Nvidia launches fully open source transcription AI model Parakeet-TDT-0.6B-V2 on Hugging Face

Nvidia launches fully open source transcription AI model Parakeet-TDT-0.6B-V2 on Hugging Face

An attractive proposition for commercial enterprises and indie developers looking to build speech recognition and transcription services...

NVIDIA's AI Transcription Tool Produces 60 Minutes of Text in 1 Second

NVIDIA has released a new version of its Parakeet transcription tool, boasting the lowest error rate of any of its competitors. In addition, the company made the code public on GitHub. Parakeet TDT 0.6B is a 600-million-parameter automatic speech recognition model. It can transcribe 60 minutes of audio per second, Hugging Face data scientist Vaibhav Srivastav said on X on May 5. The model is recommended for, but not limited to, “conversational A…

Nvidia Parakeet-TDT-0.6B-v2 Redefines ASR

Nvidia has raised the bar for automatic speech recognition (ASR) with the release of Parakeet-TDT-0.6B-v2, a fully open-source AI model now available on Hugging Face. This 600-million-parameter model, launched on May 1, 2025, can transcribe an hour of audio in just one second, achieving an average Word Error Rate (WER) of 6.05% on the Hugging Face Open ASR Leaderboard. Designed for high-quality English transcription with features like punctuatio…

NVIDIA, known primarily as a hardware manufacturer that supplies the GPUs that are so important for AI acceleration, is also working on the software of its own AI models. Now the manufacturer has published an automatic voice recognition model called Parakeet-TDT-0.6B-v2 which is supposed to transcribe one hour of audio material in a second. Previous versions of the model were released in January 2024.

NVIDIA Open Sources Parakeet TDT 0.6B: Achieving a New Standard for Automatic Speech Recognition ASR and Transcribes an Hour of Audio in One Second

NVIDIA has unveiled Parakeet TDT 0.6B, a state-of-the-art automatic speech recognition (ASR) model that is now fully open-sourced on Hugging Face. With 600 million parameters, a commercially permissive CC-BY-4.0 license, and a staggering real-time factor (RTF) of 3386, this model sets a new benchmark for performance and accessibility in speech AI. Blazing Speed and Accuracy At the heart of Parakeet TDT 0.6B’s appeal is its unmatched speed and tr…

Nvidia Launches Open Source AI Model On Hugging Face

Nvidia Releases AI Model On Hugging Face The chipmaker announced an advanced speech recognition tool offering low error rates. Researchers and developers can utilize it for various applications due to… The post Nvidia Launches Open Source AI Model On Hugging Face appeared first on nextbigwhat.