Open-source AI speech recognition
Category: Voice & Speech. Pricing: current comparable pricing is not verified; check the vendor's website. Last modified: 2026-09-07.
OpenAI's open-source speech-to-text model with near-human accuracy across 99 languages. Self-hostable and the engine behind countless transcription tools.
Not editorially tested: One AI Guide has not published a complete hands-on test record for this tool.
Published by LUMIVEX for One AI Guide.
Editorial lead: Said El Moussaoui. Our methodology is published at /how-we-rate.
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Whisper READMEMIT License
Whisper LICENSEMultilingual speech recognition, speech translation, and language identification; model-card training data covers 98 non-English languages.
model-card.mdOpenAI Whisper is a voice & speech tool. Open-source AI speech recognition.
OpenAI Whisper is current comparable pricing is not verified; check the vendor's website. Always check the vendor's site for the latest plans before signing up.
The catalog currently records OpenAI Whisper's pricing model as Free. Check the vendor's site because availability, limits, and plan terms can change.
Common use cases include Self-hosted transcription, Multilingual subtitling, and Developer pipelines.
The One AI Guide catalog currently highlights these strengths: Open-source MIT license; 99 languages; Runs locally on consumer hardware.