UniAudio

by yangdongchao / CUHK

Unified audio foundation model (Codec + LM) — handles ASR.

TL;DR

Unified audio foundation model (Codec + LM) — handles ASR.

Best for researchers exploring unified speech-LM with ASR head. Pricing: free.

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

What it is

A unified audio-LM that can do ASR, TTS, separation, and editing. CC-BY-NC-4.0 — non-commercial.

Best for: Researchers exploring unified speech-LM with ASR head.
Watch out for: Research weights; English / Mandarin.

Install / use

git clone https://github.com/yangdongchao/UniAudio

Features

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

UniAudio vs Whipscribe

FeatureUniAudioWhipscribe
CategoryOpen sourceTranscription APIs
Pricingfreefree beta
Speaker diarizationNoYes
Word timestampsYesYes
StreamingNoNo
Languages299
PlatformsLinuxWeb, API, MCP

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