PaddleSpeech

by Baidu

Baidu's all-in-one speech toolkit on PaddlePaddle.

TL;DR

Baidu's all-in-one speech toolkit on PaddlePaddle.

Best for mandarin-first ASR + TTS + KWS in one toolkit. Pricing: free.

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

What it is

ASR (Conformer/U2++), TTS (FastSpeech2/HiFiGAN), speaker, KWS, and translation. Apache-2.0.

Best for: Mandarin-first ASR + TTS + KWS in one toolkit.
Watch out for: PaddlePaddle ecosystem narrower than PyTorch globally.

Install / use

pip install paddlespeech

Features

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

PaddleSpeech vs Whipscribe

FeaturePaddleSpeechWhipscribe
CategoryOpen sourceTranscription APIs
Pricingfreefree beta
Speaker diarizationYesYes
Word timestampsYesYes
StreamingYesNo
Languages2099
PlatformsLinux, macOS, WindowsWeb, API, MCP

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