Yesno (SLR-1)

by OpenSLR

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Toy 60-utterance Hebrew corpus — the Kaldi 'hello world' dataset.

OpenSLR  ·  free

TL;DR

Best for sanity-checking ASR toolkits (Kaldi yesno recipe); teaching beginners. Pricing: free.

Category
Open source
Pricing
free
Platforms
OpenSLR

What it is

Yesno (OpenSLR-1) is the toy dataset that every Kaldi tutorial starts with. 60 single-speaker Hebrew utterances of 'ken'/'lo'. Public domain.

Best for: Sanity-checking ASR toolkits (Kaldi yesno recipe); teaching beginners.
Watch out for: Public domain · 60 utterances · Hebrew · single speaker. Cite: bundled with Kaldi.

Install / use

Go to Yesno (SLR-1) www.openslr.org

What people actually do with Yesno (SLR-1)-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.

Transcribe a whole back catalogue in one runThe archive is the asset, but one-at-a-time upload means it never gets done.…1,000 hours ≈ $480, onceTranscribe every new file in a Drive folderFiles accumulate in a folder nobody opens, and the knowledge in them is invisible to search.…≈ $0.29 per audio hour on the $24 packCut short-form clips out of a webinar automaticallyThe clips worth posting are buried somewhere in a 60-minute recording and finding them by scrubbing costs more than the…60-min webinar ≈ $0.72

Wire it into Amazon S3n8nMake.comGoogle DriveZapierSlack

Features

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

Yesno (SLR-1) vs Whipscribe

FeatureYesno (SLR-1)Whipscribe
CategoryOpen sourceTranscription APIs
Pricingfree$6–$24 one-time packs (credits never expire) · first 20 minutes free
Speaker identificationNoNamed in the summary, key quotes and chapters
Word timestampsNoYes
StreamingNoNo
Languages199
PlatformsOpenSLRWeb, API, MCP

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Frequently asked about Yesno (SLR-1)

Is Yesno (SLR-1) free?

Yes. Yesno (SLR-1) is free and open source.

Does Yesno (SLR-1) work on Mac, Windows and Linux?

Yesno (SLR-1) runs on OpenSLR. It is not listed for other platforms; check the vendor for anything beyond OpenSLR.

How do I install Yesno (SLR-1)?

Download the installer for your platform from https://www.openslr.org/1/. No terminal needed.

How many languages does Yesno (SLR-1) support?

Yesno (SLR-1) lists 1 languages.

Does Yesno (SLR-1) identify different speakers?

No. Yesno (SLR-1) 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 Yesno (SLR-1) give word-level timestamps?

No — Yesno (SLR-1) produces segment or sentence timing only, so subtitle cues can land mid-word.

Can Yesno (SLR-1) transcribe live audio?

No — Yesno (SLR-1) works on finished files, not a live stream.

Is Yesno (SLR-1) HIPAA compliant?

Yesno (SLR-1) 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 Yesno (SLR-1)?

Public domain · 60 utterances · Hebrew · single speaker. Cite: bundled with Kaldi.

Who is Yesno (SLR-1) best for?

Sanity-checking ASR toolkits (Kaldi yesno recipe); teaching beginners.

Does Yesno (SLR-1) run offline?

Yesno (SLR-1) runs on your own machine — it is open source, so nothing leaves the computer unless you configure it to.

Can I use Yesno (SLR-1) in the browser?

No — Yesno (SLR-1) is a OpenSLR application, not a web app. You install it rather than sign in to it.

Who makes Yesno (SLR-1)?

Yesno (SLR-1) is made by OpenSLR.

What kind of tool is Yesno (SLR-1)?

In this directory Yesno (SLR-1) is filed under dataset as a open-source tool.

What are the alternatives to Yesno (SLR-1)?

There is a side-by-side page at /tools/yesno-alternatives comparing Yesno (SLR-1) with the closest tools in the same category on price, platform and features.

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