ARK ASR 0.6B measured on 16 of 80 Speech to text benchmarks16
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6.3Open ASR
May 2026released
en, es, fr +16Languages
Alternatives?
ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
OpenVibeVoice ASR HFsame——Memory (4-bit): 0.8 GB → 4.9 GB
OpenVoxtral Mini 4B Realtime 2602same——Languages: loses pl, ro, hu +7+1
OpenQwen 3 ASR 1.7B Hfsame——Memory (4-bit): 0.8 GB → 1.2 GBOpenQwen 3 ASR 0.6B Hfsame——FOpenFun ASR Nano 2512 Hfsame——Languages: loses es, fr, de +13ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
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VibeVoice ASR HFOpensame——Memory (4-bit): 0.8 GB → 4.9 GBVoxtral Mini 4B Realtime 2602Opensame——Languages: loses pl, ro, hu +7+1Qwen 3 ASR 1.7B HfOpensame——Memory (4-bit): 0.8 GB → 1.2 GBQwen 3 ASR 0.6B HfOpensame——FFun ASR Nano 2512 HfOpensame——Languages: loses es, fr, de +13Run it yourself
estimateFits on✓ 8 GB (phone, laptop) · full quality✓ 16 GB · full quality✓ 24 GB GPU · full quality✓ 48 GB GPU · full quality✓ 80 GB GPU · full quality
LicenceApache-2.0free for commercial use
Benchmarks
in Speech & VoiceOpen ASR · average WER6.3#23
Open ASR · RTFx673#25
Open ASR · URGENT 2024 WER12.5#25
Open ASR · AMI WER9.8#14
Open ASR · VoxPopuli WER6.3#19
FAQ
How much does ARK ASR 0.6B cost?›
There is no per-unit API price: self-host only.
Is ARK ASR 0.6B free to use?›
There is no free API. The weights are open, so you can run it yourself.
How good is ARK ASR 0.6B, and what is it best at?›
#23 of 61 in Speech to text.
Is ARK ASR 0.6B better than GPT Transcribe, OpenAI?›
On Open ASR · VoxPopuli AA Cleaned WER, ARK ASR 0.6B scores 2.8 vs 2.7 — about the same.
When was ARK ASR 0.6B released? Is there a newer version?›
Released 2026-05-25. It is the current version in its line.
Is ARK ASR 0.6B open source?›
Yes, the weights are open (Apache-2.0 licence).
Can I run ARK ASR 0.6B locally?›
The weights are open and can be self-hosted; hardware needs are not confirmed yet.
What is ARK ASR 0.6B?›
ARK ASR 0.6B is an open-weights speech & voice model from Edge0, released May 2026.
What are the best alternatives to ARK ASR 0.6B?›
VibeVoice ASR HF (open weights).