OpenAI Whisper Playground

by OpenAI

OpenAI's docs playground with file-upload and translation against the Whisper API.

TL;DR

OpenAI's docs playground with file-upload and translation against the Whisper API.

Best for developers piloting the Whisper API before writing integration code. Pricing: free (signed-in) / API billed.

Category
Products
License
—
Stars
—
Last push
—
Pricing
free (signed-in) / API billed
Platforms
Web

What it is

OpenAI's docs site embeds a try-it console where a developer can upload audio (up to 25MB) and get a transcript or translation back from Whisper. Useful for quick evaluation in the browser before scripting.

Best for: Developers piloting the Whisper API before writing integration code.
Watch out for: Files capped at 25MB per request; audio sent to OpenAI for inference.

Install / use

open https://platform.openai.com/docs/guides/speech-to-text

Features

Speaker diarizationNo
Word-level timestampsYes
Streaming / real-timeNo
Languages supported99
HIPAA eligibleNo

OpenAI Whisper Playground vs Whipscribe

FeatureOpenAI Whisper PlaygroundWhipscribe
CategoryProductsTranscription APIs
Pricingfree (signed-in) / API billedfree beta
Speaker diarizationNoYes
Word timestampsYesYes
StreamingNoNo
Languages9999
PlatformsWebWeb, API, MCP

Alternatives to OpenAI Whisper Playground

Otter.ai
Otter.ai

Meeting-bot transcription product for Zoom/Meet/Teams.

free / from $10/mo
Rev
Rev

Human + AI transcription, highest accuracy tier on the market.

AI from $0.25/min · human from $1.50/min
Descript
Descript

Audio/video editor that treats the transcript as the timeline — different product category.

free / from $12/mo

Whipscribe is a managed faster-whisper + whisperX 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.