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Whisper Tiny
OpenAI · Whisper
Whisper Tiny is a Whisper-family option for speech recognition, transcription, subtitles, meeting notes, and multilingual audio workflows.
Best for
Very lightweight transcription tests
Tradeoffs
Verify license, deployment requirements, runtime support, and fit on your own workload before production use.
Local hardware notes
Local hardware needs vary by size, quantization, and runtime. Check the exact model card and serving stack.
Local workflow notes
Use the exact checkpoint and quantization that matches your hardware and latency target.
Local runtimes: Ollama where supported, LM Studio where supported, llama.cpp where supported, Transformers
Platforms: Windows, macOS, Linux
HardwareVaries by checkpointRuntimeOllama or LM Studio where supported, llama.cpp, Transformers, vLLMContextCheck official model cardLast updated2026
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