Whisper vs Vosk

Is Vosk a good alternative to Whisper? Here’s what you need to know.

Vosk

Free

Offline speech recognition toolkit. Works without internet.

Vosk is an offline speech recognition toolkit supporting 20+ languages. Small model sizes (50MB), works on mobile and embedded devices. Real-time streaming recognition with Python, Java, C#, and JS APIs.

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Why switch from Whisper?

Indie pricing — no enterprise markup or per-seat fees
Direct maker support — talk to the person who built it
Transparent & open — many indie tools are open-source
No vendor lock-in — own your data, export anytime

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