Replicate Whisper (web demo)

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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.

In-browser playground for Whisper variants hosted on Replicate.

Web  ·  free demo / Replicate compute billed

TL;DR

Best for trying Whisper, WhisperX, Distil-Whisper, and many forks side-by-side in a single browser tab. Pricing: free demo / Replicate compute billed.

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Products
Pricing
free demo / Replicate compute billed
Platforms
Web

What it is

Replicate hosts dozens of community-deployed Whisper-family models with a unified browser UI. The OpenAI Whisper entry alone has millions of public runs; many other forks (insanely-fast-whisper, WhisperX, Distil-Whisper) live on the same surface.

Best for: Trying Whisper, WhisperX, Distil-Whisper, and many forks side-by-side in a single browser tab.
Watch out for: Public-input demos are visible to others by default; rate-limited; audio leaves the browser.

Install / use

Go to Replicate Whisper (web demo) replicate.com

What people actually do with Replicate Whisper (web demo)-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 Amazon S3n8nMake.comGoogle DriveZapierSlack

Features

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

Replicate Whisper (web demo) vs Whipscribe

FeatureReplicate Whisper (web demo)Whipscribe
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
Languages9999
PlatformsWebWeb, API, MCP

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Frequently asked about Replicate Whisper (web demo)

Is Replicate Whisper (web demo) free?

Yes. Replicate Whisper (web demo) is free (free demo / Replicate compute billed).

Does Replicate Whisper (web demo) work on Mac, Windows and Linux?

Replicate Whisper (web demo) runs in the browser, so it works on any desktop OS with a modern browser, and on phones and tablets.

How do I get started with Replicate Whisper (web demo)?

There is nothing to install — Replicate Whisper (web demo) is used in the browser. Create an account on the vendor's site and upload or connect your audio.

How many languages does Replicate Whisper (web demo) support?

Replicate Whisper (web demo) lists 99 languages. That is the Whisper-family multilingual set, so quality varies by language — English and the large European languages are strongest.

What are the limitations of Replicate Whisper (web demo)?

Public-input demos are visible to others by default; rate-limited; audio leaves the browser.

Who is Replicate Whisper (web demo) best for?

Trying Whisper, WhisperX, Distil-Whisper, and many forks side-by-side in a single browser tab.

Is Replicate Whisper (web demo) open source?

No. Replicate Whisper (web demo) 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.

Is there a Replicate Whisper (web demo) desktop app?

No — Replicate Whisper (web demo) is browser-only. There is nothing to install and nothing runs on your machine.

What kind of tool is Replicate Whisper (web demo)?

In this directory Replicate Whisper (web demo) is filed under playground, web app, developer as a product.

What are the alternatives to Replicate Whisper (web demo)?

There is a side-by-side page at /tools/replicate-whisper-web-alternatives comparing Replicate Whisper (web demo) with the closest tools in the same category on price, platform and features.

Can I automate Replicate Whisper (web demo)-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 Replicate Whisper (web demo)?

Replicate Whisper (web demo) 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 Replicate Whisper (web demo)?

$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 Replicate Whisper (web demo) 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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Long recording to get through?

One file up to 10 hours, as an upload or a link: see MP3 to text for long recordings, a podcast episode as text from its link and an SRT subtitle file from any recording.

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