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OpenAI: Whisper 1
Free allowance
Up to10,000neurons / day
via Cloudflare
Whisper is OpenAI's open-source automatic speech recognition model, available via API as `whisper-1`. It supports transcription and translation across 50+ languages from audio files up to 25 MB. Accepts formats...
- Input
- audio
- Output
- transcription
- Audio understanding
Providers
Available through 2 free providers. Use the model ID and API settings below to connect.
Vercel AI Gateway
VAVercel AI Gateway
* The provider match may differ from this model. Check its docs for details.
Benchmarks
Compare scores and explore results by category.
No benchmark results are available for this model yet.
Frequently asked questions
Free access, setup, and what to expect.
Whisper 1 is available with up to 10,000 neurons / day free through Cloudflare. Free allowances can change. Check the Whisper 1 provider limits before you start.
To use Whisper 1, choose one of the listed Whisper 1 API providers and follow the provider’s account and API-key setup guide. Copy the Whisper 1 model ID and connection settings for your chosen provider into your app or API client. Model IDs can differ between providers. API requests go directly to the provider; Free Models is a comparison site.
Whisper 1 accepts audio as listed input formats. Listed output formats include transcription. Image or audio input support does not imply image or audio generation. Check the chosen provider’s Whisper 1 documentation for supported file types and request formats.
Neither reasoning nor tool calling support is listed for Whisper 1. Reasoning enables additional processing for complex problems. Tool calling allows a model to request functions that your app executes. Check the chosen provider’s documentation for capability availability and setup.
No benchmark results are listed for Whisper 1 yet. Missing scores don’t establish poor performance. Compare scores within the same benchmark: coding indexes, Elo ratings, and win rates measure different things. The index comparison charts include only scored free models listed on Free Models. Evaluate Whisper 1 on examples from your own task alongside context size and provider limits.