VoxCeleb 1
Don’t want to install VoxCeleb 1? 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.
100k utterances of celebrity speech from YouTube — speaker recognition benchmark.
Best for speaker verification + identification baselines. Pricing: research-only.
What it is
VoxCeleb 1 is 100k+ utterances from 1251 celebrity speakers harvested from YouTube — the canonical speaker-recognition benchmark. License: CC BY 4.0 metadata.
Watch out for: CC BY 4.0 (metadata) · YouTube audio subject to source TOS · 1251 celebrity speakers. Cite: Nagrani et al., Interspeech 2017.
Install / use
Go to VoxCeleb 1 www.robots.ox.ac.ukWhat people actually do with VoxCeleb 1-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 | 1 |
| HIPAA eligible | No |
VoxCeleb 1 vs Whipscribe
| Feature | VoxCeleb 1 | 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 | 1 | 99 |
| Platforms | Web, HuggingFace | Web, API, MCP |
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Frequently asked about VoxCeleb 1
Does VoxCeleb 1 work on Mac, Windows and Linux?
VoxCeleb 1 runs on Web and HuggingFace. It is not listed for other platforms; check the vendor for anything beyond Web and HuggingFace.
How do I install VoxCeleb 1?
Download the installer for your platform from https://www.robots.ox.ac.uk/~vgg/data/voxceleb/ # registration. No terminal needed.
How many languages does VoxCeleb 1 support?
VoxCeleb 1 lists 1 languages.
Does VoxCeleb 1 identify different speakers?
No. VoxCeleb 1 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 VoxCeleb 1 give word-level timestamps?
No — VoxCeleb 1 produces segment or sentence timing only, so subtitle cues can land mid-word.
Can VoxCeleb 1 transcribe live audio?
No — VoxCeleb 1 works on finished files, not a live stream.
Is VoxCeleb 1 HIPAA compliant?
VoxCeleb 1 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 VoxCeleb 1?
CC BY 4.0 (metadata) · YouTube audio subject to source TOS · 1251 celebrity speakers. Cite: Nagrani et al., Interspeech 2017.
Who is VoxCeleb 1 best for?
Speaker verification + identification baselines.
Does VoxCeleb 1 run offline?
VoxCeleb 1 runs on your own machine — it is open source, so nothing leaves the computer unless you configure it to.
Who makes VoxCeleb 1?
VoxCeleb 1 is made by Oxford VGG.
What kind of tool is VoxCeleb 1?
In this directory VoxCeleb 1 is filed under dataset as a open-source tool.
What are the alternatives to VoxCeleb 1?
There is a side-by-side page at /tools/voxceleb1-alternatives comparing VoxCeleb 1 with the closest tools in the same category on price, platform and features.
Can I automate VoxCeleb 1-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 VoxCeleb 1?
VoxCeleb 1 is something you run; Whipscribe is something you call. 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.
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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