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OpenAI's general-purpose speech recognition model. Supports 99 languages, transcription, translation to English, and language identification. Six model sizes from tiny (39M params) to large (1550M params). Use for speech-to-text, podcast transcription, or multilingual audio processing. Best for robust, multilingual ASR.

When to use

• Speech-to-text transcription (99 languages)
• Podcast/video transcription
• Meeting notes automation
• Translation to English
• Noisy audio transcription
• Multilingual audio processing
• **72,900+ GitHub stars**
• 99 languages supported

When not to use

• **Hallucinations** - May repeat or invent text
• **Long-form accuracy** - Degrades on >30 min audio
• **Speaker identification** - No diarization
• **Accents** - Quality varies
• **Background noise** - Can affect accuracy
• **Real-time latency** - Not suitable for live captioning

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