Voxtral: Open-Source Speech Understanding Models Shatter the Status Quo

Voxtral has released two state-of-the-art speech understanding models: a 24B parameter variant for production and a 3B parameter variant for edge deployments, both licensed under Apache 2.0. These models boast superior transcription accuracy, handle long-form audio (up to 40 minutes), feature built-in Q&A and summarization, and offer native multilingual support. Significantly, Voxtral undercuts comparable APIs in cost, making high-quality speech intelligence accessible and controllable at scale. It bridges the gap between open-source systems with high error rates and expensive closed-source APIs, offering function-calling capabilities that directly translate voice commands into system actions. Voxtral is poised to revolutionize human-computer interaction.