Robust Speech Recognition via Large-Scale Weak Supervision
Open model that transcribes and translates audio files on your own hardware; no managed service, streaming or speaker labels.
alternatives to
Amazon Transcribe
Managed speech recognition service that transcribes audio files and live streams, with speaker labels and custom vocabularies. A closed product from Amazon Web Services.
Whisper, WhisperX, Vosk and more. 5 alternatives to Amazon Transcribe, in Python, Jupyter Notebook. Compare fit, licence, stars and the latest signed release.
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| Tool | Fit | Stars | Licence | Terms | Self-hosted | Language | Latest | Last push |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whisper | Partial | 111k | MIT | Open source | Yes | Python | v20250625 | 2026-08-31 |
| WhisperX | Partial | 25k | BSD-2-Clause | Open source | Yes | Python | v3.8.6 | 2026-10-18 |
| Vosk | Partial | 15k | Apache-2.0 | Open source | Yes | Jupyter Notebook | v0.3.50 | 2026-10-15 |
| WhisperLive | Partial | 4.3k | MIT | Open source | Yes | Python | v0.10.0 | 2026-10-07 |
| Speaches | Partial | 3.7k | MIT | Open source | Yes | Python | v0.9.0-rc.3 | 2026-10-17 |
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5 alternatives
WhisperX: Automatic Speech Recognition with Word-level Timestamps (& Diarization)
Batch transcription with speaker labels on your own hardware; no managed service or streaming.
- Language
- Python
- Licence
- BSD-2-Clause
- Stars
- 25k
- Latest
- v3.8.6
- Last push
- 2026-10-18
Offline speech recognition API for Android, iOS, Raspberry Pi and servers with Python, Java, C# and Node
Offline speech recognition on your own device, without speaker labels or a managed service.
- Language
- Jupyter Notebook
- Licence
- Apache-2.0
- Stars
- 15k
- Latest
- v0.3.50
- Last push
- 2026-10-15
A nearly-live implementation of OpenAI's Whisper.
Near-live transcription of microphone or stream audio over WebSocket, run on your own server.
OpenAI API-compatible server for streaming transcription with faster-whisper, run on your own hardware.
- Language
- Python
- Licence
- MIT
- Stars
- 3.7k
- Latest
- v0.9.0-rc.3
- Last push
- 2026-10-17
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About Amazon Transcribe
- Vendor
- Amazon Web Services