PaddlePaddle DeepSpeech

by Baidu

The DeepSpeech-style recipes inside PaddleSpeech.

TL;DR

The DeepSpeech-style recipes inside PaddleSpeech.

Best for mandarin streaming DeepSpeech2 baselines. Pricing: free.

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

What it is

Historical DeepSpeech recipes under PaddlePaddle. Apache-2.0.

Best for: Mandarin streaming DeepSpeech2 baselines.
Watch out for: Now folded into PaddleSpeech.

Install / use

git clone https://github.com/PaddlePaddle/DeepSpeech

Features

Speaker diarizationNo
Word-level timestampsYes
Streaming / real-timeYes
Languages supported2
HIPAA eligibleNo

PaddlePaddle DeepSpeech vs Whipscribe

FeaturePaddlePaddle DeepSpeechWhipscribe
CategoryOpen sourceTranscription APIs
Pricingfreefree beta
Speaker diarizationNoYes
Word timestampsYesYes
StreamingYesNo
Languages299
PlatformsLinuxWeb, API, MCP

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