User seeks local ASR models surpassing Whisper with better accuracy and multilingual support

A user on r/LocalLLaMA is asking for recommendations for open-source or local Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) models that outperform Whisper. The requester is currently using faster-whisper on an 8GB VRAM GPU and seeks alternatives that offer lower Word Error Rates.

The specific requirements for the recommended model include reliable multilingual support for English, Japanese, and Korean, inference speed comparable to or faster than faster-whisper, accurate timestamp outputs, and compatibility with 8GB of VRAM.

The post solicits community suggestions for current state-of-the-art local ASR solutions that meet these strict hardware and performance constraints.