IIIT-Hyderabad Indic Speech
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IIIT-Hyderabad speech lab — academic Indian-language ASR datasets and checkpoints.
Best for researchers training Telugu, Tamil, Hindi, and other Indic ASR models from academic corpora. Pricing: free.
What it is
IIIT-Hyderabad runs one of India's most active speech-processing research labs and has released datasets and ASR baselines for many Indian languages. The lab is also a contributor to Bhashini. For research teams building Indic ASR, IIIT-H's corpora and code are a foundational reference alongside AI4Bharat's IndicConformer. Best fit when the buyer is researchers training telugu, tamil, hindi, and other indic asr models from academic corpora. The honest caveat: academic data and code; commercial use depends on each dataset's specific license. As with any open-weights release, the integrator owns hosting, scaling, and SLA — but the licensing cost is zero and the model can be fine-tuned on in-house audio.
Watch out for: Academic data and code; commercial use depends on each dataset's specific license.
Install / use
speech.iiit.ac.in — dataset downloads and model cards
What people actually do with IIIT-Hyderabad Indic Speech-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 | Yes |
| Streaming / real-time | No |
| Languages supported | None |
| HIPAA eligible | No |
IIIT-Hyderabad Indic Speech vs Whipscribe
| Feature | IIIT-Hyderabad Indic Speech | Whipscribe |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Open source | Transcription APIs |
| Pricing | free | $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 | Yes | Yes |
| Streaming | No | No |
| Languages | — | 99 |
| Platforms | Linux | Web, API, MCP |
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Frequently asked about IIIT-Hyderabad Indic Speech
Is IIIT-Hyderabad Indic Speech free?
Yes. IIIT-Hyderabad Indic Speech is free and open source.
Does IIIT-Hyderabad Indic Speech work on Mac, Windows and Linux?
IIIT-Hyderabad Indic Speech runs on Linux. It is not listed for other platforms; check the vendor for anything beyond Linux.
How do I get started with IIIT-Hyderabad Indic Speech?
There is nothing to install — IIIT-Hyderabad Indic Speech is used in the browser. Create an account on the vendor's site and upload or connect your audio.
Does IIIT-Hyderabad Indic Speech identify different speakers?
No. IIIT-Hyderabad Indic Speech 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 IIIT-Hyderabad Indic Speech give word-level timestamps?
Yes — IIIT-Hyderabad Indic Speech produces timing per word, which is what subtitle cues and clip boundaries need.
Can IIIT-Hyderabad Indic Speech transcribe live audio?
No — IIIT-Hyderabad Indic Speech works on finished files, not a live stream.
Is IIIT-Hyderabad Indic Speech HIPAA compliant?
IIIT-Hyderabad Indic Speech 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 IIIT-Hyderabad Indic Speech?
Academic data and code; commercial use depends on each dataset's specific license.
Who is IIIT-Hyderabad Indic Speech best for?
Researchers training Telugu, Tamil, Hindi, and other Indic ASR models from academic corpora.
Does IIIT-Hyderabad Indic Speech run offline?
IIIT-Hyderabad Indic Speech runs on your own machine — it is open source, so nothing leaves the computer unless you configure it to.
Can I use IIIT-Hyderabad Indic Speech in the browser?
No — IIIT-Hyderabad Indic Speech is a Linux application, not a web app. You install it rather than sign in to it.
Who makes IIIT-Hyderabad Indic Speech?
IIIT-Hyderabad Indic Speech is made by IIIT Hyderabad.
What kind of tool is IIIT-Hyderabad Indic Speech?
In this directory IIIT-Hyderabad Indic Speech is filed under regional india, oss engine as a open-source tool.
What are the alternatives to IIIT-Hyderabad Indic Speech?
There is a side-by-side page at /tools/iiit-h-asr-alternatives comparing IIIT-Hyderabad Indic Speech with the closest tools in the same category on price, platform and features.
Can I automate IIIT-Hyderabad Indic Speech-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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