VoxTube
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5kh weakly-labeled multilingual TTS corpus from YouTube — 50 languages.
Best for speaker verification + multilingual TTS pretraining across 50 languages. Pricing: research-only.
What it is
VoxTube is a 5000-hour weakly-labeled multilingual corpus across 50 languages from YouTube. Designed for speaker-verification + TTS pretraining at scale. Research-only license.
Watch out for: Custom non-commercial · YouTube TOS · weakly-labeled · ~5000 hours. Cite: Yakovlev et al., Interspeech 2023.
Install / use
from datasets import load_dataset; ds = load_dataset('idrnd/VoxTube')What people actually do with VoxTube-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 | No |
| Word-level timestamps | No |
| Streaming / real-time | No |
| Languages supported | 50 |
| HIPAA eligible | No |
VoxTube vs Whipscribe
| Feature | VoxTube | Whipscribe |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Open source | Transcription APIs |
| Pricing | research-only | $6–$24 one-time packs (credits never expire) · first 20 minutes free |
| Speaker identification | No | Named in the summary, key quotes and chapters |
| Word timestamps | No | Yes |
| Streaming | No | No |
| Languages | 50 | 99 |
| Platforms | HuggingFace | Web, API, MCP |
Alternatives to VoxTube
Frequently asked about VoxTube
Does VoxTube work on Mac, Windows and Linux?
VoxTube runs on HuggingFace. It is not listed for other platforms; check the vendor for anything beyond HuggingFace.
How do I install VoxTube?
Download the installer for your platform from the vendor. No terminal needed.
How many languages does VoxTube support?
VoxTube lists 50 languages.
Does VoxTube identify different speakers?
No. VoxTube does not label speakers; a conversation comes back as one continuous text. If you need speaker labels, that is a separate tool or a different service.
Does VoxTube give word-level timestamps?
No — VoxTube produces segment or sentence timing only, so subtitle cues can land mid-word.
Can VoxTube transcribe live audio?
No — VoxTube works on finished files, not a live stream.
Is VoxTube HIPAA compliant?
VoxTube 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 VoxTube?
Custom non-commercial · YouTube TOS · weakly-labeled · ~5000 hours. Cite: Yakovlev et al., Interspeech 2023.
Who is VoxTube best for?
Speaker verification + multilingual TTS pretraining across 50 languages.
Does VoxTube run offline?
VoxTube runs on your own machine — it is open source, so nothing leaves the computer unless you configure it to.
Can I use VoxTube in the browser?
No — VoxTube is a HuggingFace application, not a web app. You install it rather than sign in to it.
Who makes VoxTube?
VoxTube is made by ID R&D.
What kind of tool is VoxTube?
In this directory VoxTube is filed under dataset as a open-source tool.
What are the alternatives to VoxTube?
There is a side-by-side page at /tools/vox-tube-alternatives comparing VoxTube with the closest tools in the same category on price, platform and features.
Can I automate VoxTube-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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