Language guide · Polish pl

Best local speech-to-text models for Polish

16 of the 26 reviewed local speech-to-text models explicitly list Polish. For long recordings on a mid-range NVIDIA GPU the matcher's first pick is Whisper turbo; for live transcription it is Nemotron 3.5 ASR Streaming 0.6B; for meetings with speaker labels it is VibeVoice-ASR 7B. 2 models offer native streaming, 1 native speaker diarization and 12 have a permissive license.

Top matches by setup

Computed with the same deterministic matcher as the homepage, restricted to models whose official source lists Polish. To keep the shortlist useful, each row shows the best-ranked model from three different families (for example, only one Whisper size). Scores are decision guidance, not accuracy claims.

Best-ranked model from each of the top three model families, Polish
Setup	#1	#2	#3
Long recordings, 8–12 GB NVIDIA GPU, balanced	Whisper turbo 79/100 · Strong fit	Parakeet TDT 0.6B v3 79/100 · Strong fit	Orukeet 79/100 · Strong fit
Live transcription (native streaming, speed first)	Nemotron 3.5 ASR Streaming 0.6B 91/100 · Excellent fit	Qwen3-ASR 0.6B 77/100 · Strong fit	Whistle 77/100 · Strong fit
Meetings with speaker labels (diarization + timestamps)	VibeVoice-ASR 7B 86/100 · Excellent fit	Whisper medium 84/100 · Strong fit	Parakeet TDT 0.6B v3 84/100 · Strong fit
Subtitles with timing, accuracy first	Whisper medium 87/100 · Excellent fit	Parakeet TDT 0.6B v3 83/100 · Strong fit	Orukeet 83/100 · Strong fit
CPU-only machine, low memory use	Parakeet Redux 78/100 · Strong fit	Whisper tiny 74/100 · Strong fit	Whistle 71/100 · Possible fit

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Choose by requirement

Live captions and voice input: Native streaming: Nemotron 3.5 ASR Streaming 0.6B and Whistle. Everything else needs a chunking runtime, which adds latency.
Speaker-labelled meetings: Native diarization: VibeVoice-ASR 7B. Other models need a separate diarization pipeline.
Commercial products: Permissive licenses: Whisper (tiny, base, small, medium, turbo), Qwen3-ASR 0.6B, Qwen3-ASR 1.7B, Omnilingual ASR CTC 300M, Cohere Transcribe 03-2026, VibeVoice-ASR 7B, Fun-ASR-MLT-Nano-2512 and Whistle. 4 other models carry attribution, ShareAlike or custom terms.
CPU-only or low-power machines: Rated 4/5 or better for CPU-only use: Whisper tiny, Whisper base, Whisper small, Parakeet Redux and Whistle.

All 16 models that list Polish

Reviewed local ASR models listing Polish
Model	Streaming	Timestamps	Diarization	License	CPU · NVIDIA fit
Cohere Transcribe 03-2026 Cohere Labs · 2B	No	Limited	No	Apache-2.0 Permissive	1/5 · 5/5
Fun-ASR-MLT-Nano-2512 FunAudioLLM · 800M	Via runtime	No	No	Apache-2.0 Permissive	2/5 · 5/5
Nemotron 3.5 ASR Streaming 0.6B NVIDIA · 600M	Native	Limited	No	OpenMDW-1.1 Custom terms	2/5 · 5/5
Omnilingual ASR CTC 300M Meta AI · 325M	No	Limited	No	Apache-2.0 Permissive	3/5 · 5/5
Orukeet Oruk AI · 627M	No	Yes	No	CC BY-SA 4.0 Attribution + ShareAlike	3/5 · 5/5
Parakeet Redux Moondream · 1.58-bit Parakeet 0.6B (178 MB)	No	No	No	CC BY 4.0 Attribution required	5/5 · 3/5
Parakeet TDT 0.6B v3 NVIDIA · 600M	Via runtime	Yes	No	CC BY 4.0 Attribution required	2/5 · 5/5
Qwen3-ASR 0.6B Qwen · 0.6B	Via runtime	Separate aligner	No	Apache-2.0 Permissive	2/5 · 5/5
Qwen3-ASR 1.7B Qwen · 1.7B	Via runtime	Separate aligner	No	Apache-2.0 Permissive	1/5 · 5/5
VibeVoice-ASR 7B Microsoft · 9B total	No	Yes	Yes	MIT Permissive	1/5 · 4/5
Whisper base OpenAI · 74M	Via runtime	Yes	No	MIT Permissive	5/5 · 4/5
Whisper medium OpenAI · 769M	Via runtime	Yes	No	MIT Permissive	2/5 · 5/5
Whisper small OpenAI · 244M	Via runtime	Yes	No	MIT Permissive	4/5 · 5/5
Whisper tiny OpenAI · 39M	Via runtime	Yes	No	MIT Permissive	5/5 · 4/5
Whisper turbo OpenAI · 809M	Via runtime	Yes	No	MIT Permissive	2/5 · 5/5
Whistle Cactus Compute · 16.9 MB file (parameters not stated)	Native	Yes	No	Apache-2.0 Permissive	5/5 · 2/5

Multilingual models that do not list Polish

VibeVoice-ASR Streaming 1.5B, VibeVoice-ASR-BitNet, Voxtral Mini 4B Realtime 2602, Granite Speech 5.0 2B, Granite Speech 5.0 470M TurboCTC, VibeVoice-ASR-Streaming-7B and Jais-ASR are multilingual but do not list Polish in the reviewed official source, so the matcher does not recommend them for this language.

Common questions

What is the best local speech-to-text model for Polish?

There is no single winner; it depends on the workload. In the matcher, Whisper turbo leads for long recordings on a mid-range GPU, VibeVoice-ASR 7B for meetings with speaker labels and Parakeet Redux for CPU-only machines. Benchmark the top two or three on your own Polish audio before deciding.

Is there an offline Polish model with real-time streaming?

Yes. Nemotron 3.5 ASR Streaming 0.6B and Whistle list Polish and have a native streaming architecture. Measure end-to-end latency on your hardware.

Does Whisper support Polish?

Yes. All Whisper sizes list Polish in the official tokenizer language list. Smaller sizes trade accuracy for speed; Whisper turbo is the usual starting point on a GPU.

Which models do not support Polish?

Among multilingual models, VibeVoice-ASR Streaming 1.5B, VibeVoice-ASR-BitNet, Voxtral Mini 4B Realtime 2602, Granite Speech 5.0 2B, Granite Speech 5.0 470M TurboCTC, VibeVoice-ASR-Streaming-7B and Jais-ASR do not list Polish in their reviewed sources. English-only models are also excluded.

Generated from the reviewed model database (latest review November 3, 2026). "Lists Polish" means the model's official source explicitly names the language; it does not guarantee equal accuracy across languages.