Whisper-1 — reviews, specs & pricing

OpenAI's speech-to-text transcription model.

Summary

Whisper is a general-purpose speech recognition model trained on diverse multilingual audio. It's available open-source and via OpenAI's API. It handles transcription and translation across many languages.

Sample use case

Used for transcription services, subtitles, and voice interfaces. Also used in accessibility tools.

Specifications

  • Provider: openai
  • License: closed
  • Released: 2023-03-01

Pros

  • Multilingual
  • Open-source version available
  • Robust to noise

Cons

  • Can hallucinate text
  • No speaker diarization built-in
  • Latency for long audio

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Frequently asked questions

What is Whisper-1?

Whisper is a general-purpose speech recognition model trained on diverse multilingual audio. It's available open-source and via OpenAI's API. It handles transcription and translation across many languages.

How much does Whisper-1 cost?

Pricing for Whisper-1 is not publicly listed.

Is Whisper-1 open source?

Whisper-1 is released under the closed license.