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English short-form word error rate after source text normalization. Lower is better; insertions can raise WER above 100%. Leaderboard publication; individual runner and verification status are not established unless separately attributed.
| # | Model | LS Other WER | Configuration | API rate / unit | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | espnet/owsm_ctc_v4_1Bespnet | 4.38% WER | espnet/owsm_ctc_v4_1BLeaderboard entry | See provider quotes | Result ↗Oct 22, 2026 |
| 52 | meta/muse-voice-transcribemeta | 4.51% WER | meta/muse-voice-transcribeLeaderboard entry | See provider quotes | Result ↗Oct 22, 2026 |
| 53 | distil-whisper/distil-large-v3.5distil-whisper | 4.52% WER | distil-whisper/distil-large-v3.5Leaderboard entry | See provider quotes | Result ↗Oct 22, 2026 |
| 54 | mistralai/Voxtral-Mini-4B-Realtime-2602mistralai | 4.94% WER | mistralai/Voxtral-Mini-4B-Realtime-2602Leaderboard entry | See provider quotes | Result ↗Oct 22, 2026 |
| 55 | microsoft/VibeVoice-ASR-HFmicrosoft | 4.95% WER | microsoft/VibeVoice-ASR-HFLeaderboard entry | See provider quotes | Result ↗Oct 22, 2026 |
| 56 | facebook/omniASR-CTC-7B-v2facebook | 5.05% WER | facebook/omniASR-CTC-7B-v2Leaderboard entry | See provider quotes | Result ↗Oct 22, 2026 |
| 57 | Edge0/Audio8-ASR-0.1BEdge0 | 6.6% WER | Edge0/Audio8-ASR-0.1BLeaderboard entry | See provider quotes | Result ↗Oct 22, 2026 |
| 58 | nvidia/nemotron-3.5-asr-streaming-0.6bnvidia | 6.79% WER | nvidia/nemotron-3.5-asr-streaming-0.6bLeaderboard entry | See provider quotes | Result ↗Oct 22, 2026 |
| 59 | abr-ai/niagara-84m-batch.enabr-ai | 7.6% WER | abr-ai/niagara-84m-batch.enLeaderboard entry | See provider quotes | Result ↗Oct 22, 2026 |
| 60 | abr-ai/niagara-38m-batch.enabr-ai | 9.28% WER | abr-ai/niagara-38m-batch.enLeaderboard entry | See provider quotes | Result ↗Oct 22, 2026 |
| 61 | google/gemma-4-E4B-itgoogle | 9.97% WER | google/gemma-4-E4B-itLeaderboard entry | See provider quotes | Result ↗Oct 22, 2026 |
| 62 | google/gemma-4-E2B-itgoogle | 10.77% WER | google/gemma-4-E2B-itLeaderboard entry | See provider quotes | Result ↗Oct 22, 2026 |
| 63 | abr-ai/niagara-19m-batch.enabr-ai | 11.02% WER | abr-ai/niagara-19m-batch.enLeaderboard entry | See provider quotes | Result ↗Oct 22, 2026 |
| 64 | google/gemma-4-12B-itgoogle | 13.41% WER | google/gemma-4-12B-itLeaderboard entry | See provider quotes | Result ↗Oct 22, 2026 |
| 65 | abr-ai/niagara-9m-batch.enabr-ai | 14.53% WER | abr-ai/niagara-9m-batch.enLeaderboard entry | See provider quotes | Result ↗Oct 22, 2026 |