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OpenAI Released Whisper API for Speech Recognition

OpenAI released an API for Whisper - a speech recognition service that performs excellently in Russian.

<p>By the way, amidst the excitement of the ChatGPT API release, the news got a bit lost that OpenAI also released an API for Whisper - a speech recognition service. Tests show that it performs excellently not only in English but also in Russian.</p>

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<li>Test it out here: <a href="https://huggingface.co/spaces/openai/whisper">https://huggingface.co/spaces/openai/whisper</a></li>;
<li>Details on how to use it here: <a href="https://colab.research.google.com/drive/1WJ98KHgZxFGrHiMm4TyWZllSew_Af_ff?usp=sharing">https://colab.research.google.com/drive/1WJ98KHgZxFGrHiMm4TyWZllSew_Af_ff?usp=sharing</a></li>;
<li>Github <a href="https://github.com/openai/whisper">https://github.com/openai/whisper</a></li>;
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<p>P.S. Interestingly, it works even better in Spanish and Italian than in English.</p>