NVIDIA Riva Python Clients

by NVIDIA

Open clients for Riva — NVIDIA's commercial ASR/TTS server.

TL;DR

Open clients for Riva — NVIDIA's commercial ASR/TTS server.

Best for building apps against a self-hosted Riva server (Citrinet / Parakeet). Pricing: free.

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

What it is

Python + CLI clients for Riva ASR/NLP/TTS gRPC endpoints. MIT.

Best for: Building apps against a self-hosted Riva server (Citrinet / Parakeet).
Watch out for: Server is NVIDIA-licensed; clients are MIT.

Install / use

pip install nvidia-riva-client

Features

Speaker diarizationYes
Word-level timestampsYes
Streaming / real-timeYes
Languages supported20
HIPAA eligibleNo

NVIDIA Riva Python Clients vs Whipscribe

FeatureNVIDIA Riva Python ClientsWhipscribe
CategoryOpen sourceTranscription APIs
Pricingfreefree beta
Speaker diarizationYesYes
Word timestampsYesYes
StreamingYesNo
Languages2099
PlatformsLinux, macOS, WindowsWeb, API, MCP

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