Azure Speech 06 2026

Azure Speech 06 2026
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4.3Open ASR
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Ranking?

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1Multilingual3.52Cohere Transcribe 03 20263.53Universal 3.5 Pro44Thewhisper Large v3 Turbo4.25OmniASR LLM 7B v24.2
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13Voxtral Small 24B 25075.614Azure Speech 06 20266.215Resonant 16.4

Benchmarks

in Speech & Voice
Open ASR · average WER4.3#4
Open ASR · AMI Cleaned WER7#6
Open ASR · Earnings-22 Cleaned AA Chunked WER5.6#9
Open ASR · GigaSpeech Cleaned WER7.3#6
Open ASR · LibriSpeech Clean WER1.2#18
Open ASR · LibriSpeech Other WER2.5#15
Open ASR · SPGISpeech WER2.3#24
Open ASR · Voice Arena Monsoon WER4.4#33
Open ASR · VoxPopuli AA Cleaned WER3.9#33
Open ASR · AMI WER7.9#5
Open ASR · Earnings-22 WER7.5#1
Open ASR · GigaSpeech WER7.3#2
Open ASR · VoxPopuli WER5.1#1
Open ASR · French FLEURS WER2.8#2
Open ASR · French MCV WER4.3#1
Open ASR · French MLS WER2.8#7
Open ASR · German FLEURS WER1.9#2
Open ASR · German MCV WER1.9#1
Open ASR · Spanish FLEURS WER1.8#1
Open ASR · Spanish MCV WER2.2#2
Open ASR · Spanish MLS WER2.8#5
Open ASR · Italian FLEURS WER1#4
Open ASR · Italian MCV WER1.8#1
Open ASR · Italian MLS WER4.7#6
Open ASR · Portuguese FLEURS WER2.5#2
Open ASR · Portuguese MLS WER3.7#5
Open ASR · Hindi Monsoon WER9.4#6
Open ASR · Dutch FLEURS WER2.8#2
Open ASR · Dutch MCV WER1.5#1
Open ASR · Dutch MLS WER6.2#14

FAQ

How much does Azure Speech 06 2026 cost?›

There is no per-unit API price: API price not public.

Is Azure Speech 06 2026 free to use?›

There is no free API.

How good is Azure Speech 06 2026, and what is it best at?›

#4 of 61 in Speech to text.

Is Azure Speech 06 2026 better than Voxtral Small 24B 2507?›

On Open ASR · Dutch MLS WER, Azure Speech 06 2026 scores 6.2 vs 5.6 — about the same.

Is Azure Speech 06 2026 open source?›

No, Azure Speech 06 2026 is a closed model available through an API. The closest open-weights option here is Cohere Transcribe 03 2026.

What is Azure Speech 06 2026?›

Azure Speech 06 2026 is a closed speech & voice model from Microsoft.

What are the best alternatives to Azure Speech 06 2026?›

Multilingual (better), Cohere Transcribe 03 2026 (open weights).