whisper-bemba-stt
whisper-bemba-stt is a speech-and-audio model from AbelZimba, released January 13, 2026. whisper-bemba-stt is an open-weights audio model.
by AbelZimba
Best for
- automatic speech recognition
Ways to use whisper-bemba-stt in osFoundry
Connect with your own key (BYOK)
Open the key dialog and paste your AbelZimba API key. osFoundry discovers whisper-bemba-stt automatically — assign it to a Maestro role (router, direct, orchestrator, or fallback) in the Pipeline tab and it is live in every chat. Your key, your provider account — no token markup.
Deploy a dedicated endpoint
whisper-bemba-stt is open-weights — run it locally for free, or deploy a dedicated GPU endpoint in your workspace for reserved capacity with no rate limits.
Use it in a Room App
Room Apps declare AI features in their manifest, then call them with invokeAI:
import { invokeAI } from '@osfoundry/app-sdk'
// 'summarize' is an AI feature declared in your app manifest.
const result = await invokeAI('summarize', userText)
Call it from your own apps
Once a model is wired into your workspace you can host it as an API and reach it from your own services, scripts, or CI — outside osFoundry.
whisper-bemba-stt vs similar models
Licence
Unspecified — Licence terms not specified — verify the upstream model card before commercial use.
Check upstream documentation.
Frequently asked about whisper-bemba-stt
Is whisper-bemba-stt free to use?
whisper-bemba-stt is free to run locally on your own hardware. Hosted access through osFoundry is metered (input Free (local), output Free (local)). You can switch between local and hosted at any time.
Can I use whisper-bemba-stt commercially?
Commercial use is allowed with conditions. Licence terms not specified — verify the upstream model card before commercial use. Check upstream documentation.
Can I run whisper-bemba-stt locally?
Yes. whisper-bemba-stt is open-weights and runs locally on a workstation GPU. osFoundry's local runtime handles model loading, quantisation, and routing.
What is whisper-bemba-stt best at?
whisper-bemba-stt is well-suited to automatic speech recognition.
How do I use whisper-bemba-stt in osFoundry?
Paste your AbelZimba API key in the key dialog (or deploy the open weights for self-hostable models), assign whisper-bemba-stt to a Maestro role in the Pipeline tab, then use it in chat, Room Apps via invokeAI, or your own apps.
Published by AbelZimba on January 13, 2026. Source: https://huggingface.co/AbelZimba/whisper-bemba-stt