ctranslate2-4you
/

whisper-tiny-ct2-bfloat16

 ---
+language: en
+license: apache-2.0
+library_name: ctranslate2
+pipeline_tag: automatic-speech-recognition
+tags:
+  - whisper
+  - ctranslate2
+  - speech-recognition
+  - transcription
+  - bfloat16
+base_model: openai/whisper-tiny
 ---
+# 🗣️ Whisper Tiny — CTranslate2 (`bfloat16`)
+This is [OpenAI's whisper-tiny](https://huggingface.co/openai/whisper-tiny) converted to [CTranslate2](https://github.com/OpenNMT/CTranslate2) format with `bfloat16` precision.
+> [!TIP]
+> Also available in other precisions:
+> [`float32`](https://huggingface.co/ctranslate2-4you/whisper-tiny-ct2-float32) · [`float16`](https://huggingface.co/ctranslate2-4you/whisper-tiny-ct2-float16)
+---
+## 📋 Details
+| | |
+|---|---|
+| **Base model** | [openai/whisper-tiny](https://huggingface.co/openai/whisper-tiny) |
+| **Format** | CTranslate2 |
+| **Precision** | `bfloat16` |
+| **Language** | Multilingual |
+| **Task** | Automatic Speech Recognition |
+---
+## ⚡ Quick Start
+Install the inference library:
+```bash
+pip install whisper-s2t-reborn
+```
+Transcribe an audio file:
+```python
+import whisper_s2t
+model = whisper_s2t.load_model(
+    model_identifier="tiny",
+    compute_type="bfloat16",
+    device="cuda",
+)
+result = model.transcribe_with_vad(
+    ["audio.wav"],
+    lang_codes=["en"],
+    tasks=["transcribe"],
+    initial_prompts=[None],
+    batch_size=1,  # increase this to significantly improve throughput
+)
+for segment in result[0]:
+    print(segment["text"])
+```
+> [!NOTE]
+> Models are **auto-downloaded** from this repo the first time you run inference. No manual download required.
+*See the [whisper-s2t-reborn](https://github.com/BBC-Esq/WhisperS2T-reborn) repository for the full list of available parameters.*
+---
+## 📦 All Available CTranslate2 Whisper Models
+Every model below is hosted at [huggingface.co/ctranslate2-4you](https://huggingface.co/ctranslate2-4you) and works with [whisper-s2t-reborn](https://github.com/BBC-Esq/WhisperS2T-reborn).
+### 🌍 Standard Whisper (Multilingual)
+| Model | `float32` | `float16` | `bfloat16` |
+|---|:---:|:---:|:---:|
+| **tiny** | [Link](https://huggingface.co/ctranslate2-4you/whisper-tiny-ct2-float32) | [Link](https://huggingface.co/ctranslate2-4you/whisper-tiny-ct2-float16) | [Link](https://huggingface.co/ctranslate2-4you/whisper-tiny-ct2-bfloat16) |
+| **base** | [Link](https://huggingface.co/ctranslate2-4you/whisper-base-ct2-float32) | [Link](https://huggingface.co/ctranslate2-4you/whisper-base-ct2-float16) | [Link](https://huggingface.co/ctranslate2-4you/whisper-base-ct2-bfloat16) |
+| **small** | [Link](https://huggingface.co/ctranslate2-4you/whisper-small-ct2-float32) | [Link](https://huggingface.co/ctranslate2-4you/whisper-small-ct2-float16) | [Link](https://huggingface.co/ctranslate2-4you/whisper-small-ct2-bfloat16) |
+| **medium** | [Link](https://huggingface.co/ctranslate2-4you/whisper-medium-ct2-float32) | [Link](https://huggingface.co/ctranslate2-4you/whisper-medium-ct2-float16) | [Link](https://huggingface.co/ctranslate2-4you/whisper-medium-ct2-bfloat16) |
+| **large-v3** | [Link](https://huggingface.co/ctranslate2-4you/whisper-large-v3-ct2-float32) | [Link](https://huggingface.co/ctranslate2-4you/whisper-large-v3-ct2-float16) | [Link](https://huggingface.co/ctranslate2-4you/whisper-large-v3-ct2-bfloat16) |
+### 🇺🇸 Whisper English-Only
+| Model | `float32` | `float16` | `bfloat16` |
+|---|:---:|:---:|:---:|
+| **tiny.en** | [Link](https://huggingface.co/ctranslate2-4you/whisper-tiny.en-ct2-float32) | [Link](https://huggingface.co/ctranslate2-4you/whisper-tiny.en-ct2-float16) | [Link](https://huggingface.co/ctranslate2-4you/whisper-tiny.en-ct2-bfloat16) |
+| **base.en** | [Link](https://huggingface.co/ctranslate2-4you/whisper-base.en-ct2-float32) | [Link](https://huggingface.co/ctranslate2-4you/whisper-base.en-ct2-float16) | [Link](https://huggingface.co/ctranslate2-4you/whisper-base.en-ct2-bfloat16) |
+| **small.en** | [Link](https://huggingface.co/ctranslate2-4you/whisper-small.en-ct2-float32) | [Link](https://huggingface.co/ctranslate2-4you/whisper-small.en-ct2-float16) | [Link](https://huggingface.co/ctranslate2-4you/whisper-small.en-ct2-bfloat16) |
+| **medium.en** | [Link](https://huggingface.co/ctranslate2-4you/whisper-medium.en-ct2-float32) | [Link](https://huggingface.co/ctranslate2-4you/whisper-medium.en-ct2-float16) | [Link](https://huggingface.co/ctranslate2-4you/whisper-medium.en-ct2-bfloat16) |
+### ⚡ Distilled Whisper
+| Model | `float32` | `float16` | `bfloat16` |
+|---|:---:|:---:|:---:|
+| **distil-small.en** | [Link](https://huggingface.co/ctranslate2-4you/distil-whisper-small.en-ct2-float32) | [Link](https://huggingface.co/ctranslate2-4you/distil-whisper-small.en-ct2-float16) | [Link](https://huggingface.co/ctranslate2-4you/distil-whisper-small.en-ct2-bfloat16) |
+| **distil-medium.en** | [Link](https://huggingface.co/ctranslate2-4you/distil-whisper-medium.en-ct2-float32) | [Link](https://huggingface.co/ctranslate2-4you/distil-whisper-medium.en-ct2-float16) | [Link](https://huggingface.co/ctranslate2-4you/distil-whisper-medium.en-ct2-bfloat16) |
+| **distil-large-v3** | [Link](https://huggingface.co/ctranslate2-4you/distil-whisper-large-v3-ct2-float32) | [Link](https://huggingface.co/ctranslate2-4you/distil-whisper-large-v3-ct2-float16) | [Link](https://huggingface.co/ctranslate2-4you/distil-whisper-large-v3-ct2-bfloat16) |
+### 🚀 Whisper Large-v3 Turbo
+| Model | `float32` | `float16` | `bfloat16` |
+|---|:---:|:---:|:---:|
+| **large-v3-turbo** | [Link](https://huggingface.co/ctranslate2-4you/whisper-large-v3-turbo-ct2-float32) | [Link](https://huggingface.co/ctranslate2-4you/whisper-large-v3-turbo-ct2-float16) | [Link](https://huggingface.co/ctranslate2-4you/whisper-large-v3-turbo-ct2-bfloat16) |
+---
+## 🔗 Links
+- 📦 **Inference library** — [whisper-s2t-reborn](https://github.com/BBC-Esq/WhisperS2T-reborn)
+- 🏗️ **CTranslate2** — [github.com/OpenNMT/CTranslate2](https://github.com/OpenNMT/CTranslate2)
+- 🧠 **Original model** — [openai/whisper-tiny](https://huggingface.co/openai/whisper-tiny)