6 days ago

Google Launches Gemini 3.5 Transcribe for Faster, Smarter Speech

Google has made a new computer model called Gemini 3.5 Transcribe.

It listens to speech and turns it into written words.

Google says it can handle more than 85 languages, accents, dialects and some background challenges.

It can also notice when different people are speaking in recorded audio.

For now, it can identify up to three speakers reliably.

Developers can use it to build voice assistants and other audio tools.

Google is adding related features to products such as Gboard, Chrome and its Gemini macOS app.

The model is currently available to some users as a public preview.

Key facts

Language support: More than 85 languages, including accents and dialects.
Speaker identification: Up to three speakers in recorded audio; support for more than three is experimental.
Streaming Word Error Rate: Google cites a 4% average measurement from Artificial Analysis.
Non-streaming Word Error Rate: Google cites a 2.6% average measurement from Artificial Analysis.
FLEURS benchmark: The model recorded 5.50% WER in streaming and 5.04% in non-streaming tests.
Speed: Google says time to final transcription is 70% faster than Chirp 3.
Developer access: The Live API supports continuous bidirectional streaming, while the Interactions API supports recorded audio, speaker attribution and timestamps.

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