VoxConverse
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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.
50h audio-visual diarization corpus — wild YouTube speakers in conversation.
Best for diarization benchmarks with realistic in-the-wild audio. Pricing: research-only.
What it is
VoxConverse provides ~50h of audio-visual diarization data with speaker overlap, music, and crowd noise — harder than AMI. License: CC BY 4.0 metadata.
Watch out for: CC BY 4.0 metadata · YouTube-sourced · variable speaker count per recording (1–20+). Cite: Chung et al., Interspeech 2020.
Install / use
git clone https://github.com/joonson/voxconverseWhat people actually do with VoxConverse-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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VoxConverse vs Whipscribe
| Feature | VoxConverse | Whipscribe |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Open source | Transcription APIs |
| Pricing | research-only | $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 | Web, GitHub | Web, API, MCP |
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Frequently asked about VoxConverse
Does VoxConverse work on Mac, Windows and Linux?
VoxConverse runs on Web and GitHub. It is not listed for other platforms; check the vendor for anything beyond Web and GitHub.
How do I install VoxConverse?
Download the installer for your platform from the vendor. No terminal needed.
How many languages does VoxConverse support?
VoxConverse lists 1 languages.
Does VoxConverse identify different speakers?
Yes — VoxConverse has speaker diarization, so a two-person interview comes back with each speaker labelled.
Does VoxConverse give word-level timestamps?
No — VoxConverse produces segment or sentence timing only, so subtitle cues can land mid-word.
Can VoxConverse transcribe live audio?
No — VoxConverse works on finished files, not a live stream.
Is VoxConverse HIPAA compliant?
VoxConverse 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 VoxConverse?
CC BY 4.0 metadata · YouTube-sourced · variable speaker count per recording (1–20+). Cite: Chung et al., Interspeech 2020.
Who is VoxConverse best for?
Diarization benchmarks with realistic in-the-wild audio.
Does VoxConverse run offline?
VoxConverse runs on your own machine — it is open source, so nothing leaves the computer unless you configure it to.
Where is the VoxConverse source code?
On GitHub at github.com/joonson/voxconverse. It is maintained by Oxford VGG.
What kind of tool is VoxConverse?
In this directory VoxConverse is filed under dataset as a open-source tool.
What are the alternatives to VoxConverse?
There is a side-by-side page at /tools/voxconverse-alternatives comparing VoxConverse with the closest tools in the same category on price, platform and features.
Can I automate VoxConverse-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 VoxConverse?
VoxConverse 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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