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Alibaba Open-Sources Real-Time Speech Recognition Model Fun-ASR-Realtime

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88Z AI, 6 July — Alibaba has launched the upgraded Fun-ASR-Realtime, a real-time speech recognition model with sub-second initial latency and accuracy comparable to offline systems. It supports 30 languages and 16 dialects, featuring context awareness and self-correction capabilities, outperforming competitors in dialect recognition tests.

At a glance

  • Initial latency is in the hundred-millisecond range with accuracy near offline models, supporting 30 languages and 16 dialects.
  • Features context understanding and self-correction, achieving an average dialect accuracy of 88.62%, leading competitors.
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The update

Alibaba has officially released the upgraded Fun-ASR-Realtime, a large model for real-time speech recognition. The model achieves significant performance breakthroughs by keeping the initial character latency within the hundred-millisecond range while maintaining recognition accuracy comparable to offline models. In terms of coverage, Fun-ASR-Realtime supports recognition for 30 global languages and 16 Chinese dialects. Technically, the model incorporates advanced context understanding mechanisms, enabling it to self-correct based on linguistic context to improve overall recognition quality. Test data shows that its average character accuracy rate reaches 88.62% across 16 dialect recognition tasks. This performance leads over similar products from Volcano Engine and Tencent, demonstrating robust capabilities in handling multilingual and dialectal speech.

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