Faster Whisper Base
faster-whisper-base is an open model repository containing the Whisper base model converted to CTranslate2 format. Developers can use its weights with CTranslate2 or faster-whisper for local audio transcription and speech recognition.
Overview
5 featuresFaster Whisper Base is a Speech to text project. It focuses on running local multilingual audio transcription with a CTranslate2-compatible Whisper model. Faster Whisper Base is an open-source project aimed at developers building local speech recognition applications. Faster Whisper Base is open source under the MIT license. Faster Whisper Base is available on the web and the command line, and it can be self-hosted.
Systran builds and maintains Faster Whisper Base, and it first shipped in 2018. Development happens publicly on GitHub with 4.6k stars and 22 commits in the last 90 days. It operates in a well-populated space: PulseGate tracks 7 similar projects. Among its 5 catalogued features are speech recognition, 99-language support, and CTranslate2 format.
Summary written by a language model from the project’s public pages.
- Speech recognition
- 99-language support
- CTranslate2 format
- FP16 weights
- Audio transcription
Built with & integrations
- AWS
- x-amz-cf-id header · x-amz-cf-pop header · via header
- openai
- dall- in the HTML
Trust & compliance
Indexing history
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- Indexed6 Aug · 15:02 UTCSystran/faster-whisper-base verified against its public sourceSource: PulseGate · Open
Frequently asked questions about Faster Whisper Base
- What does Faster Whisper Base do?
- Faster Whisper Base focuses on running local multilingual audio transcription with a CTranslate2-compatible Whisper model. It is catalogued under Speech to text on PulseGate.
- Who is Faster Whisper Base for?
- Faster Whisper Base is an open-source project built for developers building local speech recognition applications.
- Does Faster Whisper Base have a free plan?
- Yes — Faster Whisper Base is open source under the MIT license and free to use.
- What platforms does Faster Whisper Base run on?
- Faster Whisper Base runs on the web and the command line. It can also be self-hosted.
- Is Faster Whisper Base still active?
- The GitHub repository shows 22 commits in the last 90 days.
- What are alternatives to Faster Whisper Base?
- Similar projects tracked by PulseGate include Faster Whisper Base.en, Faster Whisper Small, and Faster Whisper Medium.Faster Whisper Base.enFaster Whisper SmallFaster Whisper Medium
- Who develops Faster Whisper Base?
- Faster Whisper Base is developed by Systran.
- How long has Faster Whisper Base been around?
- Faster Whisper Base first shipped in 2018.
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