GPT Realtime WhispervsZoom Scribe Pro
Accuracy and speed
Left gets fewer words wrong. Lower has the final text ready sooner.
- Realtime Whisper2.16% · 543ms
- Scribe Pro1.96% · 162ms
GPT Realtime Whisper is ahead on time to first text, and Zoom Scribe Pro on final-text delay. The Pipecat Dataset and The Ocular Dataset are too close to call.
Last updated Methodology by Dileep Chagam
Who is better at what
- Pipecat Dataset WER2.16%1.96%
- Ocular Dataset WER3.53%4.84%
- Time to first text1.38s1.70s
- Final-text delay543ms162ms
Lower is better on every measure. Too close to call means the likely ranges overlap.
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Realtime Whisper vs Scribe Pro FAQ
Which is more accurate, GPT Realtime Whisper or Zoom Scribe Pro?
GPT Realtime Whisper and Zoom Scribe Pro are too close to call on accuracy. On the 1,000 public Pipecat clips, GPT Realtime Whisper scores 2.16% and Zoom Scribe Pro 1.96%, with likely ranges of 1.92 to 2.41% and 1.73 to 2.20%. The ranges overlap, so the difference is too close to call. On the eight licensed Ocular recordings, GPT Realtime Whisper scores 3.53% and Zoom Scribe Pro 4.84%, with likely ranges of 2.58 to 4.51% and 4.23 to 5.43%. The ranges overlap, so the difference is too close to call. Word error rate counts incorrect, missing, and extra words, so lower is better.
GPT Realtime Whisper and Zoom Scribe Pro are too close to call on accuracy. On the 1,000 public Pipecat clips, GPT Realtime Whisper scores 2.16% and Zoom Scribe Pro 1.96%, with likely ranges of 1.92 to 2.41% and 1.73 to 2.20%. The ranges overlap, so the difference is too close to call. On the eight licensed Ocular recordings, GPT Realtime Whisper scores 3.53% and Zoom Scribe Pro 4.84%, with likely ranges of 2.58 to 4.51% and 4.23 to 5.43%. The ranges overlap, so the difference is too close to call. Word error rate counts incorrect, missing, and extra words, so lower is better.
No. Zoom Scribe Pro finishes the transcript 381ms sooner. GPT Realtime Whisper has the final transcript 543ms after the speaker stops and Zoom Scribe Pro 162ms, at the median. Both are measured on the same 206 streamed turns.
Zoom Scribe Pro finishes the transcript 381ms sooner, and the two are too close to call on real conversations. A voice agent cannot reply until the final transcript arrives, and the Ocular recordings are real conversations.
Yes, both return partial text before the speaker stops. GPT Realtime Whisper shows first text after 1.38s and Zoom Scribe Pro after 1.70s, at the median, so GPT Realtime Whisper is 320ms sooner.