alt.freeweights.speech / whisper-large-v3-german
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whisper-large-v3-german

Date: 2026-11-15Commit: 361f113Signed: 2DC28CC7B26A283B ✓

Automatic speech recognition model with 1.5B parameters. Safetensors weights, 3.09 GB in all. Published by primeline under Apache-2.0.

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# manifest sha256 48d42481574d… · 3.09 GB · 12 files
$ fw verify ./whisper-large-v3-german primeline/whisper-large-v3-german
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Size
3.09 GB
Weights
3.09 GB (safetensors)
Parameters
1.5B
Formats
safetensors
Task
automatic speech recognition
License
Apache-2.0 (permissive)
Files
12, each with a sha256
Publisher
primeline
Added
2026-11-15
Section
alt.freeweights.speech
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Summary#

This model map provides information about a model based on Whisper Large v3 that has been fine-tuned for speech recognition in German. Whisper is a powerful speech recognition platform developed by OpenAI. This model has been specially optimized for processing and recognizing German speech.

Applications#

This model can be used in various application areas, including

  • Transcription of spoken German language
  • Voice commands and voice control
  • Automatic subtitling for German videos
  • Voice-based search queries in German
  • Dictation functions in word processing programs

Model family#

ModelParameterslink
Whisper large v3 german1.54Blink
Whisper large v3 turbo german809Mlink
Distil-whisper large v3 german756Mlink
tiny whisper37.8Mlink
Training data#

The training data for this model includes a large amount of spoken German from various sources. The data was carefully selected and processed to optimize recognition performance.

Training process#

The training of the model was performed with the following hyperparameters

  • Batch size: 1024
  • Epochs: 2
  • Learning rate: 1e-5
  • Data augmentation: No
How to use#
import torch
from transformers import AutoModelForSpeechSeq2Seq, AutoProcessor, pipeline
from datasets import load_dataset
device = "cuda:0" if torch.cuda.is_available() else "cpu"
torch_dtype = torch.float16 if torch.cuda.is_available() else torch.float32
model_id = "primeline/whisper-large-v3-german"
model = AutoModelForSpeechSeq2Seq.from_pretrained(
    model_id, torch_dtype=torch_dtype, low_cpu_mem_usage=True, use_safetensors=True
)
model.to(device)
processor = AutoProcessor.from_pretrained(model_id)
pipe = pipeline(
    "automatic-speech-recognition",
    model=model,
    tokenizer=processor.tokenizer,
    feature_extractor=processor.feature_extractor,
    max_new_tokens=128,
    chunk_length_s=30,
    batch_size=16,
    return_timestamps=True,
    torch_dtype=torch_dtype,
    device=device,
)
dataset = load_dataset("distil-whisper/librispeech_long", "clean", split="validation")
sample = dataset[0]["audio"]
result = pipe(sample)
print(result["text"])

About us#

primeline AI

Your partner for AI infrastructure in Germany

Experience the powerful AI infrastructure that drives your ambitions in Deep Learning, Machine Learning & High-Performance Computing.

Optimized for AI training and inference.

Model author: Florian Zimmermeister

Disclaimer

This model is not a product of the primeLine Group. 

It represents research conducted by [Florian Zimmermeister](https://huggingface.co/flozi00), with computing power sponsored by primeLine. 

The model is published under this account by primeLine, but it is not a commercial product of primeLine Solutions GmbH.

Please be aware that while we have tested and developed this model to the best of our abilities, errors may still occur. 

Use of this model is at your own risk. We do not accept liability for any incorrect outputs generated by this model.

Files

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added_tokens.json34.6 KB3c51f66c4c21f9e126970078f11ae77a78c74aee8df606ee9daba86e467108e0
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generation_config.json3.90 KB06944df074360283679563612a87248981cb0c8d376335ed992c8463d5257329
merges.txt494 KB2df2990a395e35e8dfbc7511e08c12d56018d8d04691e0133e5d63b21e154dc6
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special_tokens_map.json2.19 KBbaea4ea09372eb4fca86b4e4346139fd73cb807d5087e9de0948e971739c3e74
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$ fw get primeline/whisper-large-v3-german
# manifest sha256 48d42481574d… · 3.09 GB · 12 files
$ fw verify ./whisper-large-v3-german primeline/whisper-large-v3-german
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$ python3 fw.py get https://freeweights.allternit.com/manifests/primeline/whisper-large-v3-german.json --dir ./whisper-large-v3-german $ python3 fw.py verify ./whisper-large-v3-german ./primeline__whisper-large-v3-german.json
hfThe Hugging Face CLI with one setting. Same repo id.
$ HF_ENDPOINT=https://freeweights.allternit.com hf download primeline/whisper-large-v3-german --revision 361f11341446497fa2acf351bf63780060922a16 --local-dir ./whisper-large-v3-german
transformersSpeech recognition with the transformers pipeline.
import os os.environ["HF_ENDPOINT"] = "https://freeweights.allternit.com" from transformers import pipeline asr = pipeline("automatic-speech-recognition", model="primeline/whisper-large-v3-german", revision="361f11341446497fa2acf351bf63780060922a16") print(asr("audio.wav")["text"])

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From: primeline <huggingface.co/primeline>Newsgroups: alt.freeweights.speechSubject: whisper-large-v3-germanDate: 2026-11-15Commit: 361f113Signed: 2DC28CC7B26A283B ✓
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primeline/whisper-large-v3-german
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whisper-large-v3-german.json · .minisig
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48d42481574d421fa23ef557b2f320b9a79751bfea0788d0df8ac54b2df43bce
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Created
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