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Whisper

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Specifications

Type
Audio
Access
Open weights
Released
September 21, 2022
License
MIT
Parameters
1.5B (large-v3)
Input
Audio
Output
Text

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An open, robust speech-recognition and translation model trained on 680K hours of audio. Released under MIT, it became the default for transcription across countless products and research projects.

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