Picovoice Leopard

by Picovoice

Don’t want to install Picovoice Leopard? Drop the file here.

The first 20 minutes of any recording are transcribed free: a recording up to 20 minutes transcribes in full, a longer one is previewed, and a pack from $6 (500 minutes) transcribes the rest and opens every export, and credits never expire.

On-device offline speech-to-text from Picovoice — file-based, no cloud.

Edge, SDK, Linux, Windows, macOS  ·  Free tier + per-user/Enterprise plans

TL;DR

Best for offline batch transcription with diarization on devices that can't ship audio to the cloud. Pricing: Free tier + per-user/Enterprise plans.

Category
Products
Pricing
Free tier + per-user/Enterprise plans
Platforms
Edge, SDK, Linux, Windows, macOS

What it is

Picovoice Leopard is the offline batch counterpart to Cheetah, taking complete audio files and producing transcripts with word timestamps and speaker diarization, all running on-device. It targets compliance-sensitive customers (healthcare, legal) who want a local-only option. Same access-key licensing as the rest of the Picovoice stack. Best fit: offline batch transcription with diarization on devices that can't ship audio to the cloud. Caveats: smaller language coverage than whisper; requires picovoice access key. Pricing as listed: Free tier + per-user/Enterprise plans. Feature flags from vendor docs: speaker diarization, word-level timestamps. Directory tags: embedded, on-device. Last vendor-page check: 2026-05-12.

Best for: Offline batch transcription with diarization on devices that can't ship audio to the cloud.
Watch out for: Smaller language coverage than Whisper; requires Picovoice access key.

Install / use

pip install pvleopard

What people actually do with Picovoice Leopard-style transcription

The tool is the means. These are the jobs — each one priced at published rates, each one wired up on its own page.

Wire it into Google DriveMake.comZapiern8nZoomSlack

Features

Speaker diarizationYes
Word-level timestampsYes
Streaming / real-timeNo
Languages supported7
HIPAA eligibleNo

Picovoice Leopard vs Whipscribe

FeaturePicovoice LeopardWhipscribe
CategoryProductsTranscription APIs
PricingNot verified$6–$24 one-time packs (credits never expire) · first 20 minutes free
Speaker identificationNot verifiedNamed in the summary, key quotes and chapters
Word timestampsNot verifiedYes
StreamingNot verifiedNo
Languages799
PlatformsEdge, SDK, Linux, Windows, macOSWeb, API, MCP

Alternatives to Picovoice Leopard

Frequently asked about Picovoice Leopard

How much does Picovoice Leopard cost?

Picovoice Leopard does not publish a self-serve price — it is quoted by the vendor on contact. Expect an enterprise-style agreement rather than a card-and-go signup.

Does Picovoice Leopard work on Mac, Windows and Linux?

Picovoice Leopard runs on Edge, SDK, Linux, Windows and macOS.

How many languages does Picovoice Leopard support?

Picovoice Leopard lists 7 languages.

What are the limitations of Picovoice Leopard?

Smaller language coverage than Whisper; requires Picovoice access key.

Who is Picovoice Leopard best for?

Offline batch transcription with diarization on devices that can't ship audio to the cloud.

Is Picovoice Leopard open source?

No. Picovoice Leopard is a proprietary product. If you need source you can read and run yourself, the open-source tools in this directory are the place to look.

Can I use Picovoice Leopard in the browser?

No — Picovoice Leopard is a Edge, SDK, Linux, Windows and macOS application, not a web app. You install it rather than sign in to it.

What kind of tool is Picovoice Leopard?

In this directory Picovoice Leopard is filed under embedded, on device as a product.

What are the alternatives to Picovoice Leopard?

There is a side-by-side page at /tools/picovoice-leopard-alternatives comparing Picovoice Leopard with the closest tools in the same category on price, platform and features.

Can I automate Picovoice Leopard-style transcription without running it myself?

Yes. If what you want is transcripts rather than the tool itself, Whipscribe does the same job as a hosted API: submit a file or URL, poll a job id, pull the result as txt, json, srt, vtt or docx. $0.012 a minute — about $0.72 an audio hour — bought as credits that never expire. The automation recipes on this site show it wired to Drive folders, Zoom recordings, S3 buckets and no-code platforms.

How is Whipscribe different from Picovoice Leopard?

Picovoice Leopard is another vendor's product; Whipscribe is a per-minute transcription service. Recordings are transcribed on our own servers and never used for training, and every job returns five formats plus an AI summary, quotes and topics. The first 20 minutes of any recording are transcribed free, and a pack from $6 (500 minutes) transcribes the rest and opens every export.

What does transcription cost if I use Whipscribe instead of Picovoice Leopard?

$0.012 a minute — about $0.72 an audio hour — bought as credits that never expire. There is no subscription and no monthly minimum: a 3-hour recording is about $2.16, a thousand-hour archive is about $720 once. The first 20 minutes of any recording are transcribed free, and a pack from $6 (500 minutes) transcribes the rest and opens every export, so you can see what your recording holds before paying anything.

Where is the Picovoice Leopard category heading?

Three things are moving across the whole speech-to-text market right now: summaries, action items and speaker insights generated on top of the transcript rather than sold separately; private, secured deployment where the audio never leaves a boundary you control; and agent access — transcription exposed as a tool that Claude, Cursor or a workflow runner can call directly. Whipscribe ships all three today: per-job insights, our own servers, and an MCP server.

Whipscribe is a hosted transcription 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.

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