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OpenWhisper's README says its Whisper Base, Small, Medium and Large models support 99 languages, plus automatic detection.
Quote found word for word on the live source, last checked October 22, 2026
In the source's own words
“Model Mode Languages in OpenWhisper ... Whisper Base / Small / Medium / Large Batch 99 languages, plus automatic detection”
OpenWhisper README on GitHub, OpenWhisper, GitHub, richardwu/openwhisper repository, n.d., Models table, Languages in OpenWhisper column.
Open the original- What it measures
- The Models table lists 13 model options. The four Whisper sizes are batch models: they transcribe after recording stops. The README says Whisper Large uses large-v2.
- What it does not show
- This is the number of languages the app offers for its Whisper models, as the maker states it. It is not a measure of accuracy in any language. The README's 'plus automatic detection' is not part of the number.
In the data
A row of How Many Languages Speech Recognition Supports, as OpenWhisper: Whisper models: 99 languages.
- System
- OpenWhisper (Whisper models)
- Maker
- OpenWhisper
- Kind
- Dictation app
- What is counted
- Languages
- As of
- 2026-10
- Note
- The number is stated in the quote
Source
Used to calculate
- In the languages supported by speech recognition systems dataset, the 120 published figures for “Dictation app” have a median of 50 languages, ranging from 1 to 1,600.
- The languages supported by speech recognition systems dataset holds 266 data points, each a published figure traced to its source.
- The languages supported by speech recognition systems dataset draws on 221 distinct sources.