Audio8 ASR 0.1B measured on 13 of 80 Speech to text benchmarks13
BenchmarkByScoreRank
No benchmark matches
self-host onlyprice
8.8Open ASR
Jul 2026released
en, fr, de +3Languages
Alternatives?
ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
MBetterMultilingual×3.7—$0.001COpenCohere Transcribe 03 2026×3.2——Memory (4-bit): 0.2 GB → 1.2 GB
BetterWhisper Large v3 TurboOpen+78%—$0.001Memory (4-bit): not verified
BetterCanary Qwen 2.5B, NVIDIAOpen×2.5—$0.001Languages: loses fr, de, zh +2+1
BetterVoxtral Mini 3B 2507Open+82%—$0.001Memory (4-bit): not verifiedModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
Nothing here yet.
ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
MMultilingual×3.7—$0.001Whisper Large v3 TurboOpen+78%—$0.001Memory (4-bit): not verifiedCanary Qwen 2.5B, NVIDIAOpen×2.5—$0.001Languages: loses fr, de, zh +2+1Voxtral Mini 3B 2507Open+82%—$0.001Memory (4-bit): not verifiedWhisper Large v3Open+88%—$0.001Memory (4-bit): 0.2 GB → 0.9 GBModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
CCohere Transcribe 03 2026Open×3.2——Memory (4-bit): 0.2 GB → 1.2 GB
Granite Speech 4.1 2BOpen×3——Memory (4-bit): 0.2 GB → 1.4 GBEARK ASR 3BOpen×2.8——Memory (4-bit): 0.2 GB → 2.4 GBGranite Speech 4.1 2B NarOpen×2.8——Languages: loses zh, ja, ko+1Granite 4.0 1B SpeechOpen×2.6——Memory (4-bit): 0.2 GB → 1.4 GBModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
EARK ASR 0.6BOpen+92%——Memory (4-bit): 0.2 GB → 0.8 GBEARK ASR 3BOpen×2.8——Memory (4-bit): 0.2 GB → 2.4 GBAll Edge0 models →Run 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
LicenceCC BY-NC 4.0no commercial use
Benchmarks
in Speech & VoiceOpen ASR · average WER8.8#50
Open ASR · RTFx725.8#24
Open ASR · Earnings-22 WER12.3#36
FAQ
How much does Audio8 ASR 0.1B cost?›
There is no per-unit API price: self-host only.
Is Audio8 ASR 0.1B free to use?›
There is no free API. The weights are open, so you can run it yourself.
How good is Audio8 ASR 0.1B, and what is it best at?›
#50 of 61 in Speech to text.
Is Audio8 ASR 0.1B better than OmniASR CTC 7B v2?›
On Open ASR · LibriSpeech Other WER, Audio8 ASR 0.1B scores 6.6 vs 5.1 — lower.
When was Audio8 ASR 0.1B released? Is there a newer version?›
Released 2026-07-10. It is the current version in its line.
Is Audio8 ASR 0.1B open source?›
Yes, the weights are open (cc-by-nc-4.0 licence).
Can I run Audio8 ASR 0.1B locally?›
The weights are open and can be self-hosted; hardware needs are not confirmed yet.
What is Audio8 ASR 0.1B?›
Audio8 ASR 0.1B is an open-weights speech & voice model from Edge0, released Jul 2026.
What are the best alternatives to Audio8 ASR 0.1B?›
Multilingual (better), Cohere Transcribe 03 2026 (open weights).