Mistral drops Voxtral Transcribe 2, an open-source speech model that runs on-device for pennies

Source: VentureBeat

Mistral AI releases open‑source speech‑to‑text models

Mistral AI, the Paris‑based startup positioning itself as Europe’s answer to OpenAI, released a pair of speech‑to‑text models on Wednesday that the company says can transcribe audio faster, more accurately, and far more cheaply than anything else on the market — all while running entirely on a smart…