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Speechmatics Enhanced

Mar 2023
SSpeechmatics Enhanced
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$0.013per minute
4AA Speech to text
Mar 2023released
en, es, fr +53Languages
YesSpeaker diarization
$0.013 / minPer audio minute
Exact native tariff; see source for billing scope.Price covers

Ranking?

Full ranking →
1Multilingual4.12Cohere Transcribe 03 20264.13Scribe v24.44OmniASR LLM 7B v24.65Azure Speech 07 20264.6
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30Qwen 3 ASR 1.7B Hf9.531Speechmatics Enhanced9.732OmniASR CTC 300M v210.1

Strong at

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Speech & Voice#25 of 51

Alternatives?

ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
MCheaperMultilingual×2.4-96%$0.001Speaker diarization: not verifiedCOpenCohere Transcribe 03 2026×2.4——Languages: loses ru, hi, ba +40+2CheaperScribe v2×2.2-71%$0.004rCheaperResonant 1×2-71%$0.004Languages: not verified+1CheaperVoxtral Small 24B 2507Open+68%-76%$0.003Languages: loses zh, ja, ko +45+1

Benchmarks

in Speech & Voice
AA Speech to text · Recorded audio word error rate4#27
Open ASR · French FLEURS WER4.4#19
Open ASR · French MCV WER5.7#9
Open ASR · French MLS WER4.6#24
Open ASR · German FLEURS WER3.6#19
Open ASR · German MCV WER2#2
Open ASR · Spanish FLEURS WER2.6#13
Open ASR · Spanish MCV WER2.1#1
Open ASR · Spanish MLS WER3.6#21
Open ASR · Italian FLEURS WER2.6#22
Open ASR · Italian MCV WER4#17
Open ASR · Italian MLS WER9.7#31
Open ASR · Portuguese FLEURS WER4.7#27
Open ASR · Portuguese MLS WER5.2#13
Open ASR · Hindi Monsoon WER16.6#17
Open ASR · Dutch FLEURS WER5.1#15
Open ASR · Dutch MCV WER2#3
Open ASR · Dutch MLS WER8.8#25

FAQ

How much does Speechmatics Enhanced cost?›

$0.013 per minute.

Is Speechmatics Enhanced free to use?›

There is no free API; it costs $0.013 per minute.

How good is Speechmatics Enhanced, and what is it best at?›

#25 of 51 in Speech to text.

Is Speechmatics Enhanced better than Qwen 3 ASR 1.7B Hf?›

On Open ASR · Italian MLS WER, Speechmatics Enhanced scores 9.7 vs 9.5 — about the same.

When was Speechmatics Enhanced released? Is there a newer version?›

Released 2023-03-07. It is the current version in its line.

What is Speechmatics Enhanced?›

Speechmatics Enhanced is a speech & voice model from Speechmatics, released Mar 2023.

What are the best alternatives to Speechmatics Enhanced?›

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