Modulate
Velma 2
Measured 2026-10-01
Run Velma 2 on Speko →One API, every model on this board.
WER · batch
4.4%
95% CI 2.8–6.2 · n=50
WER · streaming
Read speech
5.35%
Conversation
14.41%
Details
Read speech
n=1541 · FLEURS test+dev+train · vendor-direct
Conversation
12.0–17.3% · EdAcc n=283 · 60 speakers, 2 passes, 2026-10-01
2 of 566 readings came back empty, scored as all-deletion.
Finalize
394ms
p50–p90 · US East · n=200 · vendor-direct · re-measured 2026-11-03 · ±11%
Measured 2026-11-03
Time to first token
1.48s
p50–p90 · US East · n=200 · vendor-direct · re-measured 2026-11-03 · ±0%
Measured 2026-11-03
Cost / min
$0.00083
Published streaming rate for English Fast, $0.05/hr. Batch is $0.025/hr. The $0.06/hr this row used to carry is the MULTILINGUAL row, a different product from the one this id names. Not a measurement.
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