Voxtral: The Speech Model That Lets You Talk to Your Code, Your Data, and the World Voice was our first user interface. Long before keyboards, touchscreens, or even writing, we spoke—and others listened. Today, as software grows ever more powerful, voice is making a quiet but steady comeback. The problem is that most of today’s speech systems are either 「open-source but brittle」 or 「accurate but expensive and locked away in proprietary clouds」. Mistral’s new 「Voxtral」 family closes that gap. Available in two sizes—「24-billion parameters for production」 and 「3-billion parameters for laptops or edge devices」—Voxtral is released under the permissive 「Apache …
NVIDIA Parakeet TDT 0.6B V2: A High-Performance English Speech Recognition Model Introduction In the rapidly evolving field of artificial intelligence, Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) has become a cornerstone for applications like voice assistants, transcription services, and conversational AI. NVIDIA’s Parakeet TDT 0.6B V2 stands out as a cutting-edge model designed for high-quality English transcription. This article explores its architecture, capabilities, and practical use cases to help developers and researchers harness its full potential. Model Overview The Parakeet TDT 0.6B V2 is a 600-million-parameter ASR model optimized for accurate English transcription. Key features include: Punctuation & Capitalization: Automatically formats text output. …