Scribe v2

Jan 2026
Scribe v2
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$0.004per minute
2.2AA Speech to text
Jan 2026released
en, es, fr +97Languages
YesSpeaker diarization
$0.004 / minPer audio minute
Exact native tariff; see source for billing scope.Price covers

Ranking?

Full ranking →
1Multilingual3.52Cohere Transcribe 03 20263.53Universal 3.5 Pro44Thewhisper Large v3 Turbo4.25OmniASR LLM 7B v24.2
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9Whisper Large v34.810Scribe v24.911Whisper Large v3 Turbo5

Strong at

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Speech & Voice#4 of 51

Alternatives?

ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
MCheaperMultilingual+42%-86%$0.001Languages: loses am, as, ast +42+1COpenCohere Transcribe 03 2026+41%——Languages: loses ru, hi, af +84+2CheaperWhisper Large v3 TurboOpensame-82%$0.001Languages: loses ast, yue, ceb +20+1CheaperVoxtral Small 24B 2507Opensame-18%$0.003Languages: loses zh, ja, ko +89+1CheaperVoxtral Mini 3B 2507Open-39%-73%$0.001Languages: loses zh, ja, ko +89+1

Benchmarks

in Speech & Voice
AA Speech to text · Recorded audio word error rate2.2#4
Open ASR · average WER5.4#11
Open ASR · AMI Cleaned WER8.2#21
Open ASR · Earnings-22 Cleaned AA Chunked WER4.8#4
Open ASR · GigaSpeech Cleaned WER7.6#16
Open ASR · LibriSpeech Clean WER1.1#11
Open ASR · LibriSpeech Other WER2.3#12
Open ASR · SPGISpeech WER3#40
Open ASR · URGENT 2024 WER9.2#4
Open ASR · Voice Arena Monsoon WER3.3#8
Open ASR · VoxPopuli AA Cleaned WER1.4#1
Open ASR · Earnings-22 WER8.9#9
Open ASR · URGENT 2024 Clean WER4.7#11
Open ASR · French FLEURS WER2.9#5
Open ASR · French MCV WER4.4#3
Open ASR · French MLS WER2.5#5
Open ASR · German FLEURS WER2.3#4
Open ASR · German MCV WER2.2#4
Open ASR · Spanish FLEURS WER1.9#3
Open ASR · Spanish MCV WER2.6#4
Open ASR · Spanish MLS WER2.6#4
Open ASR · Italian FLEURS WER0.9#2
Open ASR · Italian MCV WER2.2#3
Open ASR · Italian MLS WER4.4#3
Open ASR · Portuguese FLEURS WER2.6#3
Open ASR · Portuguese MLS WER3.2#1
Open ASR · Hindi Monsoon WER8.5#3
Open ASR · Dutch FLEURS WER2.5#1
Open ASR · Dutch MCV WER2.3#4
Open ASR · Dutch MLS WER4.9#10
Open ASR · Armenian FLEURS WER3.2#1
Open ASR · Armenian MCV WER7.6#2

FAQ

How much does Scribe v2 cost?›

$0.004 per minute.

Is Scribe v2 free to use?›

There is no free API; it costs $0.004 per minute.

How good is Scribe v2, and what is it best at?›

#4 of 51 in Speech to text. Strongest at: Speech & Voice.

Is Scribe v2 better than Whisper Large v3?›

On Open ASR · Dutch MLS WER, Scribe v2 scores 4.9 vs 4.8 — about the same. It is 13% cheaper.

When was Scribe v2 released? Is there a newer version?›

Released 2026-01-09. It is the current version in its line.

Is Scribe v2 open source?›

No, Scribe v2 is a closed model available through an API. The closest open-weights option here is Cohere Transcribe 03 2026.

What is Scribe v2?›

Scribe v2 is a closed speech & voice model from ElevenLabs, released Jan 2026.

What are the best alternatives to Scribe v2?›

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