VoxLingua107
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6.6kh language-identification corpus — 107 languages from YouTube.
Best for spoken language identification (LID) training and evaluation across 107 languages. Pricing: free.
What it is
VoxLingua107 is 6.6k hours across 107 languages crawled from YouTube — the standard LID benchmark. License: CC BY 4.0 metadata.
Watch out for: CC BY 4.0 metadata · YouTube TOS for audio · imbalanced per-language. Cite: Valk & Alumae, SLT 2021.
Install / use
Go to VoxLingua107 bark.phon.ioc.eeWhat people actually do with VoxLingua107-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 | 107 |
| HIPAA eligible | No |
VoxLingua107 vs Whipscribe
| Feature | VoxLingua107 | Whipscribe |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Open source | Transcription APIs |
| Pricing | free | $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 | 107 | 99 |
| Platforms | Web, HuggingFace | Web, API, MCP |
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Frequently asked about VoxLingua107
Is VoxLingua107 free?
Yes. VoxLingua107 is free and open source.
Does VoxLingua107 work on Mac, Windows and Linux?
VoxLingua107 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 VoxLingua107?
Download the installer for your platform from http://bark.phon.ioc.ee/voxlingua107/. No terminal needed.
How many languages does VoxLingua107 support?
VoxLingua107 lists 107 languages. That is the Whisper-family multilingual set, so quality varies by language — English and the large European languages are strongest.
Does VoxLingua107 identify different speakers?
No. VoxLingua107 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 VoxLingua107 give word-level timestamps?
No — VoxLingua107 produces segment or sentence timing only, so subtitle cues can land mid-word.
Can VoxLingua107 transcribe live audio?
No — VoxLingua107 works on finished files, not a live stream.
Is VoxLingua107 HIPAA compliant?
VoxLingua107 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 VoxLingua107?
CC BY 4.0 metadata · YouTube TOS for audio · imbalanced per-language. Cite: Valk & Alumae, SLT 2021.
Who is VoxLingua107 best for?
Spoken language identification (LID) training and evaluation across 107 languages.
Does VoxLingua107 run offline?
VoxLingua107 runs on your own machine — it is open source, so nothing leaves the computer unless you configure it to.
Who makes VoxLingua107?
VoxLingua107 is made by Tallinn University of Technology.
What kind of tool is VoxLingua107?
In this directory VoxLingua107 is filed under dataset as a open-source tool.
What are the alternatives to VoxLingua107?
There is a side-by-side page at /tools/voxlingua107-alternatives comparing VoxLingua107 with the closest tools in the same category on price, platform and features.
Can I automate VoxLingua107-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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