Whisper
Open-source speech recognition you can self-host.
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- Free tier
- Yes
Whisper is OpenAI's open-source speech recognition model. It can be run on your own hardware at no cost, which makes it the standard choice when audio must not leave your machine.
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The path from a blank page to something you can ship.
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Or use a wrapper like Ollama-style tooling.
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Bigger is more accurate and slower.
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Nothing is uploaded.
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Punctuation and speaker labels need extra tooling.
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Whisper, answered
Whisper is OpenAI's open-source speech recognition model. It can be run on your own hardware at no cost, which makes it the standard choice when audio must not leave your machine.
Yes — free to use. We haven't verified current pricing on this one — check Whisper's own pricing page before you commit to anything.
No. This page is factual product information we compiled, not a review. We publish scores and verdicts only for tools we've paid for and used, so there is no rating here. For Meetings tools we have tested, see the Meetings category.
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We haven't tested Whisper
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