whisper_streaming

by ÚFAL (Charles University)

Academic real-time Whisper streaming with LocalAgreement-2.

TL;DR

Academic real-time Whisper streaming with LocalAgreement-2.

Best for research baselines for streaming Whisper with finalized-text guarantees. Pricing: free.

Category
Open source
License
—
Stars
—
Last push
—
Pricing
free
Platforms
Linux, macOS

What it is

The reference implementation of the LocalAgreement-2 algorithm for streaming Whisper. Outputs stabilized partials with bounded rewrites. MIT.

Best for: Research baselines for streaming Whisper with finalized-text guarantees.
Watch out for: Not productionized; CLI-only; expects user wiring for audio capture.

Install / use

git clone https://github.com/ufal/whisper_streaming

Features

Speaker diarizationNo
Word-level timestampsYes
Streaming / real-timeYes
Languages supported99
HIPAA eligibleNo

whisper_streaming vs Whipscribe

Featurewhisper_streamingWhipscribe
CategoryOpen sourceTranscription APIs
Pricingfreefree beta
Speaker diarizationNoYes
Word timestampsYesYes
StreamingYesNo
Languages9999
PlatformsLinux, macOSWeb, API, MCP

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