---
title: "Whisper Medium Nepali | Tarka Utilities"
description: "A Nepali-specialized Whisper Medium route for direct transcription."
url: "https://tarkahq.com/utilities/whisper-nepali-medium/"
---

Speech to text

# Whisper Medium Nepali

A Nepali-specialized Whisper Medium route for direct transcription.

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- **Status**: Live
- **Languages**: Nepali
- **License**: Not declared (Whisper base: MIT)

## Model ID

| Model ID | Designed for |
| --- | --- |
| `whisper-nepali-medium` | Nepali-specialized speech transcription |

Confirm access with `GET /v1/models`, then follow the [utility-model docs](https://tarkahq.com/docs/inference/utility-models/) for the canonical v1 REST or native gRPC request contract.

## Pricing

`whisper-nepali-medium`: Free for a limited time. ~~$0.00006~~ $0.00 per audio second

 USD · catalog 2026-11-04.1. Release verified 2026-11-04. EUR uses the catalog conversion. [Live catalog](https://tarka.rest/control/v1/pricing).

## Overview

Whisper Medium Nepali is a CTranslate2 build specialized for Nepali speech. Use the `whisper-nepali-medium` alias with `POST /v1/audio/transcriptions` or the native gRPC transcription method.

## When to pick it

- The source language is Nepali and transcription quality matters more than broad language detection.
- You want a smaller Nepali-focused route than Whisper Large v3.
- The application needs Nepali text, not an English translation.

## When to pick something else

- Unknown or mixed source languages → [Whisper Large v3](https://tarkahq.com/utilities/whisper-large-v3/)
- Translation into English → [Whisper Large v3](https://tarkahq.com/utilities/whisper-large-v3/)
- A compact broadly multilingual Apache 2.0 route → [Qwen3-ASR](https://tarkahq.com/utilities/qwen3-asr/)

Pass `language=ne` for an explicit source-language hint. This alias supports transcription only; it is not accepted by `POST /v1/audio/translations`. Use model discovery and your organization limits as the source of truth for access and request limits.