MASR (Mandarin Streaming ASR)

Name: MASR (Mandarin Streaming ASR)
Author: yeyupiaoling

by yeyupiaoling

Streaming Conformer + DeepSpeech2 in PyTorch for Mandarin.

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TL;DR

Best for mandarin Conformer baselines reproducible from scratch. Pricing: free.

What it is

A PyTorch streaming ASR toolkit focused on Mandarin. Apache-2.0.

Best for: Mandarin Conformer baselines reproducible from scratch.
Watch out for: Documentation primarily Chinese; small community.

Install / use

git clone https://github.com/yeyupiaoling/MASR

Features

Speaker diarization	No
Word-level timestamps	Yes
Streaming / real-time	Yes
Languages supported	2
HIPAA eligible	No

Links

GitHub repo ↗

MASR (Mandarin Streaming ASR) vs Whipscribe

Feature	MASR (Mandarin Streaming ASR)	Whipscribe
Category	Open source	Transcription APIs
Pricing	free	$4–$24 one-time packs (credits never expire) · $2 single unlock · 60 min free on signup
Speaker diarization	No	Yes
Word timestamps	Yes	Yes
Streaming	Yes	No
Languages	2	99
Platforms	Linux	Web, API, MCP

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