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schibsted / WAAS

WAAS

Whisper as a Service (GUI and API with queuing for OpenAI Whisper)

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2.1KGitHub stars
REPOSITORY AT A GLANCE

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What it is

Whisper as a Service (GUI and API with queuing for OpenAI Whisper)

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Where it is used

No documented product use has been verified yet.

What people are saying

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Also in these discussions

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This week on Hacker News

Nov 7–Nov 14 UTC · Direct repository links and separately labeled related project stories. Indexed through 11/14/2026, 5:04:57 PM UTC.

No direct repository links were found in the indexed HN discussions over the past seven days. Older discussions are available below.

Mentions over time

HN mentions by week4 dated mentions

Observed mentions: 2023-02-13 07:00:25 UTC to 2023-06-01 21:31:48 UTC. Weeks start Monday, UTC.

0122023-02-13 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-02-20 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 2 mentions; 1 submissions, 1 commentsFeb 132023-02-20 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-02-27 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments2023-02-27 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-03-06 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2023-03-06 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-03-13 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2023-03-13 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-03-20 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2023-03-20 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-03-27 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2023-03-27 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-04-03 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2023-04-03 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-04-10 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 commentsApr 32023-04-10 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-04-17 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2023-04-17 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-04-24 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2023-04-24 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-05-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2023-05-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-05-08 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2023-05-08 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-05-15 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2023-05-15 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-05-22 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2023-05-22 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-05-29 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2023-05-29 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-06-05 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 commentsMay 29

Counts come from the repository’s dated source evidence. Index cutoff: 2026-11-02 08:16:59 UTC.

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PeriodStart (UTC)End (exclusive, UTC)MentionsSubmissionsComments
Feb 132023-02-13 00:00:00 UTC2023-02-20 00:00:00 UTC211
Feb 202023-02-20 00:00:00 UTC2023-02-27 00:00:00 UTC101
Feb 272023-02-27 00:00:00 UTC2023-03-06 00:00:00 UTC000
Mar 62023-03-06 00:00:00 UTC2023-03-13 00:00:00 UTC000
Mar 132023-03-13 00:00:00 UTC2023-03-20 00:00:00 UTC000
Mar 202023-03-20 00:00:00 UTC2023-03-27 00:00:00 UTC000
Mar 272023-03-27 00:00:00 UTC2023-04-03 00:00:00 UTC000
Apr 32023-04-03 00:00:00 UTC2023-04-10 00:00:00 UTC000
Apr 102023-04-10 00:00:00 UTC2023-04-17 00:00:00 UTC000
Apr 172023-04-17 00:00:00 UTC2023-04-24 00:00:00 UTC000
Apr 242023-04-24 00:00:00 UTC2023-05-01 00:00:00 UTC000
May 12023-05-01 00:00:00 UTC2023-05-08 00:00:00 UTC000
May 82023-05-08 00:00:00 UTC2023-05-15 00:00:00 UTC000
May 152023-05-15 00:00:00 UTC2023-05-22 00:00:00 UTC000
May 222023-05-22 00:00:00 UTC2023-05-29 00:00:00 UTC000
May 292023-05-29 00:00:00 UTC2023-06-05 00:00:00 UTC101

What Hacker News says

4 sources
tikkun·Feb 21, 2023
What utilities related to Whisper do you wish existed? What have you had to build yourself? On the end user application side, I wish there was something that let me pick a podcast of my choosing, get it fully transcribed, and get an embeddings search plus answer q&a on top of that podcast or set of chosen podcasts. I've seen ones for specific podcasts, but I'd like one where I can choose the podcast. (Probably won't build it) Also on the end user side, I wish there was an Otter alternative (still paid $30/mo, but unlimited minutes per month) that had longer transcription limits. (Started building this, not much interest from users though) Things I've seen on the dev tool side: Gladia (API call version of Whisper) Whisper.cpp Whisper webservice (https://github.com/ahmetoner/whisper-asr-webservice) - via this thread Live microphone demo (no
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t real time, it still does it in chunks) https://github.com/mallorbc/whisper_mic Streamlit UI https://github.com/hayabhay/whisper-ui Whisper playground https://github.com/saharmor/whisper-playground Real time whisper https://github.com/shirayu/whispering Whisper as a service https://github.com/schibsted/WAAS Improved timestamps and speaker identification https://github.com/m-bain/whisperX MacWhisper https://goodsnooze.gumroad.com/l/macwhisper Crossplatform desktop Whisper that supports semi-realtime https://github.com/chidiwilliams/buzz
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