Mistral AI has unveiled Voxtral, its speech transcription model built around near-real-time processing speed. The announcement, framed as a research release, positions Voxtral as a competitive alternative in the automatic speech recognition (ASR) space. The "speed of sound" framing suggests the model's key differentiator is low-latency, fast transcription suitable for demanding production workloads.
ElevenLabs introduced Scribe v2 Realtime, a low-latency speech-to-text model built for live transcription, voice agents, meeting assistants, and real-time captions. The company says it transcribes in under 150 ms across several major languages and supports 90 languages. Key features include automatic language detection, VAD, manual commit, text conditioning, multiple audio formats, API access, ElevenLabs Agents integration, and enterprise compliance options.