55.8%

small model · Lowest published error rate among the models offered here.

tiny101.8 %base86.1 %small55.8 %

Original Whisper paper, Table 13. Lower is better. These are not browser-model test results. Source and context ↓

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Download and processing settings

Model weights: 40.8 MB for WebAssembly; 119.7 MB for GPU. Configuration, tokenizer and runtime files add a smaller download. Source: Hugging Face file sizes, checked 2026-10-30.

Model file sizes and source · Last checked October 30, 2026

Tiny uses the least memory. Base and Small may improve recognition but need more memory and time. Try a short sample first. No accuracy or speed is guaranteed.

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Persian model results

These are original Whisper paper FLEURS results, not tests of MurmurScribe or its quantized browser models. Lower error rates are better. The paper counts substitutions, deletions and insertions against the reference words after its normalization procedure.

ModelFLEURS WER (%)Common Voice WER (%)
tiny101.8120.3
base86.199
small55.871.9

Source: Whisper paper, Table 13 and Table 11. The datasets contain different recordings and scoring conditions. Read each column on its own; they are not interchangeable measurements of your audio.

Choose a starting model

Among the models offered here, small has the lowest published FLEURS WER for Persian, at 55.8%. Small is 46.0 percentage points below Tiny on this test, calculated as 101.8 minus 55.8. This comparison is a starting point, not a prediction of your finished transcript.

Try Tiny to check browser compatibility, then compare the same spoken passage with the model suggested by the table. Keep the setting that gives you fewer corrections on your actual recording.

Training exposure and review

Figure 11 reports 24 hours of Persian speech-recognition training audio. This is the printed value, not a new estimate; it does not count the separate translation panel. Training volume alone does not describe accents, domains or recording quality.

Set the audio language to Persian when you know it. Keep the task on transcription to preserve the spoken language; translation produces English instead. Review names, borrowed words and changes of speaker against the recording. Export the corrected text only after checking passages you plan to quote. Keep uncertain phrases marked until a fluent listener can resolve them.

Frequently asked questions

Can I transcribe Persian without uploading audio?

Yes. The browser downloads the model and runs it locally. Audio and transcript contents are not uploaded.

Do these scores guarantee my accuracy?

No. These are original paper benchmark results. Quantization, recording conditions and the chosen language affect the draft.

Can I translate the recording into English?

Choose Translate to English in the app. Have a fluent person check meaning and names before publishing.

Sources

  1. Whisper paper, appendix tables and normalization method · OpenAI / Radford et al. · Checked 2026-10-30
  2. Whisper model details and MIT license · OpenAI · Checked 2026-10-30
  3. Browser model execution · Hugging Face · Checked 2026-10-30