Canary 1B v2
Aug 2025
Canary 1B v2Compare inon
Canary 1B v2 measured on 38 of 81 Speech to text benchmarks38
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7.9Open ASR
Aug 2025released
en, es, fr +21Languages
Alternatives?
ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
ABetterUniversal 3.5 Pro+74%—$0.004Languages: loses ru, bg, hr +11COpenCohere Transcribe 03 2026+63%——Languages: loses ru, bg, hr +13
BetterScribe v2×2.1—$0.004SBetterSpeechmatics Enhanced×2.4—$0.013
BetterAzure Speech 06 2026×2.5——Languages: not verifiedModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
Nothing here yet.
ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
AUniversal 3.5 Pro+74%—$0.004Languages: loses ru, bg, hr +11Scribe v2×2.1—$0.004SSpeechmatics Enhanced×2.4—$0.013Azure Speech 06 2026×2.5——Languages: not verifiedAzure Speech 07 2026×2.3——Languages: not verifiedModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
CCohere Transcribe 03 2026Open+63%——Languages: loses ru, bg, hr +13TThewhisper Large v3 TurboOpen+48%——
Voxtral Small 24B 2507Open+47%—$0.003Languages: loses ru, bg, hr +14
Granite Speech 4.1 2B NarOpensame——Languages: loses it, ru, bg +16HHojo ASR Multi v1Opensame——Languages: loses en, ru, bg +16ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
Nemotron 3.5 ASR Streaming 0.6BOpen-50%——Parakeet TDT 0.6B V3, TogetheraiOpensame—$0.002Nemotron Speech Streaming En 0.6BOpenn/a——Languages: not verifiedCanary Qwen 2.5B, NVIDIAOpenn/a—$0.001Languages: loses es, fr, de +20Parakeet TDT 0.6B V2, NVIDIAOpenn/a——Languages: loses es, fr, de +20Stt Hy Fastconformer Hybrid Large PcOpenn/a——Languages: loses en, es, fr +21Parakeet Ctc 1.1BOpenn/a——Languages: loses es, fr, de +20Parakeet RNNT 1.1BOpenn/a—$0.002Languages: loses es, fr, de +20All NVIDIA models →Run it yourself
Fits onhardware needs not verified yet
LicenceCC BY 4.0free for commercial use
Benchmarks
in Speech & VoiceOpen ASR · average WER7.9#45
Open ASR · RTFx1,853.7#13
Open ASR · URGENT 2024 WER14.6#38
Open ASR · AMI WER14.7#22
Open ASR · Earnings-22 WER11.3#30
Open ASR · VoxPopuli WER5.9#16
Open ASR · French RTFx1,456.6#3
Open ASR · German RTFx1,307.8#3
Open ASR · Spanish RTFx1,466.1#3
Open ASR · Italian RTFx1,361.6#2
Open ASR · Portuguese RTFx1,367#4
Open ASR · Dutch RTFx1,057.9#3
Open ASR · Dutch MCV WER5.6#19
Open ASR · Dutch MLS WER9.3#27
FAQ
How much does Canary 1B v2 cost?›
There is no per-unit API price: self-host only.
Is Canary 1B v2 free to use?›
There is no free API. The weights are open, so you can run it yourself.
How good is Canary 1B v2, and what is it best at?›
#45 of 61 in Speech to text.
Is Canary 1B v2 better than Stt Async v5?›
On Open ASR · German MCV WER, Canary 1B v2 scores 4.7 vs 4.6 — about the same.
When was Canary 1B v2 released? Is there a newer version?›
Released 2025-08-04. It is the current version in its line.
Is Canary 1B v2 open source?›
Yes, the weights are open (cc-by-4.0 licence).
Can I run Canary 1B v2 locally?›
The weights are open and can be self-hosted; hardware needs are not confirmed yet.
What is Canary 1B v2?›
Canary 1B v2 is an open-weights speech & voice model from NVIDIA, released Aug 2025.
What are the best alternatives to Canary 1B v2?›
Universal 3.5 Pro (better), Cohere Transcribe 03 2026 (open weights).