Whisper Glasses

by Whisper Glasses community

Open-source DIY captioning glasses powered by Whisper — community hardware project.

TL;DR

Open-source DIY captioning glasses powered by Whisper — community hardware project.

Best for makers building DIY assistive captioning hardware with off-the-shelf parts and Whisper. Pricing: free · ~$80 BOM.

Category
Open source
License
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Stars
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Last push
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Pricing
free · ~$80 BOM
Platforms
Hardware, Linux

What it is

Whisper Glasses is the community label for several open-source projects that pair a Raspberry Pi Zero or ESP32 with a heads-up display and Whisper / whisper.cpp for live captioning. Useful as an accessibility hardware prototype.

Best for: Makers building DIY assistive captioning hardware with off-the-shelf parts and Whisper.
Watch out for: Not a polished product; battery + form factor depend on the builder; community-maintained.

Install / use

github.com/Sketkavik/Whisper-Glasses — clone and flash

Features

Speaker diarizationNo
Word-level timestampsNo
Streaming / real-timeNo
Languages supported99
HIPAA eligibleNo

Whisper Glasses vs Whipscribe

FeatureWhisper GlassesWhipscribe
CategoryOpen sourceTranscription APIs
Pricingfree · ~$80 BOMfree beta
Speaker diarization—Yes
Word timestamps—Yes
Streaming—No
Languages9999
PlatformsHardware, LinuxWeb, API, MCP

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