Paraspeech vs Sesame

Comparing the features of Paraspeech to Sesame

Feature
Paraspeech
Sesame

Capability Features

Apple Silicon Optimization
Consistent Personality
Context Awareness
Conversational Dynamics
Conversational Speech Generation
Dataset Size
1 million hours
Emotional Intelligence
Evaluation Suite
Fast Transcription
Fast Transcription Speed
165 WPM typical
Lightweight Resource Use
Model Sizes
Tiny: 1B backbone, 100M decoderSmall: 3B backbone, 250M decoderMedium: 8B backbone, 300M decoder
Multiple Speaker Handling
Natural Language Speech Recognition
No Upload to Server
Objective Metrics
Word Error RateSpeaker SimilarityHomograph DisambiguationPronunciation Consistency
Partial Multilingual Support Planned
Planned for 20+ languages
Pronunciation Correction
Sequence Length
2048
Single-Stage Model
Subjective Metrics
Comparative Mean Opinion Score
Text and Audio Input
TextAudio
Training Epochs
5
Voice Data Privacy
Works in Background
Works Offline
Works Without Internet

Integration Features

Device Compatibility
macOS 13.5+Apple Silicon (M-series)
GitHub Release
LLama Architecture Backbone
Microphone Access
Mimi Split-RVQ Tokenizer
Plugin Requirement
Supported Apps
All macOS apps
System-wide Integration

Limitation Features

Cannot Model Conversation Structure
English Language Dominance
Initial Internet Requirement
Memory Bottleneck in Training
No API or Plugin Integration
No Pre-trained Language Model Use
No Windows Support
Real-Time Generation Delay
RVQ time-to-first-audio scales poorly
Supported RAM
8GB M1 Macs or higher

Other Features

Typing Speed Reference
75 WPM typical

Pricing Features

Free Download
Free Preview
Lifetime License
One-time purchase
No Subscription Required
Open Source
Apache 2.0
Perpetual Ownership
Price
$39.99
Unrestricted Usage
Updates Included
12 months