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On Arabic and English, Melia 1 runs at less than half the mixed error rate of the next best model. On Mandarin and Tamil it switches more accurately than anything else we tested.

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Melia 1 leads speech-to-text code-switching in Arabic, Mandarin and Tamil

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Linden, Speechmatics' new speech-to-text model built for voice agents, is now available through LiveKit Inference, no separate API key, account, or invoice required. Try it out now, click the circle to the bottom right of your screen.

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Speechmatics & LiveKit Inference target the accuracy gap that breaks voice agents in production

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An hour of audio in, a transcript back in under 20 seconds. 30 minutes in under 10 seconds. 10 minutes in under 5 seconds.

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Gone in 20 seconds: Melia outpaces AssemblyAI, ElevenLabs and Soniox

Gone in 20 seconds: Melia now outpaces AssemblyAI, ElevenLabs and Soniox on Artificial Analysis

Speechmatics is now live on Zapier. Connect industry-leading speech-to-text to 8,000+ apps with no code.

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Speechmatics on Zapier: No-Code Speech-to-Text Automation

The most accurate speech-to-text, now one Zap away

Editorial team

With 93% accuracy, our new model is twice as good as the nearest competitor.

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Speechmatics launches Medical Model for real-time clinical transcription

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Product Marketing Manager

Because in the real world, conversations are messy, and Voice AI needs to keep up.

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Speaker Focus: Fixing Voice AI for the real world

The move brings speech recognition directly into CATalyst VP eliminating the challenges of running multiple applications, making it the first seamless solution for the voice reporting industry.

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Stenograph and Speechmatics Announce Industry-First On-Device Integration for CATalyst VP 

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From 1 August 2026, Speechmatics moves to credit-based billing: one credit balance across every product, same prices, no action needed.

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A Simpler Way to Pay: Speechmatics Is Moving to Credits

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Founder, Deals Machine (View1 Studio)

A founder's account of taking a hackathon side-project live with 30 sales teams, and the four real-time integration bugs that stood between a demo and a product people could trust.

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From a Parked Side Project to 30 Teams Running Real Sales Calls on Speechmatics

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Compare manual vs automated transcription to see which is better for accuracy, speed, cost, scalability, and different transcription needs and workflows.

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Manual vs Automated Transcription: Which Is Better

Manual vs Automated Transcription: Which Is Better?

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Aug 26, 2026 | Read time 5 min min