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Model infoModelsSnapshot: 15 Oct 2026

Intron / Sahara

Sahara-Optimus

Earlier named general-purpose African-accent recognition model.

Transcription
historicalClosed weightsSpeech-to-text
Official documentation (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 16 Oct 2026
3 of 17 specification fields collected
Context windowNot collectedAwaiting source review
Maximum outputNot collectedAwaiting source review
Input billingNot collectedIntron historical product documentation
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
Not collected

No reviewed model-specific contract; unknown does not mean unsupported.

Maximum input tokens
Not collected

No reviewed model-specific contract; unknown does not mean unsupported.

Maximum output
Not collected

No reviewed model-specific contract; unknown does not mean unsupported.

Parameters
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No reviewed model-specific contract; unknown does not mean unsupported.

Release date
Not collected

No reviewed model-specific contract; unknown does not mean unsupported.

Knowledge cutoff
Not collected

No reviewed model-specific contract; unknown does not mean unsupported.

Tool calling
Not collected

No reviewed model-specific contract; unknown does not mean unsupported.

Structured output
Not collected

No reviewed model-specific contract; unknown does not mean unsupported.

Streaming
Not collected

No reviewed model-specific contract; unknown does not mean unsupported.

Batch processing
Not collected

No reviewed model-specific contract; unknown does not mean unsupported.

Fine-tuning
Not collected

No reviewed model-specific contract; unknown does not mean unsupported.

Reasoning
Not collected

No reviewed model-specific contract; unknown does not mean unsupported.

Context caching
Not collected

No reviewed model-specific contract; unknown does not mean unsupported.

Base model
Not collected

No reviewed model-specific contract; unknown does not mean unsupported.

Input modalities
AudioSource for Input modalities (opens in a new tab)
Output modalities
TextSource for Output modalities (opens in a new tab)
Published training method
Sahara family launch describes proprietary audio from 18,000+ speakers, 300+ non-native English accents and 30+ African countries, with AccentMix.Source for Published training method (opens in a new tab)

Access & pricing

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

Intron historical product documentation

Provider source (opens in a new tab)
API model ID
Not collected

No verified currently selectable checkpoint for this historical name.

Access
Historical model or version description; current selector, access and retirement status unverified.
Regions
Hosted processing region not established. Offline local deployment is a separately described commercial option, not proof of the hosted API location.

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

Data & enterprise terms

Retention, training use, regional processing and enterprise terms have not been summarized for this endpoint.

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.

Intron historical product documentation

Not verified

No model-specific inference-cache contract verified. Stored files, streaming buffers and account balances are not prompt caching.

How it works
Not collected

No model-specific inference-cache contract verified. Stored files, streaming buffers and account balances are not prompt caching.

Minimum reusable input
Not collected

No model-specific inference-cache contract verified. Stored files, streaming buffers and account balances are not prompt caching.

Lifetime & refresh
Not collected

No model-specific inference-cache contract verified. Stored files, streaming buffers and account balances are not prompt caching.

How to enable it
Not collected

No model-specific inference-cache contract verified. Stored files, streaming buffers and account balances are not prompt caching.

Usage fields
Not collected

No model-specific inference-cache contract verified. Stored files, streaming buffers and account balances are not prompt caching.

Billing rules
Not collected

No model-specific inference-cache contract verified. Stored files, streaming buffers and account balances are not prompt caching.

Limits & data boundaries
Not collected

No model-specific inference-cache contract verified. Stored files, streaming buffers and account balances are not prompt caching.

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

Caching reviewed 16 Oct 2026

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

Commercial Sahara model family described by its provider alongside proprietary training and reserved service technology. No exact Sahara checkpoint was found among the reviewed public research weights. Family names and benchmark versions do not establish immutable API selectors.

Classification evidence (opens in a new tab)

Sources reviewed