Whisper Turbo (web)
by Fleek HQ / community
Faster on-device Whisper in the browser using a quantized turbo build.
TL;DR
Faster on-device Whisper in the browser using a quantized turbo build.
Best for privacy-first transcription with 10x speedup over plain Transformers.js Whisper. Pricing: free.
Category
Products
License
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Stars
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Last push
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Pricing
free
Platforms
Web (Chrome/Edge)
What it is
Whisper Turbo is a community project shipping a quantized Whisper-large running on WebGPU in a single browser tab. Drop a file, watch it transcribe locally with no upload.
Best for: Privacy-first transcription with 10x speedup over plain Transformers.js Whisper.
Watch out for: Browser GPU support required; first-load downloads model weights.
Watch out for: Browser GPU support required; first-load downloads model weights.
Install / use
open https://whisper-turbo.com/
Features
| Speaker diarization | No |
| Word-level timestamps | Yes |
| Streaming / real-time | No |
| Languages supported | 99 |
| HIPAA eligible | No |
Whisper Turbo (web) vs Whipscribe
| Feature | Whisper Turbo (web) | Whipscribe |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Products | Transcription APIs |
| Pricing | free | free beta |
| Speaker diarization | No | Yes |
| Word timestamps | Yes | Yes |
| Streaming | No | No |
| Languages | 99 | 99 |
| Platforms | Web (Chrome/Edge) | Web, API, MCP |
Alternatives to Whisper Turbo (web)
Whipscribe is a managed faster-whisper + whisperX 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.