Swahili

Share of words the transcript got wrong.

Sonioxstt-rt-v5Try →8.8%

ModulateVelma 2 multilingualTry →8.8%

ElevenLabsScribe v2 RealtimeTry →15.9%

OpenAIGPT Live TranscribeTry →17.0%

DeepgramNova-3Try →18.3%

xAIGrok STTTry →29.0%

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Time from the caller stopping to the finalized transcript, not the first partial — the agent cannot reply until it lands. Measured on English audio; Swahili has no sweep of its own yet.

How long before the first word of the transcript arrives. Measured on English audio; Swahili has no sweep of its own yet.

DeepgramNova-3Try →976ms · 1.98s

xAIGrok STTTry →1.03s · 2.01s

Sonioxstt-rt-v5Try →1.53s · 2.04s

GladiaSolaria-1Try →1.61s · 3.65s

MetaMuse Voice Transcribe 1.0Try →1.62s · 2.23s

OpenAIGPT Live TranscribeTry →1.72s · 2.24s

ElevenLabsScribe v2 RealtimeTry →2.22s · 2.36s

OpenAIGPT TranscribeTry →6.28s · 10.9s

OpenAIGPT-4o mini TranscribeTry →6.33s · 10.6s

OpenAIGPT-4o TranscribeTry →6.40s · 10.8s

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