OpenAI Whisper

OpenAI's general-purpose speech recognition model. Trained on 680,000 hours of multilingual data, Whisper can transcribe, translate, and detect language across 99 languages with near-human accuracy. Runs locally on consumer hardware. Best for anyone needing accurate transcription without sending audio to cloud APIs.

AI ToolFree Tier: Fully free, open-source (MIT)Company: OpenAICategory: Git ReposOpen Source: YesQuick Start: pip install openai-whisper → whisper audio.mp3 → Choose a model size (tiny/base/small/medium/large) based on accuracy vs speed tradeoff

OpenAI Whisper

106K★ — Robust speech recognition — 99 languages, runs locally

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OpenAI's general-purpose speech recognition model. Trained on 680,000 hours of multilingual data, Whisper can transcribe, translate, and detect language across 99 languages with near-human accuracy. Runs locally on consumer hardware. Best for anyone needing accurate transcription without sending audio to cloud APIs.

FREE TIER
Fully free, open-source (MIT)
COMPANY
OpenAI
CATEGORY
Git Repos › AI & ML
OPEN SOURCE
Yes
PRIVACY
Runs locally; no audio sent anywhere
TAGS
speechtranscriptionaudiomultilinguallocal

QUICK START

pip install openai-whisper → whisper audio.mp3 → Choose a model size (tiny/base/small/medium/large) based on accuracy vs speed tradeoff

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