JHU CLSP

by Johns Hopkins University

Johns Hopkins Center for Language and Speech Processing — Kaldi + LibriSpeech + Sherpa origins.

TL;DR

Johns Hopkins Center for Language and Speech Processing — Kaldi + LibriSpeech + Sherpa origins.

Best for speech + NLP research at one of the oldest US speech-tech labs. Pricing: free.

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

What it is

JHU CLSP (Center for Language and Speech Processing) gave the field Kaldi (Povey et al.), LibriSpeech (Panayotov et al.), MUSAN, RIRS-Noises, and the Sherpa runtime line. Annual JSALT workshops drive cross-institution speech research.

Best for: Speech + NLP research at one of the oldest US speech-tech labs.
Watch out for: Academic research output; tools open-source (Apache-2.0 Kaldi).

Install / use

https://www.clsp.jhu.edu/

Features

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

JHU CLSP vs Whipscribe

FeatureJHU CLSPWhipscribe
CategoryOpen sourceTranscription APIs
Pricingfreefree beta
Speaker diarizationNoYes
Word timestampsNoYes
StreamingNoNo
Languages099
PlatformsWebWeb, API, MCP

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