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aTrain vs Whisper: catalog facts
aTrain	Whisper
Free The open-source software is available without a license fee. Hosting, hardware and…	Free Free and open source, including the model weights.
Windows, Linux	Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line
Includes speaker detection without uploading recordings.	Runs locally, so audio never leaves your machine Transcription, translation to English and language identification
Model downloads and local processing resources are required.	Command-line and Python setup, no graphical interface Larger models are slow without a capable GPU
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: AGPL-3.0	License: MIT
Not stated if an account is needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026

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