Top 23 Python speech-recognition Projects

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1. transformers

   1 225 154,507 10.0 Python

   🤗 Transformers: the model-definition framework for state-of-the-art machine learning models in text, vision, audio, and multimodal models, for both inference and training.

   

   Project mention: Detecting AI Slop: Techniques & Red Flags | dev.to | 2025-12-28

   HuggingFace Transformers - Library for building custom detectors

2. Stream

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3. faster-whisper

   2 25 19,699 6.8 Python

   Faster Whisper transcription with CTranslate2

   

4. whisperX

   3 39 19,392 8.6 Python

   WhisperX: Automatic Speech Recognition with Word-level Timestamps (& Diarization)

   

   Project mention: A beginner's guide to the Whisperx-A40-Large model by Victor-Upmeet on Replicate | dev.to | 2026-01-04

   The whisperx-a40-large model is an accelerated version of the popular Whisper automatic speech recognition (ASR) model. Developed by Victor Upmeet, it provides fast transcription with word-level timestamps and speaker diarization. This model builds upon the capabilities of Whisper, which was originally created by OpenAI, and incorporates optimizations from the WhisperX project for improved performance.

5. FunASR

   4 4 14,261 8.2 Python

   A Fundamental End-to-End Speech Recognition Toolkit and Open Source SOTA Pretrained Models, Supporting Speech Recognition, Voice Activity Detection, Text Post-processing etc.

   

   Project mention: CosyVoice 2025 Complete Guide: The Ultimate Multi-lingual Text-to-Speech Solution | dev.to | 2025-12-15

   FunASR - Automatic Speech Recognition

6. PaddleSpeech

   5 6 12,477 8.4 Python

   Easy-to-use Speech Toolkit including Self-Supervised Learning model, SOTA/Streaming ASR with punctuation, Streaming TTS with text frontend, Speaker Verification System, End-to-End Speech Translation and Keyword Spotting. Won NAACL2022 Best Demo Award.

   

7. speechbrain

   6 28 11,003 9.2 Python

   A PyTorch-based Speech Toolkit

   

   Project mention: 5 must know open-source repositories to build cool AI apps | dev.to | 2025-10-29

   Star the Speech Brain repository ⭐

8. espnet

   7 15 9,666 9.9 Python

   End-to-End Speech Processing Toolkit

   

9. InfluxDB

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10. SpeechRecognition

    8 16 8,919 8.3 Python

    Speech recognition module for Python, supporting several engines and APIs, online and offline.

    

11. SenseVoice

    9 2 7,280 4.9 Python

    Multilingual Voice Understanding Model

    

12. voice-pro

    10 13 5,220 7.1 Python

    Gradio WebUI for creators and developers, featuring key TTS (Edge-TTS, kokoro) and zero-shot Voice Cloning (E2 & F5-TTS, CosyVoice), with Whisper audio processing, YouTube download, Demucs vocal isolation, and multilingual translation.

    

    Project mention: Show HN: Likes/day as fake profile → built my own dating app in 100 days | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-12-16

13. wenet

    11 6 4,983 7.8 Python

    Production First and Production Ready End-to-End Speech Recognition Toolkit

    

    Project mention: CosyVoice 2025 Complete Guide: The Ultimate Multi-lingual Text-to-Speech Solution | dev.to | 2025-12-15

    WeNet - Speech Recognition Toolkit

14. Porcupine  

    12 32 4,573 8.5 Python

    On-device wake word detection powered by deep learning

    

    Project mention: Show HN: Shoggoth Mini – A weird tentacle robot powered by GPT-4o and RL | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-07-15

    > also, "GPT-4o continuously listens to speech through the audio stream," is going to be problematic

    Seems like openWakeWord or porcupine could be able to solve by adding a layer for wake word detection before sending the prompt off.

    I wonder if latency would be any better with a local model cached in a 16GB or 24GB graphics card. It would have to be a quantized/distilled model, but maybe performance would still be acceptable.

    https://github.com/dscripka/openWakeWord

    https://github.com/Picovoice/porcupine

15. ml-road

    13 1 4,562 2.8 Python

    Machine Learning and Agentic AI Resources, Practice and Research

    

    Project mention: Neural Networks: Zero to Hero | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-01-04

    Well, no ... For a start any "AI" course 20 years ago probably wouldn't have even mentioned neural nets, and certainly not as a mainstream technique.

    A 20yr old "AI" curriculum would have looked more like the 3rd edition of Russel & Norvig's "Artificial Intelligence - A Modern Approach".

    https://github.com/yanshengjia/ml-road/blob/master/resources...

    Karpathy's videos aren't an AI (except in modern sense of AI=LLMs) course, or even a machine learning course, or even a neural network course for that matter (despite the title) - it's really just "From Zero to LLMs".

16. distil-whisper

    14 10 4,010 7.6 Python

    Distilled variant of Whisper for speech recognition. 6x faster, 50% smaller, within 1% word error rate.

    

17. whisper-asr-webservice

    15 11 3,090 8.1 Python

    OpenAI Whisper ASR Webservice API

    

18. lingvo

    16 1 2,855 6.0 Python

    Lingvo

    

19. whisper-standalone-win

    17 7 2,768 5.0 Python

    Whisper & Faster-Whisper standalone executables for those who don't want to bother with Python.

    

    Project mention: Show HN: Python Audio Transcription: Convert Speech to Text Locally | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-09-22

    I like this version of Whisper which has diarization built in: https://github.com/Purfview/whisper-standalone-win

20. whisper-timestamped

    18 2 2,713 6.1 Python

    Multilingual Automatic Speech Recognition with word-level timestamps and confidence

    

21. lip-reading-deeplearning

    19 1 1,892 10.0 Python

    :unlock: Lip Reading - Cross Audio-Visual Recognition using 3D Architectures

    

22. kalliope

    20 4 1,753 0.0 Python

    Kalliope is a framework that will help you to create your own personal assistant.

    

23. Dragonfire

    21 2 1,398 0.0 Python

    the open-source virtual assistant for Ubuntu based Linux distributions

    

24. SpeechT5

    22 4 1,398 7.1 Python

    Unified-Modal Speech-Text Pre-Training for Spoken Language Processing

    

25. SALMONN

    23 2 1,373 7.3 Python

    SALMONN family: A suite of advanced multi-modal LLMs

    

26. SaaSHub

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    SaaSHub - Software Alternatives and Reviews. SaaSHub helps you find the best software and product alternatives

    

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