Whisper large-v3 turbo
The famous free open model behind most transcription apps.
Best on your computerFreeOpen sourceRuns on your PC
- Best for
- Free offline transcription, 99 languages
- On your PC
- Easy
- Works on
- Windows, Mac, Linux
- License
- MIT
What’s good
- Free, offline and private on your own computer
- Works in 99 languages
- Built into many apps like MacWhisper, Buzz, Whisper.cpp
Downsides
- No longer the most accurate, newer open models beat it
- Much slower than Parakeet on the same computer
- Turbo cannot translate to English, use large or medium
At a glance.
- Best for
- Free offline transcription, 99 languages
- Price
- Free, open source
- For developers
- $0.006 per minute (OpenAI Whisper API)
- Version
- large-v3-turboReleased 2024-10
- Works on
- Windows, Mac, Linux
- Open source
- Yes, MIT
- Made by
- OpenAI
- Website
- github.com
How it ranks.
- Open ASR Leaderboard English, average WER#47 · 8.682026-11-05
- Open ASR Leaderboard multilingual, average WER#24 · 10.572026-11-05
Can I run it myself?
Yes. Easy: install an app and click.
Use Buzz, MacWhisper, Whisper.cpp.
- You need
- Any recent laptop with 8 GB RAM; faster with a GPU
- Setup
- EasyInstall an app and click
- Laptop, 8 GBRuns
- PC, 16 GB+Runs
- Mac, 16 GBRuns
- Mac, 32 GBRuns
- Mac, 64 GB+Runs
- PC, 8 GB GPURuns
- PC, 12 GB GPURuns
- PC, 16 GB GPURuns
- PC, 24 GB GPURuns
- WorkstationRuns