SystemExit(1)
 
         if is_batch:
-            _run_batch(expanded, defaults, verbose, force)
+            _run_batch(expanded, defaults, verbose, force, ct_explicit)
         else:
-            _run_single(expanded[0], defaults, output, verbose)
+            _run_single(expanded[0], defaults, output, verbose, ct_explicit)
     except KeyboardInterrupt:
         console.print("\nПрервано пользователем.", style="yellow")
         raise SystemExit(130)
@@ -122,6 +124,7 @@ def _run_single(
     defaults: dict[str, str],
     output: Path | None,
     verbose: bool,
+    compute_type_explicit: bool = False,
 ) -> None:
     """Пайплайн одного файла: валидация → модель → транскрипция → запись."""
     start = time.monotonic()
@@ -145,6 +148,7 @@ def _run_single(
     model_obj, actual_device, backend, model_path = load_model(
         defaults["model"], resolved_device, defaults["compute_type"],
         on_status=lambda msg: console.print(msg), strict_device=strict,
+        compute_type_explicit=compute_type_explicit,
     )
 
     with Status("Подготавливаю запуск...", console=console) as status:
@@ -204,6 +208,7 @@ def _run_batch(
     defaults: dict[str, str],
     verbose: bool,
     force: bool,
+    compute_type_explicit: bool = False,
 ) -> None:
     """Трёхфазный батч-пайплайн: prescan → загрузка модели → транскрипция."""
     # Phase 1: Prescan — fail-fast + skip до загрузки модели (экономим ~2-5 сек)
@@ -240,6 +245,7 @@ def _run_batch(
     model_obj, actual_device, backend, model_path = load_model(
         defaults["model"], resolved_device, defaults["compute_type"],
         on_status=lambda msg: console.print(msg), strict_device=strict,
+        compute_type_explicit=compute_type_explicit,
     )
 
     if actual_device != resolved_device:
diff --git a/src/local_transcriber/transcriber.py b/src/local_transcriber/transcriber.py
index cc43a66..8e51de5 100644
--- a/src/local_transcriber/transcriber.py
+++ b/src/local_transcriber/transcriber.py
@@ -21,12 +21,14 @@ def load_model(
     compute_type: str,
     on_status: Callable[[str], None] | None = None,
     strict_device: bool = False,
+    compute_type_explicit: bool = False,
 ) -> tuple[Any, str, Any, str]:
     """Загружает модель: ensure + create с fallback.
 
     Возвращает (model, actual_device, backend, model_path).
+    compute_type_explicit: True если пользователь явно указал --compute-type.
     """
-    backend = get_backend(device)
+    backend = get_backend(device, compute_type_explicit=compute_type_explicit)
     actual_device = device
 
     model_path = backend.ensure_model_available(model_name, compute_type, on_status)
diff --git a/tests/test_backend_openvino.py b/tests/test_backend_openvino.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c744f69
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_backend_openvino.py
@@ -0,0 +1,233 @@
+"""Тесты для OpenVINO бэкенда."""
+
+from pathlib import Path
+from unittest.mock import MagicMock, patch
+
+import numpy as np
+import pytest
+
+from local_transcriber.backends.openvino import (
+    MODEL_REPOS,
+    OpenVINOBackend,
+    _validate_model_dir,
+)
+from local_transcriber.types import Segment
+
+
+# === _resolve_repo ===
+
+
+def test_resolve_repo_exact_match():
+    backend = OpenVINOBackend(compute_type_explicit=True)
+    assert backend._resolve_repo("medium", "int8") == "OpenVINO/whisper-medium-int8-ov"
+
+
+def test_resolve_repo_large_v3_fp16():
+    backend = OpenVINOBackend(compute_type_explicit=True)
+    assert backend._resolve_repo("large-v3", "fp16") == "OpenVINO/whisper-large-v3-fp16-ov"
+
+
+def test_resolve_repo_explicit_unsupported_pair_raises():
+    """Явный --compute-type с несуществующей парой → ошибка."""
+    backend = OpenVINOBackend(compute_type_explicit=True)
+    with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="недоступна с compute_type='fp16'"):
+        backend._resolve_repo("medium", "fp16")
+
+
+def test_resolve_repo_explicit_unknown_model_raises():
+    backend = OpenVINOBackend(compute_type_explicit=True)
+    with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="не найдена для OpenVINO"):
+        backend._resolve_repo("distil-large-v3", "int8")
+
+
+def test_resolve_repo_implicit_fallback():
+    """Неявный compute_type: если int8 недоступен для base, fallback на fp16."""
+    backend = OpenVINOBackend(compute_type_explicit=False)
+    # base + int8 не существует, но base + fp16 есть
+    assert backend._resolve_repo("base", "int8") == "OpenVINO/whisper-base-fp16-ov"
+
+
+def test_resolve_repo_implicit_large_v3_prefers_fp16():
+    """Неявный compute_type: large-v3 автоматически получает fp16."""
+    backend = OpenVINOBackend(compute_type_explicit=False)
+    # Дефолт int8, но для large-v3 override на fp16
+    assert backend._resolve_repo("large-v3", "int8") == "OpenVINO/whisper-large-v3-fp16-ov"
+
+
+def test_resolve_repo_explicit_large_v3_int8_respected():
+    """Явный --compute-type int8 для large-v3 → уважается."""
+    backend = OpenVINOBackend(compute_type_explicit=True)
+    assert backend._resolve_repo("large-v3", "int8") == "OpenVINO/whisper-large-v3-int8-ov"
+
+
+# === ensure_model_available ===
+
+
+@patch("local_transcriber.backends.openvino.snapshot_download")
+def test_ensure_model_available_cache_hit(mock_download, tmp_path):
+    model_dir = tmp_path / "model"
+    model_dir.mkdir()
+    (model_dir / "openvino_encoder_model.xml").write_text("<xml/>")
+    (model_dir / "openvino_decoder_model.xml").write_text("<xml/>")
+    mock_download.return_value = str(model_dir)
+
+    backend = OpenVINOBackend(compute_type_explicit=True)
+    result = backend.ensure_model_available("medium", "int8")
+
+    assert result == str(model_dir)
+    mock_download.assert_called_once()
+    assert mock_download.call_args.kwargs["local_files_only"] is True
+
+
+@patch("local_transcriber.backends.openvino.snapshot_download")
+def test_ensure_model_available_downloads(mock_download, tmp_path):
+    from huggingface_hub.errors import LocalEntryNotFoundError
+
+    model_dir = tmp_path / "downloaded"
+    model_dir.mkdir()
+    (model_dir / "openvino_encoder_model.xml").write_text("<xml/>")
+    (model_dir / "openvino_decoder_model.xml").write_text("<xml/>")
+
+    mock_download.side_effect = [
+        LocalEntryNotFoundError("not cached"),
+        str(model_dir),
+    ]
+
+    backend = OpenVINOBackend(compute_type_explicit=True)
+    statuses: list[str] = []
+    result = backend.ensure_model_available("medium", "int8", on_status=statuses.append)
+
+    assert result == str(model_dir)
+    assert any("Скачиваю" in s for s in statuses)
+
+
+# === create_model ===
+
+
+def test_create_model():
+    mock_ov = MagicMock()
+    mock_pipeline = MagicMock()
+    mock_ov.WhisperPipeline.return_value = mock_pipeline
+
+    backend = OpenVINOBackend()
+    with patch.dict("sys.modules", {"openvino_genai": mock_ov}):
+        model = backend.create_model("/path/to/model", "openvino", "int8")
+
+    mock_ov.WhisperPipeline.assert_called_once_with("/path/to/model", "CPU")
+    assert model is mock_pipeline
+
+
+# === transcribe ===
+
+
+def test_transcribe_maps_chunks_to_segments():
+    """Проверяет маппинг chunks → Segment[] и формат языка."""
+    backend = OpenVINOBackend()
+
+    mock_model = MagicMock()
+    chunk1 = MagicMock()
+    chunk1.start_ts = 0.0
+    chunk1.end_ts = 3.5
+    chunk1.text = " Привет мир"
+    chunk2 = MagicMock()
+    chunk2.start_ts = 3.5
+    chunk2.end_ts = 7.0
+    chunk2.text = " Тестовый сегмент"
+
+    mock_result = MagicMock()
+    mock_result.chunks = [chunk1, chunk2]
+    mock_model.generate.return_value = mock_result
+
+    raw_audio = np.zeros(16000 * 10, dtype=np.float32)  # 10 секунд
+
+    with patch("faster_whisper.decode_audio", return_value=raw_audio):
+        result = backend.transcribe(
+            mock_model, Path("test.mp3"), language="ru",
+        )
+
+    assert len(result.segments) == 2
+    assert result.segments[0].text == " Привет мир"
+    assert result.segments[0].start == 0.0
+    assert result.segments[0].end == 3.5
+    assert result.duration == 10.0
+
+    # Проверяем формат языка для OpenVINO GenAI
+    call_kwargs = mock_model.generate.call_args
+    assert call_kwargs.kwargs["language"] == "<|ru|>"
+    assert call_kwargs.kwargs["return_timestamps"] is True
+
+
+def test_transcribe_calls_tolist():
+    """raw_speech передаётся как list, не ndarray."""
+    backend = OpenVINOBackend()
+    mock_model = MagicMock()
+    mock_result = MagicMock()
+    mock_result.chunks = []
+    mock_model.generate.return_value = mock_result
+
+    raw_audio = np.zeros(160, dtype=np.float32)
+
+    with patch("faster_whisper.decode_audio", return_value=raw_audio):
+        backend.transcribe(mock_model, Path("test.mp3"), language=None)
+
+    call_args = mock_model.generate.call_args[0][0]
+    assert isinstance(call_args, list)
+
+
+def test_transcribe_no_language_auto():
+    """Без указания языка — не передаём language в generate."""
+    backend = OpenVINOBackend()
+    mock_model = MagicMock()
+    mock_result = MagicMock()
+    mock_result.chunks = []
+    mock_model.generate.return_value = mock_result
+
+    raw_audio = np.zeros(160, dtype=np.float32)
+
+    with patch("faster_whisper.decode_audio", return_value=raw_audio):
+        result = backend.transcribe(mock_model, Path("test.mp3"), language=None)
+
+    call_kwargs = mock_model.generate.call_args.kwargs
+    assert "language" not in call_kwargs
+    assert result.language == "auto"
+    assert result.language_probability == 0.0
+
+
+def test_transcribe_calls_on_segment():
+    backend = OpenVINOBackend()
+    mock_model = MagicMock()
+    chunk = MagicMock()
+    chunk.start_ts = 0.0
+    chunk.end_ts = 2.0
+    chunk.text = " Test"
+    mock_result = MagicMock()
+    mock_result.chunks = [chunk]
+    mock_model.generate.return_value = mock_result
+
+    raw_audio = np.zeros(16000, dtype=np.float32)
+    callback = MagicMock()
+
+    with patch("faster_whisper.decode_audio", return_value=raw_audio):
+        backend.transcribe(
+            mock_model, Path("test.mp3"), language="en", on_segment=callback,
+        )
+
+    callback.assert_called_once()
+    seg = callback.call_args[0][0]
+    assert isinstance(seg, Segment)
+    assert seg.text == " Test"
+
+
+# === _validate_model_dir ===
+
+
+def test_validate_model_dir_ok(tmp_path):
+    (tmp_path / "openvino_encoder_model.xml").write_text("<xml/>")
+    (tmp_path / "openvino_decoder_model.xml").write_text("<xml/>")
+    _validate_model_dir(tmp_path)  # should not raise
+
+
+def test_validate_model_dir_missing(tmp_path):
+    (tmp_path / "openvino_encoder_model.xml").write_text("<xml/>")
+    with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="openvino_decoder_model.xml"):
+        _validate_model_dir(tmp_path)
diff --git a/tests/test_transcriber.py b/tests/test_transcriber.py
index b39a9bd..edb569f 100644
--- a/tests/test_transcriber.py
+++ b/tests/test_transcriber.py
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ def test_transcribe_cuda_fallback(mock_get_backend):
         model_path="/mock/cpu/model",
     )
 
-    def backend_for_device(device):
+    def backend_for_device(device, **kwargs):
         return cuda_backend if device == "cuda" else cpu_backend
 
     mock_get_backend.side_effect = backend_for_device
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ def test_transcribe_cuda_fallback_on_transcribe_call(mock_get_backend):
         model_path="/mock/cpu/model",
     )
 
-    def backend_for_device(device):
+    def backend_for_device(device, **kwargs):
         return cuda_backend if device == "cuda" else cpu_backend
 
     mock_get_backend.side_effect = backend_for_device
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ def test_transcribe_non_strict_cuda_fallback(mock_get_backend):
         model_path="/mock/cpu/model",
     )
 
-    def backend_for_device(device):
+    def backend_for_device(device, **kwargs):
         return cuda_backend if device == "cuda" else cpu_backend
 
     mock_get_backend.side_effect = backend_for_device
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ def test_load_model_cuda_fallback(mock_get_backend):
     cpu_model = MagicMock()
     cpu_backend = _make_backend(model=cpu_model, model_path="/mock/cpu/model")
 
-    def backend_for_device(device):
+    def backend_for_device(device, **kwargs):
         return cuda_backend if device == "cuda" else cpu_backend
 
     mock_get_backend.side_effect = backend_for_device