GigaSpeech 2
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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.
30,000h multilingual evolution of GigaSpeech — Thai, Indonesian, Vietnamese launch.
Best for low-resource Southeast Asian language ASR pretraining at scale. Pricing: research-only.
What it is
GigaSpeech 2 brings the same crawl-and-pseudo-label pipeline to Thai (10kh), Indonesian (6kh), Vietnamese (6kh). Designed for low-resource ASR pretraining where MLS doesn't reach.
Watch out for: Same restrictions as GigaSpeech v1 · YouTube-sourced · noisy-pseudo-labels via cross-lingual transfer + filtering. Cite: Yang et al., Interspeech 2024.
Install / use
from datasets import load_dataset; ds = load_dataset('speechcolab/gigaspeech2', 'th')What people actually do with GigaSpeech 2-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 | No |
| Word-level timestamps | No |
| Streaming / real-time | No |
| Languages supported | 3 |
| HIPAA eligible | No |
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GigaSpeech 2 vs Whipscribe
| Feature | GigaSpeech 2 | Whipscribe |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Open source | Transcription APIs |
| Pricing | research-only | $6–$24 one-time packs (credits never expire) · first 20 minutes free |
| Speaker identification | No | Named in the summary, key quotes and chapters |
| Word timestamps | No | Yes |
| Streaming | No | No |
| Languages | 3 | 99 |
| Platforms | HuggingFace | Web, API, MCP |
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Frequently asked about GigaSpeech 2
Does GigaSpeech 2 work on Mac, Windows and Linux?
GigaSpeech 2 runs on HuggingFace. It is not listed for other platforms; check the vendor for anything beyond HuggingFace.
How do I install GigaSpeech 2?
Download the installer for your platform from the vendor. No terminal needed.
How many languages does GigaSpeech 2 support?
GigaSpeech 2 lists 3 languages.
Does GigaSpeech 2 identify different speakers?
No. GigaSpeech 2 does not label speakers; a conversation comes back as one continuous text. If you need speaker labels, that is a separate tool or a different service.
Does GigaSpeech 2 give word-level timestamps?
No — GigaSpeech 2 produces segment or sentence timing only, so subtitle cues can land mid-word.
Can GigaSpeech 2 transcribe live audio?
No — GigaSpeech 2 works on finished files, not a live stream.
Is GigaSpeech 2 HIPAA compliant?
GigaSpeech 2 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 GigaSpeech 2?
Same restrictions as GigaSpeech v1 · YouTube-sourced · noisy-pseudo-labels via cross-lingual transfer + filtering. Cite: Yang et al., Interspeech 2024.
Who is GigaSpeech 2 best for?
Low-resource Southeast Asian language ASR pretraining at scale.
Does GigaSpeech 2 run offline?
GigaSpeech 2 runs on your own machine — it is open source, so nothing leaves the computer unless you configure it to.
Can I use GigaSpeech 2 in the browser?
No — GigaSpeech 2 is a HuggingFace application, not a web app. You install it rather than sign in to it.
Where is the GigaSpeech 2 source code?
On GitHub at github.com/SpeechColab/GigaSpeech2. It is maintained by SpeechColab.
What kind of tool is GigaSpeech 2?
In this directory GigaSpeech 2 is filed under dataset as a open-source tool.
What are the alternatives to GigaSpeech 2?
There is a side-by-side page at /tools/gigaspeech-2-alternatives comparing GigaSpeech 2 with the closest tools in the same category on price, platform and features.
Can I automate GigaSpeech 2-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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