Brno BUT Speech

by Brno University of Technology

Brno University of Technology speech group — DIHARD + x-vector + WeSpeaker origins.

TL;DR

Brno University of Technology speech group — DIHARD + x-vector + WeSpeaker origins.

Best for speaker recognition, diarization, language identification SOTA research. Pricing: free.

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

What it is

BUT Speech@FIT (Brno) co-introduced the i-vector + x-vector paradigm, regularly tops DIHARD + NIST SRE leaderboards, and ships open recipes (VBx, ALIZÉ-Kaldi).

Best for: Speaker recognition, diarization, language identification SOTA research.
Watch out for: Academic research output; toolkits Apache-2.0.

Install / use

https://speech.fit.vutbr.cz/

Features

Speaker diarizationNo
Word-level timestampsNo
Streaming / real-timeNo
Languages supported0
HIPAA eligibleNo

Brno BUT Speech vs Whipscribe

FeatureBrno BUT SpeechWhipscribe
CategoryOpen sourceTranscription APIs
Pricingfreefree beta
Speaker diarizationNoYes
Word timestampsNoYes
StreamingNoNo
Languages099
PlatformsWebWeb, API, MCP

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