Speech to text

SenseVoice / Paraformer / Fun-ASR

Alibaba's set of fast speech recognition models, primarily for Chinese and Asian languages. SenseVoice also detects emotions and sound events.

Developer
Alibaba (Tongyi, FunAudioLLM), China
First release
Jul 2024
Latest release
Dec 2025
Sizes
about 230M – 800M
License
Commercial use with conditionsSenseVoice Small uses its own FunASR license; Fun-ASR-Nano is Apache 2.0
Russian
Not supported
Running
On your own serverAlso runs without a GPU
Industries
Customer support, Media and production
Deploy on your server Hugging Face GitHub

What it does

  • Transcribing calls
  • Detecting emotions in the voice
  • Recognizing laughter, music and other sounds
  • Voice bots

Where it is used

Call centersWorking with Asian marketsMediaVoice interfaces

Hardware requirements

LaptopLaptop or regular PC, up to 8 GB of VRAM — smaller versions
fits
1 GPUOne GPU with 16–80 GB — mid-size versions
no versions
ClusterServer with several GPUs — flagship versions
no versions

Versions

  1. Fun-ASR-Nano и Fun-ASR-MLT-Nano
  2. SenseVoice Small

How to run it

On your own serverWeights are downloaded from Hugging Face and served with vLLM (load and API) or llama.cpp (modest hardware). The model then runs in a closed network with no per-request fees.Hugging Face
How much hardware you needCalculate the VRAM for the model size, context length and number of concurrent requests.Open the hardware calculator

I can set this up end to end: pick the model size, deploy it on your server and connect it to your systems.

Frequently asked questions

Can SenseVoice / Paraformer / Fun-ASR be used in a commercial project?

With conditions. License: SenseVoice Small uses its own FunASR license; Fun-ASR-Nano is Apache 2.0. Restrictions vary — region, company revenue, attribution requirements. Have a lawyer check the terms before a commercial launch.

What hardware does SenseVoice / Paraformer / Fun-ASR need?

At minimum: Laptop or regular PC, up to 8 GB of VRAM — smaller versions. Some versions also run on an ordinary CPU, without a GPU. You can calculate the exact VRAM for your model size and context in the hardware calculator.

Does SenseVoice / Paraformer / Fun-ASR support Russian?

No. The model card lists its languages and Russian is not among them.

Where can I download SenseVoice / Paraformer / Fun-ASR and what does it cost?

The SenseVoice / Paraformer / Fun-ASR weights are open and free to download. You only pay for the hardware it runs on and for the setup. Source links are at the bottom of this page.

How I deploy it for clients

  1. SelectionI pick the model size for your task and hardware and test it on your examples.
  2. DeploymentI deploy it on your server or in a closed network and provide an API.
  3. Fine-tuningI fine-tune it on your data (LoRA) or connect a knowledge base — whichever is cheaper for the task.
  4. IntegrationI connect it to your CRM, ERP, bot, website or team chat and set up monitoring.

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Details

Source: huggingface.co/FunAudioLLM/Fun-ASR-Nano-2512. Data checked against the model card on 22 Sep 2026. Have a lawyer review the license before commercial launch.