Whisper Small

Sep 2022
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Sep 2022released
en, es, Estonian +88Languages

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Fits on✓ 8 GB (phone, laptop) · full quality✓ 16 GB · full quality✓ 24 GB GPU · full quality✓ 48 GB GPU · full quality✓ 80 GB GPU · full quality
LicenceMITfree for commercial use

Benchmarks

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Embeddings & Retrieval
MAEB v1 · Audio Classification · multilingual (102 languages)50.4
MAEB v1 · Audio Pair Classification · English52.6
MAEB v1 · Audio Reranking · No linguistic content64.2
MAEB v1 · Audio Multilabel Classification · English51.4
MAEB v1 · Audio Clustering · multilingual (6 languages)3.9
MAEB v1 audio-only · Mean over tasks · multilingual (102 languages)45.1
MAEB v1 audio-only · Mean over task types · multilingual (102 languages)48.2
MAEB v1 audio-only · Audio Classification · multilingual (102 languages)50.4
MAEB v1 audio-only · Any-to-any Retrieval · multilingual (4 languages)70
MAEB v1 audio-only · Audio Clustering · multilingual (6 languages)3.9
MAEB v1 audio-only · Audio Pair Classification · English52.6
MAEB v1 audio-only · Audio Reranking · No linguistic content64.2

FAQ

How much does Whisper Small cost?›

There is no per-unit API price: price not verified.

When was Whisper Small released? Is there a newer version?›

Released 2022-09-27. It is retired.

Is Whisper Small open source?›

Yes, the weights are open (MIT licence).

Can I run Whisper Small locally?›

The weights are open and can be self-hosted; hardware needs are not confirmed yet.

What is Whisper Small?›

Whisper Small is an open-weights embeddings & retrieval model from OpenAI, released Sep 2022.

What are the best alternatives to Whisper Small?›

Ast Finetuned Audioset 10 10 0.4593 (open weights).