diff --git a/.github/scripts/test-offline-transducer.sh b/.github/scripts/test-offline-transducer.sh
index 9fc1107ab..8cb3c5e8d 100755
--- a/.github/scripts/test-offline-transducer.sh
+++ b/.github/scripts/test-offline-transducer.sh
@@ -123,3 +123,30 @@ time $EXE \
   $repo/test_wavs/8k.wav
 
 rm -rf $repo
+
+log "------------------------------------------------------------"
+log "Run Paraformer (Chinese) with timestamps"
+log "------------------------------------------------------------"
+
+repo_url=https://huggingface.co/csukuangfj/sherpa-onnx-paraformer-zh-2023-09-14
+log "Start testing ${repo_url}"
+repo=$(basename $repo_url)
+log "Download pretrained model and test-data from $repo_url"
+
+GIT_LFS_SKIP_SMUDGE=1 git clone $repo_url
+pushd $repo
+git lfs pull --include "*.onnx"
+ls -lh *.onnx
+popd
+
+time $EXE \
+  --tokens=$repo/tokens.txt \
+  --paraformer=$repo/model.int8.onnx \
+  --num-threads=2 \
+  --decoding-method=greedy_search \
+  $repo/test_wavs/0.wav \
+  $repo/test_wavs/1.wav \
+  $repo/test_wavs/2.wav \
+  $repo/test_wavs/8k.wav
+
+rm -rf $repo
diff --git a/sherpa-onnx/c-api/c-api.cc b/sherpa-onnx/c-api/c-api.cc
index 6a989d542..520c47542 100644
--- a/sherpa-onnx/c-api/c-api.cc
+++ b/sherpa-onnx/c-api/c-api.cc
@@ -353,11 +353,22 @@ SherpaOnnxOfflineRecognizerResult *GetOfflineStreamResult(
   std::copy(text.begin(), text.end(), const_cast<char *>(r->text));
   const_cast<char *>(r->text)[text.size()] = 0;
 
+  if (!result.timestamps.empty()) {
+    r->timestamps = new float[result.timestamps.size()];
+    std::copy(result.timestamps.begin(), result.timestamps.end(),
+              r->timestamps);
+    r->count = result.timestamps.size();
+  } else {
+    r->timestamps = nullptr;
+    r->count = 0;
+  }
+
   return r;
 }
 
 void DestroyOfflineRecognizerResult(
     const SherpaOnnxOfflineRecognizerResult *r) {
   delete[] r->text;
+  delete[] r->timestamps;
   delete r;
 }
diff --git a/sherpa-onnx/c-api/c-api.h b/sherpa-onnx/c-api/c-api.h
index d669bce27..71aa56426 100644
--- a/sherpa-onnx/c-api/c-api.h
+++ b/sherpa-onnx/c-api/c-api.h
@@ -408,6 +408,14 @@ SHERPA_ONNX_API void DecodeMultipleOfflineStreams(
 
 SHERPA_ONNX_API typedef struct SherpaOnnxOfflineRecognizerResult {
   const char *text;
+
+  // Pointer to continuous memory which holds timestamps
+  //
+  // It is NULL if the model does not support timestamps
+  float *timestamps;
+
+  // number of entries in timestamps
+  int32_t count;
   // TODO(fangjun): Add more fields
 } SherpaOnnxOfflineRecognizerResult;
 
diff --git a/sherpa-onnx/csrc/offline-paraformer-decoder.h b/sherpa-onnx/csrc/offline-paraformer-decoder.h
index 1b783e88d..2effdfe1b 100644
--- a/sherpa-onnx/csrc/offline-paraformer-decoder.h
+++ b/sherpa-onnx/csrc/offline-paraformer-decoder.h
@@ -14,6 +14,11 @@ namespace sherpa_onnx {
 struct OfflineParaformerDecoderResult {
   /// The decoded token IDs
   std::vector<int64_t> tokens;
+
+  // it contains the start time of each token in seconds
+  //
+  // len(timestamps) == len(tokens)
+  std::vector<float> timestamps;
 };
 
 class OfflineParaformerDecoder {
@@ -28,7 +33,8 @@ class OfflineParaformerDecoder {
    * @return Return a vector of size `N` containing the decoded results.
    */
   virtual std::vector<OfflineParaformerDecoderResult> Decode(
-      Ort::Value log_probs, Ort::Value token_num) = 0;
+      Ort::Value log_probs, Ort::Value token_num,
+      Ort::Value us_cif_peak = Ort::Value(nullptr)) = 0;
 };
 
 }  // namespace sherpa_onnx
diff --git a/sherpa-onnx/csrc/offline-paraformer-greedy-search-decoder.cc b/sherpa-onnx/csrc/offline-paraformer-greedy-search-decoder.cc
index 619b33495..c1d89a3ab 100644
--- a/sherpa-onnx/csrc/offline-paraformer-greedy-search-decoder.cc
+++ b/sherpa-onnx/csrc/offline-paraformer-greedy-search-decoder.cc
@@ -5,13 +5,18 @@
 #include "sherpa-onnx/csrc/offline-paraformer-greedy-search-decoder.h"
 
 #include <algorithm>
+#include <utility>
 #include <vector>
 
+#include "sherpa-onnx/csrc/macros.h"
+
 namespace sherpa_onnx {
 
 std::vector<OfflineParaformerDecoderResult>
-OfflineParaformerGreedySearchDecoder::Decode(Ort::Value log_probs,
-                                             Ort::Value /*token_num*/) {
+OfflineParaformerGreedySearchDecoder::Decode(
+    Ort::Value log_probs, Ort::Value /*token_num*/,
+    Ort::Value us_cif_peak /*=Ort::Value(nullptr)*/
+) {
   std::vector<int64_t> shape = log_probs.GetTensorTypeAndShapeInfo().GetShape();
   int32_t batch_size = shape[0];
   int32_t num_tokens = shape[1];
@@ -25,12 +30,43 @@ OfflineParaformerGreedySearchDecoder::Decode(Ort::Value log_probs,
     for (int32_t k = 0; k != num_tokens; ++k) {
       auto max_idx = static_cast<int64_t>(
           std::distance(p, std::max_element(p, p + vocab_size)));
-      if (max_idx == eos_id_) break;
+      if (max_idx == eos_id_) {
+        break;
+      }
 
       results[i].tokens.push_back(max_idx);
 
       p += vocab_size;
     }
+
+    if (us_cif_peak) {
+      int32_t dim = us_cif_peak.GetTensorTypeAndShapeInfo().GetShape()[1];
+
+      const auto *peak = us_cif_peak.GetTensorData<float>() + i * dim;
+      std::vector<float> timestamps;
+      timestamps.reserve(results[i].tokens.size());
+
+      // 10.0: frameshift is 10 milliseconds
+      // 6: LfrWindowSize
+      // 3: us_cif_peak is upsampled by a factor of 3
+      // 1000: milliseconds to seconds
+      float scale = 10.0 * 6 / 3 / 1000;
+
+      for (int32_t k = 0; k != dim; ++k) {
+        if (peak[k] > 1 - 1e-4) {
+          timestamps.push_back(k * scale);
+        }
+      }
+      timestamps.pop_back();
+
+      if (timestamps.size() == results[i].tokens.size()) {
+        results[i].timestamps = std::move(timestamps);
+      } else {
+        SHERPA_ONNX_LOGE("time stamp for batch: %d, %d vs %d", i,
+                         static_cast<int32_t>(results[i].tokens.size()),
+                         static_cast<int32_t>(timestamps.size()));
+      }
+    }
   }
 
   return results;
diff --git a/sherpa-onnx/csrc/offline-paraformer-greedy-search-decoder.h b/sherpa-onnx/csrc/offline-paraformer-greedy-search-decoder.h
index 1f48e8c84..eba3fc04b 100644
--- a/sherpa-onnx/csrc/offline-paraformer-greedy-search-decoder.h
+++ b/sherpa-onnx/csrc/offline-paraformer-greedy-search-decoder.h
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ class OfflineParaformerGreedySearchDecoder : public OfflineParaformerDecoder {
       : eos_id_(eos_id) {}
 
   std::vector<OfflineParaformerDecoderResult> Decode(
-      Ort::Value log_probs, Ort::Value /*token_num*/) override;
+      Ort::Value log_probs, Ort::Value token_num,
+      Ort::Value us_cif_peak = Ort::Value(nullptr)) override;
 
  private:
   int32_t eos_id_;
diff --git a/sherpa-onnx/csrc/offline-paraformer-model.cc b/sherpa-onnx/csrc/offline-paraformer-model.cc
index 614b2cc61..ce1851062 100644
--- a/sherpa-onnx/csrc/offline-paraformer-model.cc
+++ b/sherpa-onnx/csrc/offline-paraformer-model.cc
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 
 #include <algorithm>
 #include <string>
+#include <utility>
 
 #include "sherpa-onnx/csrc/macros.h"
 #include "sherpa-onnx/csrc/onnx-utils.h"
@@ -36,16 +37,13 @@ class OfflineParaformerModel::Impl {
   }
 #endif
 
-  std::pair<Ort::Value, Ort::Value> Forward(Ort::Value features,
-                                            Ort::Value features_length) {
+  std::vector<Ort::Value> Forward(Ort::Value features,
+                                  Ort::Value features_length) {
     std::array<Ort::Value, 2> inputs = {std::move(features),
                                         std::move(features_length)};
 
-    auto out =
-        sess_->Run({}, input_names_ptr_.data(), inputs.data(), inputs.size(),
-                   output_names_ptr_.data(), output_names_ptr_.size());
-
-    return {std::move(out[0]), std::move(out[1])};
+    return sess_->Run({}, input_names_ptr_.data(), inputs.data(), inputs.size(),
+                      output_names_ptr_.data(), output_names_ptr_.size());
   }
 
   int32_t VocabSize() const { return vocab_size_; }
@@ -119,7 +117,7 @@ OfflineParaformerModel::OfflineParaformerModel(AAssetManager *mgr,
 
 OfflineParaformerModel::~OfflineParaformerModel() = default;
 
-std::pair<Ort::Value, Ort::Value> OfflineParaformerModel::Forward(
+std::vector<Ort::Value> OfflineParaformerModel::Forward(
     Ort::Value features, Ort::Value features_length) {
   return impl_->Forward(std::move(features), std::move(features_length));
 }
diff --git a/sherpa-onnx/csrc/offline-paraformer-model.h b/sherpa-onnx/csrc/offline-paraformer-model.h
index 1fe7e84d5..d5c2329f6 100644
--- a/sherpa-onnx/csrc/offline-paraformer-model.h
+++ b/sherpa-onnx/csrc/offline-paraformer-model.h
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 #define SHERPA_ONNX_CSRC_OFFLINE_PARAFORMER_MODEL_H_
 
 #include <memory>
-#include <utility>
 #include <vector>
 
 #if __ANDROID_API__ >= 9
@@ -35,13 +34,17 @@ class OfflineParaformerModel {
    *                         valid frames in `features` before padding.
    *                         Its dtype is int32_t.
    *
-   * @return Return a pair containing:
+   * @return Return a vector containing:
    *  - log_probs: A 3-D tensor of shape (N, T', vocab_size)
    *  - token_num: A 1-D tensor of shape (N, T') containing number
    *               of valid tokens in each utterance. Its dtype is int64_t.
+   *  If it is a model supporting timestamps, then there are additional two
+   *  outputs:
+   *   - us_alphas
+   *   - us_cif_peak
    */
-  std::pair<Ort::Value, Ort::Value> Forward(Ort::Value features,
-                                            Ort::Value features_length);
+  std::vector<Ort::Value> Forward(Ort::Value features,
+                                  Ort::Value features_length);
 
   /** Return the vocabulary size of the model
    */
diff --git a/sherpa-onnx/csrc/offline-recognizer-paraformer-impl.h b/sherpa-onnx/csrc/offline-recognizer-paraformer-impl.h
index 9d7186124..3c96f03bc 100644
--- a/sherpa-onnx/csrc/offline-recognizer-paraformer-impl.h
+++ b/sherpa-onnx/csrc/offline-recognizer-paraformer-impl.h
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ static OfflineRecognitionResult Convert(
     const OfflineParaformerDecoderResult &src, const SymbolTable &sym_table) {
   OfflineRecognitionResult r;
   r.tokens.reserve(src.tokens.size());
+  r.timestamps = src.timestamps;
 
   std::string text;
 
@@ -184,7 +185,7 @@ class OfflineRecognizerParaformerImpl : public OfflineRecognizerImpl {
     // i.e., -23.025850929940457f
     Ort::Value x = PadSequence(model_->Allocator(), features_pointer, 0);
 
-    std::pair<Ort::Value, Ort::Value> t{nullptr, nullptr};
+    std::vector<Ort::Value> t;
     try {
       t = model_->Forward(std::move(x), std::move(x_length));
     } catch (const Ort::Exception &ex) {
@@ -193,7 +194,13 @@ class OfflineRecognizerParaformerImpl : public OfflineRecognizerImpl {
       return;
     }
 
-    auto results = decoder_->Decode(std::move(t.first), std::move(t.second));
+    std::vector<OfflineParaformerDecoderResult> results;
+    if (t.size() == 2) {
+      results = decoder_->Decode(std::move(t[0]), std::move(t[1]));
+    } else {
+      results =
+          decoder_->Decode(std::move(t[0]), std::move(t[1]), std::move(t[3]));
+    }
 
     for (int32_t i = 0; i != n; ++i) {
       auto r = Convert(results[i], symbol_table_);
diff --git a/swift-api-examples/SherpaOnnx.swift b/swift-api-examples/SherpaOnnx.swift
index 524499b2a..72c497cf8 100644
--- a/swift-api-examples/SherpaOnnx.swift
+++ b/swift-api-examples/SherpaOnnx.swift
@@ -349,6 +349,23 @@ class SherpaOnnxOfflineRecongitionResult {
     return String(cString: result.pointee.text)
   }
 
+  var count: Int32 {
+    return result.pointee.count
+  }
+
+  var timestamps: [Float] {
+    if let p = result.pointee.timestamps {
+      var timestamps: [Float] = []
+      for index in 0..<count {
+        timestamps.append(p[Int(index)])
+      }
+      return timestamps
+    } else {
+      let timestamps: [Float] = []
+      return timestamps
+    }
+  }
+
   init(result: UnsafePointer<SherpaOnnxOfflineRecognizerResult>!) {
     self.result = result
   }
diff --git a/swift-api-examples/decode-file-non-streaming.swift b/swift-api-examples/decode-file-non-streaming.swift
index a9485c5fd..6d0b4e8b5 100644
--- a/swift-api-examples/decode-file-non-streaming.swift
+++ b/swift-api-examples/decode-file-non-streaming.swift
@@ -13,21 +13,45 @@ extension AVAudioPCMBuffer {
 }
 
 func run() {
-  let encoder = "./sherpa-onnx-whisper-tiny.en/tiny.en-encoder.int8.onnx"
-  let decoder = "./sherpa-onnx-whisper-tiny.en/tiny.en-decoder.int8.onnx"
-  let tokens = "./sherpa-onnx-whisper-tiny.en/tiny.en-tokens.txt"
 
-  let whisperConfig = sherpaOnnxOfflineWhisperModelConfig(
-    encoder: encoder,
-    decoder: decoder
-  )
+  var recognizer: SherpaOnnxOfflineRecognizer
+  var modelConfig: SherpaOnnxOfflineModelConfig
+  var modelType = "whisper"
+  // modelType = "paraformer"
 
-  let modelConfig = sherpaOnnxOfflineModelConfig(
-    tokens: tokens,
-    whisper: whisperConfig,
-    debug: 0,
-    modelType: "whisper"
-  )
+  if modelType == "whisper" {
+    let encoder = "./sherpa-onnx-whisper-tiny.en/tiny.en-encoder.int8.onnx"
+    let decoder = "./sherpa-onnx-whisper-tiny.en/tiny.en-decoder.int8.onnx"
+    let tokens = "./sherpa-onnx-whisper-tiny.en/tiny.en-tokens.txt"
+
+    let whisperConfig = sherpaOnnxOfflineWhisperModelConfig(
+      encoder: encoder,
+      decoder: decoder
+    )
+
+    modelConfig = sherpaOnnxOfflineModelConfig(
+      tokens: tokens,
+      whisper: whisperConfig,
+      debug: 0,
+      modelType: "whisper"
+    )
+  } else if modelType == "paraformer" {
+    let model = "./sherpa-onnx-paraformer-zh-2023-09-14/model.int8.onnx"
+    let tokens = "./sherpa-onnx-paraformer-zh-2023-09-14/tokens.txt"
+    let paraformerConfig = sherpaOnnxOfflineParaformerModelConfig(
+      model: model
+    )
+
+    modelConfig = sherpaOnnxOfflineModelConfig(
+      tokens: tokens,
+      paraformer: paraformerConfig,
+      debug: 0,
+      modelType: "paraformer"
+    )
+  } else {
+    print("Please specify a supported modelType \(modelType)")
+    return
+  }
 
   let featConfig = sherpaOnnxFeatureConfig(
     sampleRate: 16000,
@@ -38,7 +62,7 @@ func run() {
     modelConfig: modelConfig
   )
 
-  let recognizer = SherpaOnnxOfflineRecognizer(config: &config)
+  recognizer = SherpaOnnxOfflineRecognizer(config: &config)
 
   let filePath = "./sherpa-onnx-whisper-tiny.en/test_wavs/0.wav"
   let fileURL: NSURL = NSURL(fileURLWithPath: filePath)
@@ -55,6 +79,10 @@ func run() {
   let array: [Float]! = audioFileBuffer?.array()
   let result = recognizer.decode(samples: array, sampleRate: Int(audioFormat.sampleRate))
   print("\nresult is:\n\(result.text)")
+  if result.timestamps.count != 0 {
+    print("\ntimestamps is:\n\(result.timestamps)")
+  }
+
 }
 
 @main