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Whisper Large v2
Speech Recognition • Released 2022-12-06 • Last Verified 2025-02-01
Whisper Large v2 by OpenAI - Speech Recognition for enterprise and developer workflows.
Context WindowN/A
LicenseMIT License
Deployment
Cloud API Local Run
API AvailableYes (REST/SDK)
Benchmark Performance
WER5.2
Hardware Requirements for Local Running
4GB VRAM
Strengths
- •High accuracy
- •Fast inference
Limitations & Weaknesses
- •Closed source API
API Sample CodePython / REST
import openai
client = openai.OpenAI()
response = client.chat.completions.create(
model="whisper-large-v2",
messages=[
{"role": "system", "content": "You are a helpful expert assistant."},
{"role": "user", "content": "Explain quantum computing in 2 sentences."}
]
)
print(response.choices[0].message.content)Pricing Overview
MIT License
Prices subject to provider tiers and volume discounts. Check documentation for current token rates.
Model Tags
#whisper#asr
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