Inria MULTISPEECH

by Inria Nancy

Inria Nancy speech research team — diarization + speech enhancement leaders.

TL;DR

Inria Nancy speech research team — diarization + speech enhancement leaders.

Best for speaker diarization (pyannote-audio), speech enhancement, multi-talker ASR. Pricing: free.

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

What it is

Inria MULTISPEECH (Nancy) is the home of pyannote-audio + pyannote.metrics — the dominant open-source diarization stack.

Best for: Speaker diarization (pyannote-audio), speech enhancement, multi-talker ASR.
Watch out for: Academic.

Install / use

https://team.inria.fr/multispeech/

Features

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

Inria MULTISPEECH vs Whipscribe

FeatureInria MULTISPEECHWhipscribe
CategoryOpen sourceTranscription APIs
Pricingfreefree beta
Speaker diarizationNoYes
Word timestampsNoYes
StreamingNoNo
Languages099
PlatformsWebWeb, API, MCP

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