Language guide · Ukrainian uk

Best local speech-to-text models for Ukrainian

11 of the 26 reviewed local speech-to-text models explicitly list Ukrainian. 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. 1 model offers native streaming, 1 native speaker diarization and 7 have a permissive license.

Top matches by setup

Computed with the same deterministic matcher as the homepage, restricted to models whose official source lists Ukrainian. 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, Ukrainian
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	Whisper turbo 76/100 · Strong fit	Parakeet TDT 0.6B v3 72/100 · 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	Orukeet 66/100 · Possible fit

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Choose by requirement

Live captions and voice input: Native streaming: Nemotron 3.5 ASR Streaming 0.6B. 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), Omnilingual ASR CTC 300M and VibeVoice-ASR 7B. 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 and Parakeet Redux.

All 11 models that list Ukrainian

Reviewed local ASR models listing Ukrainian
Model	Streaming	Timestamps	Diarization	License	CPU · NVIDIA fit
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
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

Multilingual models that do not list Ukrainian

Qwen3-ASR 0.6B, Qwen3-ASR 1.7B, Cohere Transcribe 03-2026, VibeVoice-ASR Streaming 1.5B, VibeVoice-ASR-BitNet, Fun-ASR-MLT-Nano-2512, Voxtral Mini 4B Realtime 2602, Granite Speech 5.0 2B, Granite Speech 5.0 470M TurboCTC, VibeVoice-ASR-Streaming-7B, Whistle and Jais-ASR are multilingual but do not list Ukrainian 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 Ukrainian?

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 Ukrainian audio before deciding.

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

Yes. Nemotron 3.5 ASR Streaming 0.6B lists Ukrainian and has a native streaming architecture. Measure end-to-end latency on your hardware.

Does Whisper support Ukrainian?

Yes. All Whisper sizes list Ukrainian 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 Ukrainian?

Among multilingual models, Qwen3-ASR 0.6B, Qwen3-ASR 1.7B, Cohere Transcribe 03-2026, VibeVoice-ASR Streaming 1.5B, VibeVoice-ASR-BitNet, Fun-ASR-MLT-Nano-2512, Voxtral Mini 4B Realtime 2602, Granite Speech 5.0 2B, Granite Speech 5.0 470M TurboCTC, VibeVoice-ASR-Streaming-7B, Whistle and Jais-ASR do not list Ukrainian in their reviewed sources. English-only models are also excluded.

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