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OpenAI Whisper

An open-source speech recognition model that can be run locally or accessed via an API.

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Our editorial assessment, based on the public sources listed below. Last reviewed .

Task rank
#4
Tier
S
Score
85.9

Strengths

  • Can be run locally for free, ensuring data privacy
  • Achieves high accuracy, up to 98.7% with the large model
  • Available as a managed API for developers

Considerations

  • Requires technical knowledge to set up and run the open-source version
  • The self-hosted model lacks a user interface and advanced features
  • API usage is not free

Price

Free (self-hosted) or $0.006/min (API)

Shown for reference — price is not part of the score.

Score breakdown

Performance
88.0
55% of score
Reputation
86.0
35% of score
Recency
74.0
10% of score

The overall score combines these sub-scores using the weights shown. How we score →

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