OpenAI Whisper Online

Use Whisper large-v3-turbo in your browser — no Python, no GPU, no command line. Upload a file, get timestamped text and SRT subtitles.

Which Whisper model is this?

Transcription runs on OpenAI's open-source Whisper large-v3-turbo, hosted on Cloudflare's GPUs. It's the same model you'd run locally with `whisper --model turbo`, without installing anything or waiting for a GPU queue.

Voice activity detection is on, so long silences are skipped instead of producing the made-up lines Whisper is known for on quiet audio.

About Whisper's translate mode

The large-v3-turbo model was trained for transcription only — its built-in translate task doesn't work (it returns the original language). So when you tick Translate to English, we transcribe with Whisper first and then translate each timed line with a separate language model. Timestamps stay exactly where Whisper put them.

Whisper online vs. running it yourself

Running Whisper locally is great if you have a recent GPU and are comfortable with Python and ffmpeg. This page is for everyone else — and for when you just need one file done. Your audio isn't stored, and there's nothing to sign up for on shorter files.

FAQ

Is this the official OpenAI Whisper?

It's OpenAI's open-source Whisper large-v3-turbo model (MIT-licensed), run by us. We're not affiliated with OpenAI; the official source is on GitHub.

Can I choose tiny, base, small or medium?

No — we only run large-v3-turbo, which is faster than large-v3 with nearly the same accuracy. Smaller models would only be less accurate.

Does it support word-level timestamps?

You get phrase-level timestamps (one line per spoken phrase), which is what SRT and VTT subtitles use.

Is it really free without signing up?

Yes. Without an account you can transcribe files up to 10 minutes, 3 files a day. A free account raises that to 60 minutes a day and 30-minute files; paid plans go up to 60-minute files.

Do you keep my recording or transcript?

No. Your file is converted in your browser and sent in short pieces for transcription; we don't store the audio or the text. Download your transcript before closing the page.

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