ICSI Berkeley

by ICSI / UC Berkeley

International Computer Science Institute — ICSI Meeting Corpus + Aurora origins.

TL;DR

International Computer Science Institute — ICSI Meeting Corpus + Aurora origins.

Best for meeting ASR + diarization research; speech-recognition theoretical work. Pricing: free.

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

What it is

ICSI hosts UC Berkeley-affiliated speech research and produced the ICSI Meeting Corpus + Aurora noise benchmarks. Notable affiliates: Nelson Morgan, Hervé Bourlard.

Best for: Meeting ASR + diarization research; speech-recognition theoretical work.
Watch out for: Academic.

Install / use

https://www.icsi.berkeley.edu/icsi/groups/speech

Features

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

ICSI Berkeley vs Whipscribe

FeatureICSI BerkeleyWhipscribe
CategoryOpen sourceTranscription APIs
Pricingfreefree beta
Speaker diarizationNoYes
Word timestampsNoYes
StreamingNoNo
Languages099
PlatformsWebWeb, API, MCP

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