Yandex Alice

by Yandex

Yandex's Russian-language voice assistant for Stantsiya speakers, cars, and phones.

TL;DR

Yandex's Russian-language voice assistant for Stantsiya speakers, cars, and phones.

Best for russian-speaking households on Stantsiya smart speakers and Yandex.Auto head units. Pricing: Free with Yandex account.

Category
Products
License
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Stars
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Last push
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Pricing
Free with Yandex account
Platforms
Android, iOS, Hardware

What it is

Alice was Yandex's first major voice assistant launched in 2017. The 2024 YandexGPT-powered "Alisa Pro" upgraded the dialogue layer with a Russian-language LLM. Powers the Stantsiya line of smart speakers.

Best for: Russian-speaking households on Stantsiya smart speakers and Yandex.Auto head units.
Watch out for: Russian-only; cloud ASR through Yandex infrastructure; sanctions affect availability outside Russia.

Install / use

yandex.com/alice — Alice app or Stantsiya speaker

Features

Speaker diarizationNo
Word-level timestampsNo
Streaming / real-timeYes
Languages supported1
HIPAA eligibleNo

Yandex Alice vs Whipscribe

FeatureYandex AliceWhipscribe
CategoryProductsTranscription APIs
PricingFree with Yandex accountfree beta
Speaker diarization—Yes
Word timestamps—Yes
StreamingYesNo
Languages199
PlatformsAndroid, iOS, HardwareWeb, API, MCP

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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.