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Open ASR · Voxpopuli-AA-Cleaned 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 | Voxpopuli-AA-Cleaned WER | Configuration | API rate / unit | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | elevenlabs/scribe_v2elevenlabs | 1.41% WER | elevenlabs/scribe_v2Leaderboard entry | See provider quotes | Result ↗Oct 21, 2026 |
| 2 | OtterAI/speech-v3.1OtterAI | 1.42% WER | OtterAI/speech-v3.1Leaderboard entry | See provider quotes | Result ↗Oct 21, 2026 |
| 3 | microsoft/azure-speech-07-2026microsoft | 1.65% WER | microsoft/azure-speech-07-2026Leaderboard entry | See provider quotes | Result ↗Oct 21, 2026 |
| 4 | AssemblyAI: Universal-3.5 Proassemblyai | 1.92% WER | assemblyai/universal-3-5-proLeaderboard entry | $83.3333 in / $0.00 out/ 1M tokens · OpenRouter | Result ↗Oct 21, 2026 |
| 5 | Mistral: Voxtral Small 24B 2507mistralai | 2% WER | mistralai/Voxtral-Small-24B-2507Leaderboard entry | $0.10 in / $0.30 out/ 1M tokens · Mistral · via OpenRoutermistral/zdr | Result ↗Oct 21, 2026 |
| 6 | meta/muse-voice-transcribemeta | 2.02% WER | meta/muse-voice-transcribeLeaderboard entry | See provider quotes | Result ↗Oct 21, 2026 |
| 7 | microsoft/VibeVoice-ASR-HFmicrosoft | 2.02% WER | microsoft/VibeVoice-ASR-HFLeaderboard entry | See provider quotes | Result ↗Oct 21, 2026 |
| 8 | reson8/resonant-1reson8 | 2.19% WER | reson8/resonant-1Leaderboard entry | See provider quotes | Result ↗Oct 21, 2026 |
| 9 | reson8/resonant-1-flashreson8 | 2.19% WER | reson8/resonant-1-flashLeaderboard entry | See provider quotes | Result ↗Oct 21, 2026 |
| 10 | Voxtral-Mini-3B-2507mistralai | 2.22% WER | mistralai/Voxtral-Mini-3B-2507Leaderboard entry | $16.6667 in / $0.00 out/ 1M tokens · OpenRouter | Result ↗Oct 21, 2026 |
| 11 | nvidia/nemotron-speech-streaming-en-0.6bnvidia | 2.4% WER | nvidia/nemotron-speech-streaming-en-0.6bLeaderboard entry | See provider quotes | Result ↗Oct 21, 2026 |
| 12 | FermionResearch/Phonon-2FermionResearch | 2.46% WER | FermionResearch/Phonon-2Leaderboard entry | See provider quotes | Result ↗Oct 21, 2026 |
| 13 | distil-whisper/distil-large-v3.5distil-whisper | 2.52% WER | distil-whisper/distil-large-v3.5Leaderboard entry | See provider quotes | Result ↗Oct 21, 2026 |
| 14 | mistralai/Voxtral-Mini-4B-Realtime-2602mistralai | 2.6% WER | mistralai/Voxtral-Mini-4B-Realtime-2602Leaderboard entry | See provider quotes | Result ↗Oct 21, 2026 |
| 15 | OpenAI: GPT Transcribeopenai | 2.65% WER | openai/gpt-transcribeLeaderboard entry | $75.00 in / $0.00 out/ 1M tokens · OpenRouter | Result ↗Oct 21, 2026 |
| 16 | Edge0/ARK-ASR-0.6BEdge0 | 2.76% WER | Edge0/ARK-ASR-0.6BLeaderboard entry | See provider quotes | Result ↗Oct 21, 2026 |
| 17 | gladia/solaria-3gladia | 2.76% WER | gladia/solaria-3Leaderboard entry | See provider quotes | Result ↗Oct 21, 2026 |
| 18 | Qwen/Qwen3-ASR-1.7B-hfQwen | 2.85% WER | Qwen/Qwen3-ASR-1.7B-hfLeaderboard entry | See provider quotes | Result ↗Oct 21, 2026 |
| 19 | Qwen/Qwen3-ASR-0.6B-hfQwen | 2.9% WER | Qwen/Qwen3-ASR-0.6B-hfLeaderboard entry | See provider quotes | Result ↗Oct 21, 2026 |
| 20 | nvidia/parakeet-tdt-0.6b-v3 (fast-gpu-asr)nvidia | 3.04% WER | nvidia/parakeet-tdt-0.6b-v3 (fast-gpu-asr)Leaderboard entry | See provider quotes | Result ↗Oct 21, 2026 |
| 21 | NVIDIA: Parakeet TDT 0.6B v3nvidia | 3.05% WER | nvidia/parakeet-tdt-0.6b-v3Leaderboard entry | $25.00 in / $0.00 out/ 1M tokens · OpenRouter | Result ↗Oct 21, 2026 |
| 22 | zoom/scribe_v2_prozoom | 3.08% WER | zoom/scribe_v2_proLeaderboard entry | See provider quotes | Result ↗Oct 21, 2026 |
| 23 | HojoAI/Hojo-ASR-V1HojoAI | 3.11% WER | HojoAI/Hojo-ASR-V1Leaderboard entry | See provider quotes | Result ↗Oct 21, 2026 |
| 24 | nvidia/parakeet-ctc-1.1bnvidia | 3.24% WER | nvidia/parakeet-ctc-1.1bLeaderboard entry | See provider quotes | Result ↗Oct 21, 2026 |
| 25 | sprag/symphonysprag | 3.33% WER | sprag/symphonyLeaderboard entry | See provider quotes | Result ↗Oct 21, 2026 |
| 26 | sophea/asr-k1 (preview)sophea | 3.35% WER | sophea/asr-k1 (preview)Leaderboard entry | See provider quotes | Result ↗Oct 21, 2026 |
| 27 | FunAudioLLM/Fun-ASR-Nano-2512-hfFunAudioLLM | 3.4% WER | FunAudioLLM/Fun-ASR-Nano-2512-hfLeaderboard entry | See provider quotes | Result ↗Oct 21, 2026 |
| 28 | ibm-granite/granite-speech-5.0-2bibm-granite | 3.52% WER | ibm-granite/granite-speech-5.0-2bLeaderboard entry | See provider quotes | Result ↗Oct 21, 2026 |
| 29 | Edge0/ARK-ASR-3BEdge0 | 3.55% WER | Edge0/ARK-ASR-3BLeaderboard entry | See provider quotes | Result ↗Oct 21, 2026 |
| 30 | modulate/multilingualmodulate | 3.55% WER | modulate/multilingualLeaderboard entry | See provider quotes | Result ↗Oct 21, 2026 |
| 31 | OpenMOSS-Team/MOSS-Transcribe-DiarizeOpenMOSS-Team | 3.6% WER | OpenMOSS-Team/MOSS-Transcribe-DiarizeLeaderboard entry | See provider quotes | Result ↗Oct 21, 2026 |
| 32 | bosonai/higgs-audio-v3-sttbosonai | 3.73% WER | bosonai/higgs-audio-v3-sttLeaderboard entry | See provider quotes | Result ↗Oct 21, 2026 |
| 33 | nvidia/parakeet-tdt-0.6b-v2nvidia | 3.78% WER | nvidia/parakeet-tdt-0.6b-v2Leaderboard entry | See provider quotes | Result ↗Oct 21, 2026 |
| 34 | nvidia/parakeet-tdt-0.6b-v2 (fast-gpu-asr)nvidia | 3.85% WER | nvidia/parakeet-tdt-0.6b-v2 (fast-gpu-asr)Leaderboard entry | See provider quotes | Result ↗Oct 21, 2026 |
| 35 | smallestai/pulsesmallestai | 3.85% WER | smallestai/pulseLeaderboard entry | See provider quotes | Result ↗Oct 21, 2026 |
| 36 | microsoft/azure-speech-06-2026microsoft | 3.87% WER | microsoft/azure-speech-06-2026Leaderboard entry | See provider quotes | Result ↗Oct 21, 2026 |
| 37 | zoom/scribe_v1zoom | 3.95% WER | zoom/scribe_v1Leaderboard entry | See provider quotes | Result ↗Oct 21, 2026 |
| 38 | TheStageAI/thewhisper-large-v3-turboTheStageAI | 4.02% WER | TheStageAI/thewhisper-large-v3-turboLeaderboard entry | See provider quotes | Result ↗Oct 21, 2026 |
| 39 | facebook/omniASR-LLM-7B-v2facebook | 4.03% WER | facebook/omniASR-LLM-7B-v2Leaderboard entry | See provider quotes | Result ↗Oct 21, 2026 |
| 40 | espnet/owsm_ctc_v4_1Bespnet | 4.09% WER | espnet/owsm_ctc_v4_1BLeaderboard entry | See provider quotes | Result ↗Oct 21, 2026 |
| 41 | google/gemma-4-E4B-itgoogle | 4.09% WER | google/gemma-4-E4B-itLeaderboard entry | See provider quotes | Result ↗Oct 21, 2026 |
| 42 | nvidia/canary-qwen-2.5bnvidia | 4.14% WER | nvidia/canary-qwen-2.5bLeaderboard entry | See provider quotes | Result ↗Oct 21, 2026 |
| 43 | google/gemma-4-12B-itgoogle | 4.18% WER | google/gemma-4-12B-itLeaderboard entry | See provider quotes | Result ↗Oct 21, 2026 |
| 44 | ibm-granite/granite-speech-4.1-2bibm-granite | 4.18% WER | ibm-granite/granite-speech-4.1-2bLeaderboard entry | See provider quotes | Result ↗Oct 21, 2026 |
| 45 | microsoft/Phi-4-multimodal-instructmicrosoft | 4.18% WER | microsoft/Phi-4-multimodal-instructLeaderboard entry | See provider quotes | Result ↗Oct 21, 2026 |
| 46 | nvidia/nemotron-3.5-asr-streaming-0.6bnvidia | 4.24% WER | nvidia/nemotron-3.5-asr-streaming-0.6bLeaderboard entry | See provider quotes | Result ↗Oct 21, 2026 |
| 47 | ibm-granite/granite-speech-4.1-2b-naribm-granite | 4.25% WER | ibm-granite/granite-speech-4.1-2b-narLeaderboard entry | See provider quotes | Result ↗Oct 21, 2026 |
| 48 | soundsgoodai/Zipformer-cr-ctc-transducer-XL-290M (fast-gpu-asr, transducer_modified_beam_search)soundsgoodai | 4.32% WER | soundsgoodai/Zipformer-cr-ctc-transducer-XL-290M (fast-gpu-asr, transducer_modified_beam_search)Leaderboard entry | See provider quotes | Result ↗Oct 21, 2026 |
| 49 | abr-ai/niagara-84m-batch.enabr-ai | 4.33% WER | abr-ai/niagara-84m-batch.enLeaderboard entry | See provider quotes | Result ↗Oct 21, 2026 |
| 50 | Edge0/Audio8-ASR-0.1BEdge0 | 4.39% WER | Edge0/Audio8-ASR-0.1BLeaderboard entry | See provider quotes | Result ↗Oct 21, 2026 |