IMS Toucan (lowercase mirror)

by Universität Stuttgart IMS

Alternate-case mirror of IMS Toucan.

TL;DR

Alternate-case mirror of IMS Toucan.

Best for tracking the toucan releases. Pricing: free.

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

What it is

Lowercase-cased mirror of the IMS Toucan repo. Apache-2.0.

Best for: Tracking the toucan releases.
Watch out for: Same project as the uppercase mirror.

Install / use

git clone https://github.com/DigitalPhonetics/IMS-toucan

Features

Speaker diarizationNo
Word-level timestampsYes
Streaming / real-timeNo
Languages supported100
HIPAA eligibleNo

IMS Toucan (lowercase mirror) vs Whipscribe

FeatureIMS Toucan (lowercase mirror)Whipscribe
CategoryOpen sourceTranscription APIs
Pricingfreefree beta
Speaker diarizationNoYes
Word timestampsYesYes
StreamingNoNo
Languages10099
PlatformsLinuxWeb, API, MCP

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