whisper.cpp

Fast, private speech-to-text that runs on your own computer

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whisper.cpp is an MIT-licensed C/C++ version of OpenAI's Whisper speech recognition model that runs fully on your own device, from laptops to phones. Developers and tinkerers use it to build private transcription without sending audio to the cloud.

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Free and open source (MIT)

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Price checked Oct 29, 2026

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