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Third-Party AI Model Notices
Last reviewed: 2026-05-30
Sonavi's transcription features may use third-party AI model components, including OpenAI Whisper, whisper.cpp-converted Whisper models, NVIDIA Parakeet TDT models, and Sherpa-ONNX tooling.
Component Notices
| Component | License | Source | Sonavi usage | Modifications |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAI Whisper | MIT | https://github.com/openai/whisper | Upstream model family used for local transcription through Whisper-compatible model artifacts. | N/A |
| whisper.cpp | MIT | https://github.com/ggml-org/whisper.cpp | Whisper model artifacts may be converted for whisper.cpp-compatible local inference. | N/A |
| NVIDIA Parakeet TDT 0.6B v3 | CC BY 4.0 | https://huggingface.co/nvidia/parakeet-tdt-0.6b-v3 | Base model for Parakeet transcription support. | Converted and/or quantized for use in Sonavi transcription systems, where applicable. |
| Sherpa-ONNX | Apache-2.0 | https://github.com/k2-fsa/sherpa-onnx | Conversion tooling and runtime support for Sherpa-ONNX-compatible transcription models. | N/A |
Production Model Notice Links
Each Sonavi-hosted model directory on models.sonavi.app includes model.json, LICENSE.txt, and NOTICE.txt.
| Model ID | Engine ID | Version | model.json | LICENSE.txt | NOTICE.txt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| whisper-tiny-en | whisper-cpp | 1.0.0 | model.json | LICENSE.txt | NOTICE.txt |
| whisper-base-en | whisper-cpp | 1.0.0 | model.json | LICENSE.txt | NOTICE.txt |
| whisper-tiny-multilingual-q5_1 | whisper-cpp | 1.0.0 | model.json | LICENSE.txt | NOTICE.txt |
| whisper-base-multilingual-q5_1 | whisper-cpp | 1.0.0 | model.json | LICENSE.txt | NOTICE.txt |
| whisper-small-en | whisper-cpp | 1.0.0 | model.json | LICENSE.txt | NOTICE.txt |
| whisper-small-multilingual-q5_1 | whisper-cpp | 1.0.0 | model.json | LICENSE.txt | NOTICE.txt |
| whisper-medium-en | whisper-cpp | 1.0.0 | model.json | LICENSE.txt | NOTICE.txt |
| whisper-large-v3-turbo | whisper-cpp | 1.0.0 | model.json | LICENSE.txt | NOTICE.txt |
| nvidia-parakeet-tdt-v3 | sherpa-onnx | 1.0.0 | model.json | LICENSE.txt | NOTICE.txt |
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