IIT Bombay Speech
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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.
IIT Bombay speech group — Indian-language ASR research and Bhashini contributions.
Best for marathi, Gujarati, and other Indic-language transcription research projects. Pricing: free.
What it is
IIT Bombay's speech and language groups contribute to Bhashini and publish their own Indian-language ASR research, particularly on Marathi and Gujarati where the city's market is dense. Buyers should treat these releases as research baselines rather than production products, and engage Bhashini or commercial Indic vendors for production deployment. Best fit when the buyer is marathi, gujarati, and other indic-language transcription research projects. The honest caveat: academic outputs without commercial slas. 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 outputs without commercial SLAs.
Install / use
cse.iitb.ac.in — group publications and model releases
What people actually do with IIT Bombay 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 |
IIT Bombay Speech vs Whipscribe
| Feature | IIT Bombay 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 IIT Bombay Speech
Is IIT Bombay Speech free?
Yes. IIT Bombay Speech is free and open source.
Does IIT Bombay Speech work on Mac, Windows and Linux?
IIT Bombay Speech runs on Linux. It is not listed for other platforms; check the vendor for anything beyond Linux.
How do I get started with IIT Bombay Speech?
There is nothing to install — IIT Bombay Speech is used in the browser. Create an account on the vendor's site and upload or connect your audio.
Does IIT Bombay Speech identify different speakers?
No. IIT Bombay 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 IIT Bombay Speech give word-level timestamps?
Yes — IIT Bombay Speech produces timing per word, which is what subtitle cues and clip boundaries need.
Can IIT Bombay Speech transcribe live audio?
No — IIT Bombay Speech works on finished files, not a live stream.
Is IIT Bombay Speech HIPAA compliant?
IIT Bombay 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 IIT Bombay Speech?
Academic outputs without commercial SLAs.
Who is IIT Bombay Speech best for?
Marathi, Gujarati, and other Indic-language transcription research projects.
Does IIT Bombay Speech run offline?
IIT Bombay Speech runs on your own machine — it is open source, so nothing leaves the computer unless you configure it to.
Can I use IIT Bombay Speech in the browser?
No — IIT Bombay Speech is a Linux application, not a web app. You install it rather than sign in to it.
What kind of tool is IIT Bombay Speech?
In this directory IIT Bombay Speech is filed under regional india, oss engine as a open-source tool.
What are the alternatives to IIT Bombay Speech?
There is a side-by-side page at /tools/iit-bombay-asr-alternatives comparing IIT Bombay Speech with the closest tools in the same category on price, platform and features.
Can I automate IIT Bombay 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.
How is Whipscribe different from IIT Bombay Speech?
IIT Bombay Speech is something you run; Whipscribe is something you call. Recordings are transcribed on our own servers and never used for training, and every job returns five formats plus an AI summary, quotes and topics. The first 20 minutes of any recording are transcribed free, and a pack from $6 (500 minutes) transcribes the rest and opens every export.
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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