Model reference · open weights
whisper-small-Swahili_finetuned_small_C is an open-weight audio or speech model from cdli. AxForge deploys and operates it for you on dedicated EU-owned hardware — with the licence handled where one is required.
Available as managed deployment — configured and operated for you on dedicated EU hardware, quoted per deployment.
What it is
| Released by | cdli |
|---|---|
| Type | Audio & music |
| Task | Speech→text |
| Parameters (lead) | 242M |
| Runs with | transformers |
| Released | 2025-08-22 |
| Popularity | 653 downloads / month |
| Licence | Unknown |
About
trained on: cdli/common_voice_swahili_small
performance (WER):
From the published model card. Full card on the HuggingFace links in the sidebar.
Using it via the API
Once AxForge deploys whisper-small-swahili-finetuned-small-c for you, it answers on the OpenAI-compatible API — the same base URL and keys as every other model. (whisper-small-swahili-finetuned-small-c below is illustrative; you get the exact model name on deployment.)
$ curl -sS https://api.axforge.ai/v1/audio/transcriptions \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $AXFORGE_API_KEY" \ -F model="whisper-small-swahili-finetuned-small-c" -F file=@audio.mp3
Create an account — your API key is available in the console. 3M free tokens every 30 days with every new account.