Whisper Small
whisper-small-mlx is an open-source conversion of the Whisper small automatic speech recognition model into MLX format. It enables developers and local-app users to transcribe audio on Apple silicon through MLX-compatible tools and Python workflows.
Overview
6 featuresWhisper Small sits in PulseGate's Voice, TTS & speech category. It focuses on transcribing audio to text locally on Apple silicon without relying on a hosted speech recognition service. Whisper Small is an open-source project aimed at developers and Apple silicon users building local speech-to-text applications. Whisper Small is open source under the Open Source license. It ships for the web and the command line, and it can be self-hosted.
It is developed by MLX Community. Key capabilities include audio transcription, MLX format, and local inference.
Summary written by a language model from the project’s public pages.
- Audio transcription
- MLX format
- Local inference
- Python usage
- Apple silicon support
- Model downloads
Built with & integrations
- AWS
- x-amz-cf-id header · x-amz-cf-pop header · via header
- openai
- dall- in the HTML
- local_oss
- studio in the HTML
Trust & compliance
Indexing history
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- Indexed31 Aug · 10:31 UTCmlx-community/whisper-small-mlx verified against its public sourceSource: PulseGate · Open
Frequently asked questions about Whisper Small
- What does Whisper Small do?
- Whisper Small focuses on transcribing audio to text locally on Apple silicon without relying on a hosted speech recognition service. It is catalogued under Voice, TTS & speech on PulseGate.
- Who should use Whisper Small?
- Whisper Small is an open-source project built for developers and Apple silicon users building local speech-to-text applications.
- Is Whisper Small free?
- Yes — Whisper Small is open source under the Open Source license and free to use.
- What platforms does Whisper Small run on?
- Whisper Small runs on the web and the command line. It can also be self-hosted.
- Is Whisper Small still maintained?
- Unverified. Whisper Small has not been re-checked since it entered the index, so there is no finding either way — and only a positive finding would say otherwise.
- What are alternatives to Whisper Small?
- Similar projects tracked by PulseGate include Whisper Tiny, Whisper Small, and Whisper Small.Whisper TinyWhisper SmallWhisper Small
- Who makes Whisper Small?
- Whisper Small is developed by MLX Community.
- Is Whisper Small open source?
- Yes — Whisper Small is open source under the Open Source license.
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