LIMSI / LISN / CNRS

by CNRS / Paris-Saclay

French national speech-tech lab — TC-STAR + Quaero + ELRA-LDC origins.

TL;DR

French national speech-tech lab — TC-STAR + Quaero + ELRA-LDC origins.

Best for multilingual ASR + speech translation history; French + Arabic. Pricing: free.

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

What it is

LIMSI (now part of LISN, Paris-Saclay) drove European ASR + MT research through TC-STAR (2004–2007) and Quaero (2008–2013), co-founding ELRA. Strong multilingual + Arabic dialect tradition.

Best for: Multilingual ASR + speech translation history; French + Arabic.
Watch out for: Academic.

Install / use

https://www.lisn.upsaclay.fr/  # successor to LIMSI

Features

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

LIMSI / LISN / CNRS vs Whipscribe

FeatureLIMSI / LISN / CNRSWhipscribe
CategoryOpen sourceTranscription APIs
Pricingfreefree beta
Speaker diarizationNoYes
Word timestampsNoYes
StreamingNoNo
Languages099
PlatformsWebWeb, API, MCP

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