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DeepL / Direct speech translation research

DeepL Direct Speech · research

Research family being developed to translate directly from speech to speech without an intermediate transcription. Public checkpoint names and a production API mapping are not disclosed.

restrictedClosed weightsSpeech-to-speechSpeech translation
Official documentation (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 13 Oct 2026
3 of 16 specification fields collected
Context windowNot collectedAwaiting source review
Maximum outputNot collectedAwaiting source review
Input billingNot collectedDeepL AI Labs
Output billingNot collectedNo inferred price

Specifications

Provider-documented facts. “Not collected” means we have not verified that field yet, not that the feature is unsupported.

Context / input limit
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Maximum output
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Reasoning
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Tool calling
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Structured output
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Streaming
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Batch processing
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Fine-tuning
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Knowledge cutoff
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Release date
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Parameters
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Architecture
Direct audio-to-audio translation under development, bypassing intermediate textSource for Architecture (opens in a new tab)
Languages
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Context caching
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Access & pricing

Prices belong to an endpoint and billing tier. A provider listing does not guarantee access for every account or region.

API model ID
Not collected

No public fixed model/checkpoint selector is documented.

Access
Research disclosure only. No public callable endpoint, release day or model ID established.
Regions
Provider-managed; contractual residency options, no universal region pin

Endpoint pricing has not been collected. Check the provider for applicable rates.

Data & enterprise terms

No public inference access established, so hosted data-handling guarantees are not assigned to the research family.

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Caching

Caching can reuse earlier input processing. Availability, lifetime and billing depend on the endpoint. A cache hit still generates a new response.

01 / INITIAL INPUTProcess & retain

The system processes eligible input and retains reusable state.

02 / LATER REQUESTCheck available state

Reuse depends on matching input, session state and the cache policy.

03 / CACHE HITReuse & generate

Reusing state can reduce repeated work. Any charges follow the billing rules below.

DeepL AI Labs

Not verified

No discounted prompt-cache contract collected. Glossaries, translation memories, retained files and reconnectable sessions are not proof of model prompt caching.

How it works
Not collected

No discounted prompt-cache contract collected. Glossaries, translation memories, retained files and reconnectable sessions are not proof of model prompt caching.

Minimum reusable input
Not collected

No discounted prompt-cache contract collected. Glossaries, translation memories, retained files and reconnectable sessions are not proof of model prompt caching.

Lifetime & refresh
Not collected

No discounted prompt-cache contract collected. Glossaries, translation memories, retained files and reconnectable sessions are not proof of model prompt caching.

How to enable it
Not collected

No discounted prompt-cache contract collected. Glossaries, translation memories, retained files and reconnectable sessions are not proof of model prompt caching.

Usage fields
Not collected

No discounted prompt-cache contract collected. Glossaries, translation memories, retained files and reconnectable sessions are not proof of model prompt caching.

Billing rules
Not collected

No discounted prompt-cache contract collected. Glossaries, translation memories, retained files and reconnectable sessions are not proof of model prompt caching.

Limits & data boundaries
Not collected

No discounted prompt-cache contract collected. Glossaries, translation memories, retained files and reconnectable sessions are not proof of model prompt caching.

No verified cache rate for this endpoint. An empty rate is not a zero charge.

What the measurements say

No benchmark observations have been added for this model. We do not turn a vendor description into a performance score.

Latency and throughput depend on the host, request size, reasoning settings and load. There is no measured speed or global usage figure in this record.

The record behind the model

Why it is included

DeepL terms identify proprietary models and restrict copying or reverse engineering of the service. This is a documented proprietary generation or explicitly identified managed/research family, not a claim that every hosted partner component is a DeepL checkpoint. Public model weights are not provided by the cited release or API documentation.

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Sources reviewed