# openai/whisper-small

This model is a Transformer based speech recognizer and speech translator trained on 680k hours of labeled speech data. It can transcribe speech in the same language as the audio or translate it into another language.

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## Facts

- Type: Audio
- Task: automatic-speech-recognition
- Framework: transformers
- License: apache-2.0: Permissive open license: commercial use, modification, and redistribution are permitted. (https://spdx.org/licenses/Apache-2.0.html)
- Source: https://huggingface.co/openai/whisper-small
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## Description

This model is a Transformer based speech recognizer and speech translator trained on 680k hours of labeled speech data. It can transcribe speech in the same language as the audio or translate it into another language.

## Model Card Facts

- Declared license: apache-2.0
- Pipeline: automatic-speech-recognition
- Library: transformers
- Task categories: automatic-speech-recognition

## Quality Checklist

- Summary: passed
- Description: passed
- Model card metadata: thin
- License: passed
- Provenance: passed
- File inventory: passed
- Hosted bytes: passed
- Scan result: passed
- Manifest signature: passed

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- External catalog metadata imported from Hugging Face public API on 2026-07-02T00:22:10.011Z.
- Open license detected as apache-2.0.
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