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Open ASR · URGENT2024 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 | URGENT2024 WER | Configuration | API rate / unit | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | zoom/scribe_v2_prozoom | 7.99% WER | zoom/scribe_v2_proLeaderboard entry | See provider quotes | Result ↗Oct 22, 2026 |
| 2 | OtterAI/speech-v3.1OtterAI | 8.07% WER | OtterAI/speech-v3.1Leaderboard entry | See provider quotes | Result ↗Oct 22, 2026 |
| 3 | AssemblyAI: Universal-3.5 Proassemblyai | 9.08% WER | assemblyai/universal-3-5-proLeaderboard entry | $83.3333 in / $0.00 out/ 1M tokens · OpenRouter | Result ↗Oct 22, 2026 |
| 4 | elevenlabs/scribe_v2elevenlabs | 9.2% WER | elevenlabs/scribe_v2Leaderboard entry | See provider quotes | Result ↗Oct 22, 2026 |
| 5 | CohereLabs/cohere-transcribe-03-2026CohereLabs | 9.5% WER | CohereLabs/cohere-transcribe-03-2026Leaderboard entry | See provider quotes | Result ↗Oct 22, 2026 |
| 6 | reson8/resonant-1reson8 | 9.64% WER | reson8/resonant-1Leaderboard entry | See provider quotes | Result ↗Oct 22, 2026 |
| 7 | microsoft/azure-speech-07-2026microsoft | 9.9% WER | microsoft/azure-speech-07-2026Leaderboard entry | See provider quotes | Result ↗Oct 22, 2026 |
| 8 | Qwen/Qwen3-ASR-1.7B-hfQwen | 9.93% WER | Qwen/Qwen3-ASR-1.7B-hfLeaderboard entry | See provider quotes | Result ↗Oct 22, 2026 |
| 9 | modulate/multilingualmodulate | 10.04% WER | modulate/multilingualLeaderboard entry | See provider quotes | Result ↗Oct 22, 2026 |
| 10 | sophea/asr-k1 (preview)sophea | 10.07% WER | sophea/asr-k1 (preview)Leaderboard entry | See provider quotes | Result ↗Oct 22, 2026 |
| 11 | ibm-granite/granite-speech-5.0-2bibm-granite | 10.22% WER | ibm-granite/granite-speech-5.0-2bLeaderboard entry | See provider quotes | Result ↗Oct 22, 2026 |
| 12 | ibm-granite/granite-speech-5.0-470m-turboctc-ncibm-granite | 10.22% WER | ibm-granite/granite-speech-5.0-470m-turboctc-ncLeaderboard entry | See provider quotes | Result ↗Oct 22, 2026 |
| 13 | smallestai/pulsesmallestai | 10.44% WER | smallestai/pulseLeaderboard entry | See provider quotes | Result ↗Oct 22, 2026 |
| 14 | TheStageAI/thewhisper-large-v3-turboTheStageAI | 10.82% WER | TheStageAI/thewhisper-large-v3-turboLeaderboard entry | See provider quotes | Result ↗Oct 22, 2026 |
| 15 | ibm-granite/granite-speech-4.1-2b-naribm-granite | 11.19% WER | ibm-granite/granite-speech-4.1-2b-narLeaderboard entry | See provider quotes | Result ↗Oct 22, 2026 |
| 16 | ibm-granite/granite-speech-4.1-2bibm-granite | 11.25% WER | ibm-granite/granite-speech-4.1-2bLeaderboard entry | See provider quotes | Result ↗Oct 22, 2026 |
| 17 | nvidia/parakeet-tdt-0.6b-v2nvidia | 11.42% WER | nvidia/parakeet-tdt-0.6b-v2Leaderboard entry | See provider quotes | Result ↗Oct 22, 2026 |
| 18 | nvidia/parakeet-tdt-0.6b-v3 (fast-gpu-asr)nvidia | 11.5% WER | nvidia/parakeet-tdt-0.6b-v3 (fast-gpu-asr)Leaderboard entry | See provider quotes | Result ↗Oct 22, 2026 |
| 19 | NVIDIA: Parakeet TDT 0.6B v3nvidia | 11.52% WER | nvidia/parakeet-tdt-0.6b-v3Leaderboard entry | $25.00 in / $0.00 out/ 1M tokens · OpenRouter | Result ↗Oct 22, 2026 |
| 20 | Qwen/Qwen3-ASR-0.6B-hfQwen | 11.57% WER | Qwen/Qwen3-ASR-0.6B-hfLeaderboard entry | See provider quotes | Result ↗Oct 22, 2026 |
| 21 | nvidia/parakeet-tdt-0.6b-v2 (fast-gpu-asr)nvidia | 11.64% WER | nvidia/parakeet-tdt-0.6b-v2 (fast-gpu-asr)Leaderboard entry | See provider quotes | Result ↗Oct 22, 2026 |
| 22 | ibm-granite/granite-speech-5.0-470m-turboctcibm-granite | 11.79% WER | ibm-granite/granite-speech-5.0-470m-turboctcLeaderboard entry | See provider quotes | Result ↗Oct 22, 2026 |
| 23 | bosonai/higgs-audio-v3-sttbosonai | 11.88% WER | bosonai/higgs-audio-v3-sttLeaderboard entry | See provider quotes | Result ↗Oct 22, 2026 |
| 24 | ibm-granite/granite-4.0-1b-speechibm-granite | 11.99% WER | ibm-granite/granite-4.0-1b-speechLeaderboard entry | See provider quotes | Result ↗Oct 22, 2026 |
| 25 | HojoAI/Hojo-ASR-V1HojoAI | 12.33% WER | HojoAI/Hojo-ASR-V1Leaderboard entry | See provider quotes | Result ↗Oct 22, 2026 |
| 26 | Mistral: Voxtral Small 24B 2507mistralai | 12.35% WER | mistralai/Voxtral-Small-24B-2507Leaderboard entry | $0.10 in / $0.30 out/ 1M tokens · Mistral · via OpenRoutermistral/zdr | Result ↗Oct 22, 2026 |
| 27 | distil-whisper/distil-large-v3.5distil-whisper | 12.42% WER | distil-whisper/distil-large-v3.5Leaderboard entry | See provider quotes | Result ↗Oct 22, 2026 |
| 28 | Edge0/ARK-ASR-0.6BEdge0 | 12.49% WER | Edge0/ARK-ASR-0.6BLeaderboard entry | See provider quotes | Result ↗Oct 22, 2026 |
| 29 | nvidia/nemotron-speech-streaming-en-0.6bnvidia | 12.54% WER | nvidia/nemotron-speech-streaming-en-0.6bLeaderboard entry | See provider quotes | Result ↗Oct 22, 2026 |
| 30 | sprag/symphonysprag | 12.64% WER | sprag/symphonyLeaderboard entry | See provider quotes | Result ↗Oct 22, 2026 |
| 31 | OpenMOSS-Team/MOSS-Transcribe-DiarizeOpenMOSS-Team | 12.74% WER | OpenMOSS-Team/MOSS-Transcribe-DiarizeLeaderboard entry | See provider quotes | Result ↗Oct 22, 2026 |
| 32 | OpenAI: GPT Transcribeopenai | 12.86% WER | openai/gpt-transcribeLeaderboard entry | $75.00 in / $0.00 out/ 1M tokens · OpenRouter | Result ↗Oct 22, 2026 |
| 33 | nvidia/canary-qwen-2.5bnvidia | 13.02% WER | nvidia/canary-qwen-2.5bLeaderboard entry | See provider quotes | Result ↗Oct 22, 2026 |
| 34 | meta/muse-voice-transcribemeta | 13.03% WER | meta/muse-voice-transcribeLeaderboard entry | See provider quotes | Result ↗Oct 22, 2026 |
| 35 | Edge0/ARK-ASR-3BEdge0 | 13.29% WER | Edge0/ARK-ASR-3BLeaderboard entry | See provider quotes | Result ↗Oct 22, 2026 |
| 36 | soundsgoodai/Zipformer-cr-ctc-transducer-XL-290M (fast-gpu-asr, transducer_modified_beam_search)soundsgoodai | 13.67% WER | soundsgoodai/Zipformer-cr-ctc-transducer-XL-290M (fast-gpu-asr, transducer_modified_beam_search)Leaderboard entry | See provider quotes | Result ↗Oct 22, 2026 |
| 37 | whisper-large-v3-turboopenai | 13.69% WER | openai/whisper-large-v3-turboLeaderboard entry | $3.33 in / $0.00 out/ 1M tokens · OpenRouter | Result ↗Oct 22, 2026 |
| 38 | gladia/solaria-3gladia | 13.73% WER | gladia/solaria-3Leaderboard entry | See provider quotes | Result ↗Oct 22, 2026 |
| 39 | whisper-large-v3openai | 13.73% WER | openai/whisper-large-v3Leaderboard entry | $7.50 in / $0.00 out/ 1M tokens · OpenRouter | Result ↗Oct 22, 2026 |
| 40 | FunAudioLLM/Fun-ASR-Nano-2512-hfFunAudioLLM | 13.93% WER | FunAudioLLM/Fun-ASR-Nano-2512-hfLeaderboard entry | See provider quotes | Result ↗Oct 22, 2026 |
| 41 | nvidia/canary-1b-v2nvidia | 14.56% WER | nvidia/canary-1b-v2Leaderboard entry | See provider quotes | Result ↗Oct 22, 2026 |
| 42 | facebook/omniASR-LLM-7B-v2facebook | 14.84% WER | facebook/omniASR-LLM-7B-v2Leaderboard entry | See provider quotes | Result ↗Oct 22, 2026 |
| 43 | nvidia/parakeet-ctc-1.1bnvidia | 14.88% WER | nvidia/parakeet-ctc-1.1bLeaderboard entry | See provider quotes | Result ↗Oct 22, 2026 |
| 44 | FermionResearch/Phonon-2FermionResearch | 14.9% WER | FermionResearch/Phonon-2Leaderboard entry | See provider quotes | Result ↗Oct 22, 2026 |
| 45 | Edge0/Audio8-ASR-0.1BEdge0 | 14.97% WER | Edge0/Audio8-ASR-0.1BLeaderboard entry | See provider quotes | Result ↗Oct 22, 2026 |
| 46 | Voxtral-Mini-3B-2507mistralai | 15.66% WER | mistralai/Voxtral-Mini-3B-2507Leaderboard entry | $16.6667 in / $0.00 out/ 1M tokens · OpenRouter | Result ↗Oct 22, 2026 |
| 47 | espnet/owsm_ctc_v4_1Bespnet | 16.12% WER | espnet/owsm_ctc_v4_1BLeaderboard entry | See provider quotes | Result ↗Oct 22, 2026 |
| 48 | soundsgoodai/Zipformer-cr-ctc-transducer-XL-290M (fast-gpu-asr, ctc_greedy_search)soundsgoodai | 17.67% WER | soundsgoodai/Zipformer-cr-ctc-transducer-XL-290M (fast-gpu-asr, ctc_greedy_search)Leaderboard entry | See provider quotes | Result ↗Oct 22, 2026 |
| 49 | mistralai/Voxtral-Mini-4B-Realtime-2602mistralai | 17.95% WER | mistralai/Voxtral-Mini-4B-Realtime-2602Leaderboard entry | See provider quotes | Result ↗Oct 22, 2026 |
| 50 | facebook/omniASR-CTC-7B-v2facebook | 18.68% WER | facebook/omniASR-CTC-7B-v2Leaderboard entry | See provider quotes | Result ↗Oct 22, 2026 |