Fact · Speech recognition
98languages
OpenAI's speech to text guide says Whisper supports 98 languages, and that accuracy varies by language.
Checked against its source on October 17, 2026
In the source's own words
“Whisper supports 98 languages, but accuracy varies by language.”
Speech to text (OpenAI API guide), OpenAI, OpenAI, 2026, Language section.
Open the original- What it measures
- The guide applies this to the whisper-1 model in OpenAI's hosted Transcriptions API.
- What it does not show
- The count is the number of languages the model accepts. The guide does not give per-language accuracy, so measure the language you need.
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