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Higgs Audio v3 Stt

Mar 2026
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6.2Open ASR
Mar 2026released
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1Speech v3.13.92Resonant 1 Flash43Zoom Scribe v14.24Azure Speech 06 20264.35ASR K14.6
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19Thewhisper Large v3 Turbo6.120Higgs Audio v3 Stt6.221Cohere Transcribe 03 20266.3

Run it yourself

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Fits 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 & Voice
Open ASR · average WER6.2#20
Open ASR · RTFx109.7#41
Open ASR · AMI Cleaned WER7.2#11
Open ASR · Earnings-22 Cleaned AA Chunked WER7#28
Open ASR · GigaSpeech Cleaned WER7.5#11
Open ASR · LibriSpeech Clean WER1.1#12
Open ASR · LibriSpeech Other WER2.6#18
Open ASR · SPGISpeech WER2.1#17
Open ASR · URGENT 2024 WER11.9#20
Open ASR · Voice Arena Monsoon WER4#26
Open ASR · VoxPopuli AA Cleaned WER3.7#30
Open ASR · AMI WER7.9#4
Open ASR · Earnings-22 WER8.3#6
Open ASR · GigaSpeech WER7.5#6
Open ASR · VoxPopuli WER5.9#16
Open ASR · URGENT 2024 Clean WER4.4#5

FAQ

How much does Higgs Audio v3 Stt cost?›

There is no per-unit API price: self-host only.

Is Higgs Audio v3 Stt free to use?›

There is no free API. The weights are open, so you can run it yourself.

How good is Higgs Audio v3 Stt, and what is it best at?›

#20 of 61 in Speech to text.

Is Higgs Audio v3 Stt better than Thewhisper Large v3 Turbo?›

On Open ASR · average WER, Higgs Audio v3 Stt scores 6.2 vs 6.1 — about the same.

When was Higgs Audio v3 Stt released? Is there a newer version?›

Released 2026-03-25. It is the current version in its line.

Is Higgs Audio v3 Stt open source?›

Yes, the weights are open (Apache-2.0 licence).

Can I run Higgs Audio v3 Stt locally?›

The weights are open and can be self-hosted; hardware needs are not confirmed yet.

What is Higgs Audio v3 Stt?›

Higgs Audio v3 Stt is an open-weights speech & voice model from Boson AI, released Mar 2026.

What are the best alternatives to Higgs Audio v3 Stt?›

Speech v3.1 (better), Phi 4 Multimodal Instruct (open weights).