StreamSpeech

by ICT-NLP

Simultaneous speech-to-speech translation with streaming ASR.

TL;DR

Simultaneous speech-to-speech translation with streaming ASR.

Best for researchers building simultaneous interpreting systems. Pricing: free.

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

What it is

An open simultaneous S2ST model with streaming ASR head. MIT.

Best for: Researchers building simultaneous interpreting systems.
Watch out for: Research codebase.

Install / use

git clone https://github.com/ictnlp/StreamSpeech

Features

Speaker diarizationNo
Word-level timestampsYes
Streaming / real-timeYes
Languages supported8
HIPAA eligibleNo

StreamSpeech vs Whipscribe

FeatureStreamSpeechWhipscribe
CategoryOpen sourceTranscription APIs
Pricingfreefree beta
Speaker diarizationNoYes
Word timestampsYesYes
StreamingYesNo
Languages899
PlatformsLinuxWeb, API, MCP

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