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The BetterWispr FAQ says its Parakeet TDT v3 model covers 25 European languages, and that its Parakeet Japanese model covers Japanese.
Quote found word for word on the live source, last checked October 20, 2026
In the source's own words
“Parakeet TDT v3 covers 25 European languages, Parakeet Japanese covers Japanese”
BetterWispr: local dictation for macOS, BetterWispr, BetterWispr, 2026, FAQ: Which languages are supported?.
Open the original- What it measures
- BetterWispr's answer to 'Which languages are supported?' on its home page, read on 2026-10-20. The home page says its built-in models transcribe speech on the user's Mac. The FAQ says language support depends on the selected model.
- What it does not show
- Counts the 25 European languages of the Parakeet TDT v3 model only. The FAQ gives no number for Whisper, which it describes as offering broader multilingual recognition, and Apple speech depends on the user's locale and installed assets.
In the data
A row of How Many Languages Speech Recognition Supports, as BetterWispr Parakeet TDT v3: 25 languages.
- System
- BetterWispr Parakeet TDT v3
- Maker
- BetterWispr
- Kind
- Dictation app
- What is counted
- Languages
- On device
- Yes
- As of
- 2026-10
Source
Used to calculate
- In the languages supported by speech recognition systems dataset, the 72 published figures for “Dictation app” have a median of 54 languages, ranging from 1 to 1,600.
- The languages supported by speech recognition systems dataset holds 185 data points, each a published figure traced to its source.
- The languages supported by speech recognition systems dataset draws on 153 distinct sources.