Google seq2seq

by Google

Historical TF1 seq2seq — early Listen-Attend-Spell era.

TL;DR

Historical TF1 seq2seq — early Listen-Attend-Spell era.

Best for historical interest only. Pricing: free.

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

What it is

The original seq2seq repo. Apache-2.0.

Best for: Historical interest only.
Watch out for: Archived.

Install / use

git clone https://github.com/google/seq2seq

Features

Speaker diarizationNo
Word-level timestampsYes
Streaming / real-timeNo
Languages supported1
HIPAA eligibleNo

Google seq2seq vs Whipscribe

FeatureGoogle seq2seqWhipscribe
CategoryOpen sourceTranscription APIs
Pricingfreefree beta
Speaker diarizationNoYes
Word timestampsYesYes
StreamingNoNo
Languages199
PlatformsLinuxWeb, API, MCP

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