ICSI Meeting Corpus

by ICSI Berkeley

72h research-meeting recordings — diarization and meeting-ASR alternative to AMI.

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TL;DR

Best for diarization and meeting-ASR robustness; predates AMI but still cited. Pricing: free.

Category
Open source
License
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Stars
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Last push
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Pricing
free
Platforms
LDC, OpenSLR

What it is

The ICSI Meeting Corpus is 72 hours of real research-group meetings at ICSI Berkeley, fully transcribed and diarized. Older sibling to AMI. License: CC BY 4.0 via OpenSLR.

Best for: Diarization and meeting-ASR robustness; predates AMI but still cited.
Watch out for: CC BY 4.0 (audio) · research-meeting domain (non-acted) · variable participant counts. Cite: Janin et al., ICASSP 2003.

Install / use

Go to ICSI Meeting Corpus www.openslr.org

Features

Speaker diarizationYes
Word-level timestampsYes
Streaming / real-timeNo
Languages supported1
HIPAA eligibleNo

ICSI Meeting Corpus vs Whipscribe

FeatureICSI Meeting CorpusWhipscribe
CategoryOpen sourceTranscription APIs
Pricingfree$4–$24 one-time packs (credits never expire) · $2 single unlock · 60 min free on signup
Speaker diarizationYesYes
Word timestampsYesYes
StreamingNoNo
Languages199
PlatformsLDC, OpenSLRWeb, API, MCP

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