Top Python Speech recognition repositories on GitHub
ASR models and pipelines for converting audio to text. Filtered to projects whose primary language is Python.
Ranked by stars across 482 Python repositories tagged speech-recognition. Refreshed daily.
- 1huggingface/transformers★ 164,887 · ⑂ 34,474
🤗 Transformers: the model-definition framework for state-of-the-art machine learning models in text, vision, audio, and multimodal models, for both inference and training.
- nlp
- natural-language-processing
- pytorch
- pytorch-transformers
- transformer
- model-hub
- 2SYSTRAN/faster-whisper★ 25,264 · ⑂ 2,056
Faster Whisper transcription with CTranslate2
- deep-learning
- inference
- quantization
- speech-recognition
- speech-to-text
- transformer
- 3m-bain/whisperX★ 23,917 · ⑂ 2,410
WhisperX: Automatic Speech Recognition with Word-level Timestamps (& Diarization)
- asr
- speech
- speech-recognition
- speech-to-text
- whisper
- 4modelscope/FunASR★ 20,198 · ⑂ 2,014
Open-source speech recognition toolkit for training, inference, streaming ASR, VAD, punctuation, speaker diarization pipelines, and OpenAI-compatible/MCP serving.
- pytorch
- speech-recognition
- paraformer
- punctuation
- speaker-diarization
- voice-activity-detection
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- 5abus-aikorea/voice-pro★ 12,755 · ⑂ 1,843
Gradio WebUI for creators and developers, featuring key TTS (Edge-TTS, kokoro) and zero-shot Voice Cloning (E2 & F5-TTS, CosyVoice), with Whisper audio processing, YouTube download, Demucs vocal isolation, and multilingual translation.
- faster-whisper
- tts
- whisper
- gradio
- subtitles
- transcription
- 6PaddlePaddle/PaddleSpeech★ 12,681 · ⑂ 1,959
Easy-to-use Speech Toolkit including Self-Supervised Learning model, SOTA/Streaming ASR with punctuation, Streaming TTS with text frontend, Speaker Verification System, End-to-End Speech Translation and Keyword Spotting. Won NAACL2022 Best Demo Award.
- transformer
- conformer
- speech-translation
- streaming-asr
- speech-alignment
- punctuation-restoration
- 7speechbrain/speechbrain★ 11,804 · ⑂ 1,723
A PyTorch-based Speech Toolkit
- speech-recognition
- speech-toolkit
- speaker-recognition
- speech-to-text
- speech-enhancement
- speech-separation
- 8QuentinFuxa/WhisperLiveKit★ 11,005 · ⑂ 1,135
Real-time, local speech-to-text with streaming ASR, speaker diarization, translation, and OpenAI/Deepgram-compatible APIs.
- python
- real-time
- speaker-diarization
- speech-recognition
- speech-to-text
- streaming
- 9espnet/espnet★ 9,946 · ⑂ 2,428
End-to-End Speech Processing Toolkit
- deep-learning
- end-to-end
- chainer
- pytorch
- kaldi
- speech-recognition
- 10Uberi/speech_recognition★ 8,987 · ⑂ 2,417
Speech recognition module for Python, supporting several engines and APIs, online and offline.
- python
- audio
- speech-recognition
- speech-to-text
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- 11nl8590687/ASRT_SpeechRecognition★ 8,385 · ⑂ 1,892
A Deep-Learning-Based Chinese Speech Recognition System 基于深度学习的中文语音识别系统
- tensorflow
- cnn
- ctc
- python
- keras
- speech-recognition
- 12Blaizzy/mlx-audio★ 7,845 · ⑂ 707
A text-to-speech (TTS), speech-to-text (STT) and speech-to-speech (STS) library built on Apple's MLX framework, providing efficient speech analysis on Apple Silicon.
- apple-silicon
- audio-processing
- mlx
- multimodal
- speech-recognition
- speech-synthesis
- 13PaddlePaddle/PaddleX★ 6,259 · ⑂ 1,217
All-in-One Development Tool based on PaddlePaddle
- classification
- segmentation
- deployment
- ocr
- time-series
- pp-chatocr
- 14modelscope/FunClip★ 6,230 · ⑂ 744
FunASR-powered video transcription, subtitle generation, and LLM-assisted clipping tool with a local Gradio UI.
- speech-recognition
- video-subtitles
- subtitles-generator
- speech-to-text
- gradio
- llm
- 15wenet-e2e/wenet★ 5,233 · ⑂ 1,187
Production First and Production Ready End-to-End Speech Recognition Toolkit
- e2e-models
- pytorch
- asr
- transformer
- conformer
- production-ready
- 16Picovoice/porcupine★ 4,932 · ⑂ 578
On-device wake word detection powered by deep learning
- wake-word-detection
- hotword
- keyword-spotting
- keyword-spotter
- wake-word
- wake-word-engine
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- 17yanshengjia/ml-road★ 4,928 · ⑂ 1,725
Machine Learning and Agentic AI Resources, Practice and Research
- machine-learning
- deep-learning
- nlp
- computer-vision
- speech-recognition
- tensorflow
- 18jianchang512/stt★ 4,783 · ⑂ 500
Voice Recognition to Text Tool / 一个离线运行的本地音视频转字幕工具,输出json、srt字幕、纯文字格式
- speech
- speech-recognition
- speech-to-text
- stt
- 19huggingface/distil-whisper★ 4,116 · ⑂ 358
Distilled variant of Whisper for speech recognition. 6x faster, 50% smaller, within 1% word error rate.
- audio
- speech-recognition
- whisper
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The list above ranks the most-starred public Python repositories tagged with the Speech recognition topic, drawn from the public GitHub graph. Across 482 matching repositories, the contributors are a tight cluster of engineers with both Python chops and real Speech recognition experience.
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