HuggingFace Datasets · Audio

by HuggingFace

Hub of 5000+ audio + speech datasets — the modern catalog after OpenSLR.

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TL;DR

Best for discovering + streaming any open speech corpus via the datasets library. Pricing: free.

Category
Open source
License
Apache-2.0
Stars
★ 21.8k
Last push
2026-08-07
Pricing
free
Platforms
HuggingFace

What it is

HuggingFace Datasets hosts 5000+ audio + speech corpora — Common Voice, LibriSpeech, FLEURS, GigaSpeech, Earnings22, VoxPopuli, IndicVoices, and dozens of community releases. License: per-dataset.

Best for: Discovering + streaming any open speech corpus via the datasets library.
Watch out for: Per-dataset license metadata on each Hub repo — read every README. Library Apache-2.0.

Install / use

pip install datasets; load_dataset('<repo-id>')

Features

Speaker diarizationNo
Word-level timestampsNo
Streaming / real-timeYes
Languages supported200
HIPAA eligibleNo

Links

GitHub repo ↗

HuggingFace Datasets · Audio vs Whipscribe

FeatureHuggingFace Datasets · AudioWhipscribe
CategoryOpen sourceTranscription APIs
Pricingfree$4–$24 one-time packs (credits never expire) · $2 single unlock · 60 min free on signup
Speaker diarizationNoYes
Word timestampsNoYes
StreamingYesNo
Languages20099
PlatformsHuggingFaceWeb, API, MCP

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