Picovoice/cheetah
On-device streaming speech-to-text engine powered by deep learning
- Stars
- 671
- Forks
- 78
- Open issues
- 0
- Last push
- 2d ago
About cheetah
cheetah is a free, open-source AI voice and audio tool by Picovoice, written mainly in Python. On-device streaming speech-to-text engine powered by deep learning. It has 671 GitHub stars and 78 forks, and was last updated 2d ago. It's released under the Apache-2.0 license, a standard open-source license. According to the project, it works on macOS.
- License
- Apache-2.0
- Language
- Python
- Stars
- 671
- Last update
- 2d ago
- Runs on Mac
- Yes (as stated by the project)
- GPU
- Not stated
- Paid API key
- Not stated
- Self-hostable
- Not stated
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cheetah FAQ
Is cheetah free?
Yes. cheetah is open source and free to use. It's released under the Apache-2.0 license, a standard open-source license.
Does cheetah run on a Mac?
Yes. According to the project, cheetah works on macOS.
Does cheetah need a GPU?
The project doesn't state hardware needs. AI models generally run much faster with a GPU.
Is cheetah still maintained?
Yes. It was last updated 2d ago and has 0 open issues on GitHub.
What are alternatives to cheetah?
Similar free, open-source tools include GPT-SoVITS, Speech, FunASR, VoxCPM.