SUPERB
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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.
Speech processing Universal PERformance Benchmark — 10 English speech tasks.
Best for probing English SSL speech models across ASR, KWS, SID, ER, SD, QbE, IC, SF, PR, TTS-related tasks. Pricing: free.
What it is
SUPERB defines 10 frozen-feature-extraction tasks on English speech corpora to probe self-supervised models. The standard SSL leaderboard before ML-SUPERB. Toolkit: Apache-2.0; component data licenses vary.
Watch out for: Apache-2.0 toolkit · uses LibriSpeech/VoxCeleb/IEMOCAP/etc. (component licenses vary, IEMOCAP is research-only) · English-only. Cite: Yang et al., Interspeech 2021.
Install / use
git clone https://github.com/s3prl/s3prlWhat people actually do with SUPERB-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.
Features
| Speaker diarization | Yes |
| Word-level timestamps | No |
| Streaming / real-time | No |
| Languages supported | 1 |
| HIPAA eligible | No |
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SUPERB vs Whipscribe
| Feature | SUPERB | Whipscribe |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Open source | Transcription APIs |
| Pricing | free | $6–$24 one-time packs (credits never expire) · first 20 minutes free |
| Speaker identification | Yes | Named in the summary, key quotes and chapters |
| Word timestamps | No | Yes |
| Streaming | No | No |
| Languages | 1 | 99 |
| Platforms | HuggingFace, GitHub | Web, API, MCP |
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Frequently asked about SUPERB
Is SUPERB free?
Yes. SUPERB is free and open source.
Does SUPERB work on Mac, Windows and Linux?
SUPERB runs on HuggingFace and GitHub. It is not listed for other platforms; check the vendor for anything beyond HuggingFace and GitHub.
How many languages does SUPERB support?
SUPERB lists 1 languages.
Does SUPERB identify different speakers?
Yes — SUPERB has speaker diarization, so a two-person interview comes back with each speaker labelled.
Does SUPERB give word-level timestamps?
No — SUPERB produces segment or sentence timing only, so subtitle cues can land mid-word.
Can SUPERB transcribe live audio?
No — SUPERB works on finished files, not a live stream.
Is SUPERB HIPAA compliant?
SUPERB does not claim HIPAA compliance. For PHI, run it on infrastructure you control or choose a service that will sign a BAA.
What are the limitations of SUPERB?
Apache-2.0 toolkit · uses LibriSpeech/VoxCeleb/IEMOCAP/etc. (component licenses vary, IEMOCAP is research-only) · English-only. Cite: Yang et al., Interspeech 2021.
Who is SUPERB best for?
Probing English SSL speech models across ASR, KWS, SID, ER, SD, QbE, IC, SF, PR, TTS-related tasks.
Does SUPERB run offline?
SUPERB runs on your own machine — it is open source, so nothing leaves the computer unless you configure it to.
Can I use SUPERB in the browser?
No — SUPERB is a HuggingFace and GitHub application, not a web app. You install it rather than sign in to it.
Where is the SUPERB source code?
On GitHub at github.com/s3prl/s3prl. It is maintained by Academic consortium (NTU + CMU + JHU + Meta).
What kind of tool is SUPERB?
In this directory SUPERB is filed under benchmark as a open-source tool.
What are the alternatives to SUPERB?
There is a side-by-side page at /tools/superb-alternatives comparing SUPERB with the closest tools in the same category on price, platform and features.
Can I automate SUPERB-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.
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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