AMI Meeting Corpus
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The first 20 minutes of any recording are transcribed free: a recording up to 20 minutes transcribes in full, a longer one is previewed, and a pack from $6 (500 minutes) transcribes the rest and opens every export, and credits never expire.
100h multi-microphone meeting recordings with diarization + speaker labels.
Best for speaker diarization, meeting transcription, overlapping-speech ASR benchmarks. Pricing: free.
What it is
The AMI Meeting Corpus is 100 hours of 4-person scenario meetings with synchronized multi-microphone audio, video, and rich annotations (diarization, dialogue acts, head-pose). The canonical meeting-ASR benchmark. License: CC BY 4.0.
Watch out for: CC BY 4.0 · 100h meeting audio · 4-speaker scenarios · IHM (close-talking mic) vs SDM (single distant mic) vs MDM (multi-distant) splits. Cite: Carletta et al., MLMI 2005.
Install / use
from datasets import load_dataset; ds = load_dataset('edinburghcstr/ami', 'ihm')What people actually do with AMI Meeting Corpus-style transcription
The tool is the means. These are the jobs — each one priced at published rates, each one wired up on its own page.
Features
| Speaker diarization | Yes |
| Word-level timestamps | Yes |
| Streaming / real-time | No |
| Languages supported | 1 |
| HIPAA eligible | No |
AMI Meeting Corpus vs Whipscribe
| Feature | AMI Meeting Corpus | Whipscribe |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Open source | Transcription APIs |
| Pricing | free | $6–$24 one-time packs (credits never expire) · first 20 minutes free |
| Speaker identification | Yes | Named in the summary, key quotes and chapters |
| Word timestamps | Yes | Yes |
| Streaming | No | No |
| Languages | 1 | 99 |
| Platforms | Web, HuggingFace | Web, API, MCP |
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Frequently asked about AMI Meeting Corpus
Is AMI Meeting Corpus free?
Yes. AMI Meeting Corpus is free and open source.
Does AMI Meeting Corpus work on Mac, Windows and Linux?
AMI Meeting Corpus runs on Web and HuggingFace. It is not listed for other platforms; check the vendor for anything beyond Web and HuggingFace.
How do I install AMI Meeting Corpus?
Download the installer for your platform from the vendor. No terminal needed.
How many languages does AMI Meeting Corpus support?
AMI Meeting Corpus lists 1 languages.
Does AMI Meeting Corpus identify different speakers?
Yes — AMI Meeting Corpus has speaker diarization, so a two-person interview comes back with each speaker labelled.
Does AMI Meeting Corpus give word-level timestamps?
Yes — AMI Meeting Corpus produces timing per word, which is what subtitle cues and clip boundaries need.
Can AMI Meeting Corpus transcribe live audio?
No — AMI Meeting Corpus works on finished files, not a live stream.
Is AMI Meeting Corpus HIPAA compliant?
AMI Meeting Corpus does not claim HIPAA compliance. For PHI, run it on infrastructure you control or choose a service that will sign a BAA.
What are the limitations of AMI Meeting Corpus?
CC BY 4.0 · 100h meeting audio · 4-speaker scenarios · IHM (close-talking mic) vs SDM (single distant mic) vs MDM (multi-distant) splits. Cite: Carletta et al., MLMI 2005.
Who is AMI Meeting Corpus best for?
Speaker diarization, meeting transcription, overlapping-speech ASR benchmarks.
Does AMI Meeting Corpus run offline?
AMI Meeting Corpus runs on your own machine — it is open source, so nothing leaves the computer unless you configure it to.
Where is the AMI Meeting Corpus source code?
On GitHub at github.com/edinburghcstr/ami. It is maintained by Idiap / Edinburgh / Brno.
What kind of tool is AMI Meeting Corpus?
In this directory AMI Meeting Corpus is filed under dataset as a open-source tool.
What are the alternatives to AMI Meeting Corpus?
There is a side-by-side page at /tools/ami-alternatives comparing AMI Meeting Corpus with the closest tools in the same category on price, platform and features.
Can I automate AMI Meeting Corpus-style transcription without running it myself?
Yes. If what you want is transcripts rather than the tool itself, Whipscribe does the same job as a hosted API: submit a file or URL, poll a job id, pull the result as txt, json, srt, vtt or docx. $0.012 a minute — about $0.72 an audio hour — bought as credits that never expire. The automation recipes on this site show it wired to Drive folders, Zoom recordings, S3 buckets and no-code platforms.
Whipscribe is a hosted transcription service. If you want transcripts without running infrastructure, paste a URL or drop a file in the form below — you'll have a transcript in seconds.
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