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Official

Introduction
Source code
White paper

Model variants

Whisper.cpp

Port of Whisper in C++.

1 sub-list
  • Bindings for many languages
WhisperX

Adds fast automatic speaker recognition with word-level timestamps and speaker diarization.

faster-whisper

Faster reimplementation of Whisper using CTranslate2.

Whisper JAX

JAX implementation of Whisper for up to 70x speed-up on TPU.

whisper-timestamped

Adds word-level timestamps and confidence scores.

whisper-openvino

Whisper running on OpenVINO.

whisper.tflite

Whisper running on TensorFlow Lite.

Whisper variants

Various Whisper variants on Hugging Faces.

Whisper-AT

Whisper that can recognize non-speech audio events in addition to speech.

Apps

Aiko

Audio transcription iOS and macOS app.

MacWhisper

Audio transcription macOS app. (Freemium)

Whisper Memos

Audio transcription iOS app. (Freemium)

FourYou

Audio journal iOS app.

Jojo Transcribe

Audio transcription macOS app.

Buzz

Audio transcription and translation macOS app.

WhisperScript

Audio transcription macOS app. (Freemium · Electron)

Audio Podium

Audio/video management macOS app.

superwhisper

Global audio transcription macOS menu bar app.

TypeWhisper

Local speech-to-text transcription for macOS and Windows with system-wide dictation.

Speech Note

Audio transcription Linux app.

FridayGPT

Dictation macOS app powered by OpenAI API.

EasyWhisper

Windows and macOS app for audio transcription and speaker diarization. (Freemium)

Audio Note

Real-time audio transcription on macOS and Windows. (Freemium · Electron)

Whisper

Android app for transcription and translation. (FOSS)

VoiceInk

Dictation and transcription macOS app. (FOSS)

Ito AI

AI voice dictation for Mac. (FOSS)

OpenSuperWhisper

Dictation app for macOS. (FOSS)

Screenpipe

24/7 local screen and audio recording with AI search. (FOSS)

Web apps

Hosted

bigWav

Audio transcription and annotation tool.

Free Podcast Transcription

Runs locally in your browser.

Gladia

Transcription with real-time processing.

Whisper-Web

Local transcription using WebGPU, with optimised fine-tuned models for several languages. (FOSS)

Self-hosted

Subs AI

Subtitle generation.

WaaS

GUI and API for Whisper.

writeout.ai

Laravel app to transcribe and translate audio files.

Meeper

Transcriptions, summary and more for meetings and any browser tab. (Chrome app)

CLI tools

yt-whisper

YouTube subtitle generation.

phonix

Generate captions for videos.

whisper-standalone-win

Standalone Windows executable for Whisper and Faster Whisper.

whisper-ctranslate2

Whisper command-line tool based on CTranslate2, compatible with the original.

insanely-fast-whisper-cli

Achieve transcription speeds near 30x real-time with several optimizations.

whisper-diarization

Automatic speech recognition with speaker diarization.

hns

On-device speech-to-text CLI using faster-whisper with automatic clipboard copy.

Playgrounds

Hugging Faces

Whisper demo running on Hugging Faces. ([Source](https://huggingface.co/spaces/openai/whisper/tree/main))

Monster API

Whisper demo running on Monster API. ([Source](https://github.com/saharmor/whisper-playground))

Web Whisper

Whisper demo by Pluja. ([Source](https://codeberg.org/pluja/web-whisper))

YouTube Video Transcription

Running on Colab.

Packages

JavaScript

use-whisper

React hook.

Articles

Whispers of A.I.'s Modular Future

The future of machine learning lies in adaptable and accessible open-source speech-transcription programs.

How to Run Whisper Speech Recognition Model

Explains how to install and run the model, as well as providing a performance analysis comparing Whisper to other models.

Create your own speech to text app using Flask

The tutorial demonstrates Whisper's speech-to-text model, with a demo on running it in a Gradient Notebook and a guide for setting up a Flask app with Gradient Deployments.

Convert Podcasts to Text

Tutorial on the Whisper API with Python for speech-to-text transcription, showcasing GPU's faster transcription and advanced technology.

Videos

Open AI's Whisper is Amazing!

Introduction to Whisper.

How to do Free Speech-to-Text Transcription Better Than Google Premium API

Tutorial.

Multilingual AI Speech Recognition Live App

Tutorial.

Community

Discussions
Discord

Third-party APIs

Whisper+

Extension of the Whisper model which adds powerful features such as speaker identification custom vocabulary, summarization, and chapter generation.

Replicate

Use Whisper running on Replicate.

APIs that use Whisper.

Related lists

awesome-chatgpt

ChatGPT resources.