Model · OpenAI · Speech-To-Text

Whisper large-v3

High-accuracy multilingual speech-to-text. Best-in-class for non-English audio; the de-facto open baseline.

Modality: Speech-To-Text
License: MIT (Open)
Parameter size: 1.55B
Released: November 6, 2023
Last verified: May 10, 2026
Runs locally: Yes

Strengths

Multilingual (99 languages)
Robust to noise and accents
Open weights — runs offline

Weaknesses

Slow on CPU; needs a GPU for real-time
No speaker diarization built in
Hallucinates on long silence

Try it

Where	Type	Notes
Hugging Face	weights	Open weights, MIT
Replicate	hosted	API key required
Groq	hosted-api	Free tier
whisper.cpp	local	C/C++ port; runs on CPU and Apple Silicon

Used in solutions

Repurpose a podcast episode into 5 written pieces

How-to Local-OK

Transcribe audio at scale on a local machine

Voice transcription for sales calls and customer interviews

Version history

Whisper large-v3 Turbo Oct 2024
Whisper large-v3 Nov 2023 Current
Whisper large-v2 Dec 2022 Deprecated

Official sources

Model card model
Whisper paper paper
GitHub github

Change log

May 10, 2026 — Initial entry.