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Morning Edition · Thursday, August 27, 2026Published at 2:20 AM EDT · New York
Google Ships Gemini 3.5 Transcribe With a 2.6 Percent Word Error Rate on Artificial Analysis Testing
The streaming variant returns results 0.40 seconds after speech ends and already powers Gboard's dictation feature, with Chrome next.
Google released Gemini 3.5 Transcribe, a speech-to-text model available in both batch and live streaming configurations. Artificial Analysis measures a 2.6 percent average word error rate for the non-streaming model and 4.0 percent for stre…
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