JTubeSpeech
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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.
Japanese-speech-from-YouTube corpus — open ASR scaling beyond Reazon.
Best for open Japanese ASR + TTS training from YouTube subtitle alignment. Pricing: research-only.
What it is
JTubeSpeech provides a pipeline + CC-BY filtered URL list to build a Japanese ASR corpus from YouTube subtitles. Researchers download audio themselves. License: pipeline MIT; audio per-video.
Watch out for: Pipeline + URL list provided · audio individually under YouTube TOS · CC-BY filter applied. Cite: Takamichi et al., 2021.
Install / use
What people actually do with JTubeSpeech-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 | No |
| Streaming / real-time | No |
| Languages supported | 1 |
| HIPAA eligible | No |
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JTubeSpeech vs Whipscribe
| Feature | JTubeSpeech | Whipscribe |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Open source | Transcription APIs |
| Pricing | research-only | $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 | No | Yes |
| Streaming | No | No |
| Languages | 1 | 99 |
| Platforms | GitHub | Web, API, MCP |
Alternatives to JTubeSpeech
Frequently asked about JTubeSpeech
Does JTubeSpeech work on Mac, Windows and Linux?
JTubeSpeech runs on GitHub. It is not listed for other platforms; check the vendor for anything beyond GitHub.
How many languages does JTubeSpeech support?
JTubeSpeech lists 1 languages.
Does JTubeSpeech identify different speakers?
No. JTubeSpeech 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 JTubeSpeech give word-level timestamps?
No — JTubeSpeech produces segment or sentence timing only, so subtitle cues can land mid-word.
Can JTubeSpeech transcribe live audio?
No — JTubeSpeech works on finished files, not a live stream.
Is JTubeSpeech HIPAA compliant?
JTubeSpeech 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 JTubeSpeech?
Pipeline + URL list provided · audio individually under YouTube TOS · CC-BY filter applied. Cite: Takamichi et al., 2021.
Who is JTubeSpeech best for?
Open Japanese ASR + TTS training from YouTube subtitle alignment.
Does JTubeSpeech run offline?
JTubeSpeech runs on your own machine — it is open source, so nothing leaves the computer unless you configure it to.
Can I use JTubeSpeech in the browser?
No — JTubeSpeech is a GitHub application, not a web app. You install it rather than sign in to it.
Where is the JTubeSpeech source code?
On GitHub at github.com/sarulab-speech/jtubespeech. It is maintained by Saruwatari Lab (U. Tokyo).
What kind of tool is JTubeSpeech?
In this directory JTubeSpeech is filed under dataset as a open-source tool.
What are the alternatives to JTubeSpeech?
There is a side-by-side page at /tools/jtubespeech-alternatives comparing JTubeSpeech with the closest tools in the same category on price, platform and features.
Can I automate JTubeSpeech-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 JTubeSpeech?
JTubeSpeech 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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Working from a YouTube link?
Paste it and get the text or the subtitle file: see the YouTube transcript generator, SRT subtitles from a YouTube link and a podcast episode as text from its link.
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