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Mar 30, 2026VentureBeat
Cohere's Open-Weight ASR Model Hits 5.4% WER, Disrupting Production
Cohere has launched Transcribe, an open-weight ASR model with a remarkable 5.42% word error rate. This model offers enterprises state-of-the-art accuracy, comparable to closed APIs, while allowing on-premise deployment to address data residency, control, and latency concerns. Transcribe currently leads the Hugging Face ASR leaderboard, outperforming Whisper and other industry leaders.
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