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Whisper

OpenAI's open-source speech recognition model.

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OpenAI's open-source speech recognition model. Trained on 680,000 hours of multilingual audio, it handles multiple languages, accents, and background noise remarkably well. Available in several sizes for different speed/accuracy trade-offs. Widely adopted for transcription, subtitling, and voice interfaces.

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