Pai Megatron Patch

by Alibaba

Alibaba's patched Megatron — used for Paraformer scale-up.

TL;DR

Alibaba's patched Megatron — used for Paraformer scale-up.

Best for reproducing Alibaba's large speech-LM training. Pricing: free.

Category
Open source
License
—
Stars
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Last push
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Pricing
free
Platforms
Linux

What it is

Alibaba's PAI patches for Megatron-LM. Apache-2.0.

Best for: Reproducing Alibaba's large speech-LM training.
Watch out for: Niche; production-grade infra required.

Install / use

git clone https://github.com/alibaba/Pai-Megatron-Patch

Features

Speaker diarizationNo
Word-level timestampsYes
Streaming / real-timeNo
Languages supported99
HIPAA eligibleNo

Pai Megatron Patch vs Whipscribe

FeaturePai Megatron PatchWhipscribe
CategoryOpen sourceTranscription APIs
Pricingfreefree beta
Speaker diarizationNoYes
Word timestampsYesYes
StreamingNoNo
Languages9999
PlatformsLinuxWeb, API, MCP

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