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Open ASR · SPGISpeech WEREnglish short-form; normalization unversioned · Lower is better
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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 | SPGISpeech WER | Configuration | API rate / unit | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | microsoft/VibeVoice-ASR-HFmicrosoft | 3.47% WER | microsoft/VibeVoice-ASR-HFLeaderboard entry | See provider quotes | Result ↗Oct 22, 2026 |
| 52 | ibm-granite/granite-speech-3.3-2bibm-granite | 3.5% WER | ibm-granite/granite-speech-3.3-2bLeaderboard entry | See provider quotes | Result ↗Oct 22, 2026 |
| 53 | nvidia/parakeet-ctc-1.1bnvidia | 3.53% WER | nvidia/parakeet-ctc-1.1bLeaderboard entry | See provider quotes | Result ↗Oct 22, 2026 |
| 54 | ibm-granite/granite-speech-3.3-8bibm-granite | 3.54% WER | ibm-granite/granite-speech-3.3-8bLeaderboard entry | See provider quotes | Result ↗Oct 22, 2026 |
| 55 | ibm-granite/granite-4.0-1b-speechibm-granite | 3.55% WER | ibm-granite/granite-4.0-1b-speechLeaderboard entry | See provider quotes | Result ↗Oct 22, 2026 |
| 56 | nvidia/parakeet-tdt-0.6b-v3 (fast-gpu-asr)nvidia | 3.56% WER | nvidia/parakeet-tdt-0.6b-v3 (fast-gpu-asr)Leaderboard entry | See provider quotes | Result ↗Oct 22, 2026 |
| 57 | NVIDIA: Parakeet TDT 0.6B v3nvidia | 3.63% WER | nvidia/parakeet-tdt-0.6b-v3Leaderboard entry | $25.00 in / $0.00 out/ 1M tokens · OpenRouter | Result ↗Oct 22, 2026 |
| 58 | abr-ai/niagara-19m-batch.enabr-ai | 3.67% WER | abr-ai/niagara-19m-batch.enLeaderboard entry | See provider quotes | Result ↗Oct 22, 2026 |
| 59 | FermionResearch/Phonon-2FermionResearch | 3.7% WER | FermionResearch/Phonon-2Leaderboard entry | See provider quotes | Result ↗Oct 22, 2026 |
| 60 | Edge0/Audio8-ASR-0.1BEdge0 | 3.73% WER | Edge0/Audio8-ASR-0.1BLeaderboard entry | See provider quotes | Result ↗Oct 22, 2026 |
| 61 | abr-ai/niagara-9m-batch.enabr-ai | 5.16% WER | abr-ai/niagara-9m-batch.enLeaderboard entry | See provider quotes | Result ↗Oct 22, 2026 |
| 62 | facebook/omniASR-CTC-7B-v2facebook | 5.16% WER | facebook/omniASR-CTC-7B-v2Leaderboard entry | See provider quotes | Result ↗Oct 22, 2026 |
| 63 | google/gemma-4-E4B-itgoogle | 5.49% WER | google/gemma-4-E4B-itLeaderboard entry | See provider quotes | Result ↗Oct 22, 2026 |
| 64 | google/gemma-4-E2B-itgoogle | 6.73% WER | google/gemma-4-E2B-itLeaderboard entry | See provider quotes | Result ↗Oct 22, 2026 |
| 65 | google/gemma-4-12B-itgoogle | 7.26% WER | google/gemma-4-12B-itLeaderboard entry | See provider quotes | Result ↗Oct 22, 2026 |