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Model infoModelsSnapshot: 15 Oct 2026

Intron / Sahara

Sahara v2.5 ASR

Current commercial speech-recognition family spanning monolingual, bilingual and trilingual African speech.

availableClosed weightsSpeech-to-text
Official documentation (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 16 Oct 2026
11 of 24 specification fields collected
Audio durationSync upload: at most 120 seconds of audio. Streaming sessions: at most 300 seconds; idle audio gap at most 60 seconds. Async file-duration ceiling not established.See specification notes below
Audio formatsFile upload: WAV, MP3, MP4, M4A, OGG, WebM and FLAC. Streaming: base64 PCM16 little-endian audio; default 16 kHz, 16-bit, one channel.See specification notes below
Input billingSee billing notesIntron Voice API / enterprise
Output billingSee billing notesAccess and billing notes below

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
Not collected

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
SupportedSource for Streaming (opens in a new tab)

API supports partial and committed transcripts; exact per-language checkpoint routing is not published.

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.

Published price
No reviewed public inference tariff. The account-balance API reports NGN for Nigerian accounts and USD for other countries, but a balance or sample balance is not a per-minute, character, token or question price.Source for Published price (opens in a new tab)
Languages
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  • Afrikaans-English (af)
  • Akan-English (ak)
  • Amharic-English (am)
  • Arabic (ar)
  • Bemba (bem)
  • Bulgarian (bg)
  • Czech (cs)
  • Danish (da)
  • German (de)
  • Greek (el)
  • English (en)
  • Spanish (es)
  • Estonian (et)
  • Finnish (fi)
  • French (fr)
  • Fulani (ff)
  • Fulani (Pulaar) (fuc)
  • Fulani (Pular) (fuf)
  • Fulani (Adamawa Fulfulde) (fub)
  • Fulani (Nigerian Fulfulde) (fuv)
  • Fulani (Central-Eastern Niger Fulfulde) (fuq)
  • Fulani (Borgu Fulfulde) (fue)
  • Fulani (Maasina Fulfulde) (ffm)
  • Ga (gaa)
  • Hausa-English (ha)
  • Croatian (hr)
  • Hungarian (hu)
  • Igbo-English (ig)
  • Italian (it)
  • Lithuanian (lt)
  • Latvian (lv)
  • Luganda-English (lg)
  • Maltese (mt)
  • Dutch (nl)
  • Northern Sotho (nso)
  • Nyankole (nyn)
  • Oromo (om)
  • Pidgin-English (pcm)
  • Polish (pl)
  • Portuguese (pt)
  • Romanian (ro)
  • Russian (ru)
  • Kinyarwanda-English-French (rw)
  • Slovak (sk)
  • Slovenian (sl)
  • Shona (sn)
  • Sotho (st)
  • Swedish (sv)
  • Swahili-English (sw)
  • Tswana (tn)
  • Twi (tw)
  • Ukrainian (uk)
  • Wolof-English (wo)
  • Xhosa (xh)
  • Yoruba-English (yo)
  • Zulu-English (zu)
  • Dholuo (Luo) (luo)
  • Kanuri (kr)
  • Kikuyu (ki)
  • Nupe (nup)
  • Tigrinya (ti)
Source for Languages (opens in a new tab)
Language coverage
Homepage: 63 total languages and 12 bilingual models plus a Kinyarwanda/English/French trilingual model. Current API table: 61 unique codes, including 11 bilingual English pair routes and one trilingual route.Source for Language coverage (opens in a new tab)

Counts and grouping differ across sources; no missing checkpoint names or language routes are invented.

Audio formats
File upload: WAV, MP3, MP4, M4A, OGG, WebM and FLAC. Streaming: base64 PCM16 little-endian audio; default 16 kHz, 16-bit, one channel.Source for Audio formats (opens in a new tab)

Streaming encoding and defaults are separately documented by the streaming source.

Audio duration limits
Sync upload: at most 120 seconds of audio. Streaming sessions: at most 300 seconds; idle audio gap at most 60 seconds. Async file-duration ceiling not established.Source for Audio duration limits (opens in a new tab)

Streaming limits apply to the connection, not every file endpoint.

Request limits
Streaming chunks: 1–32 KB. Sync: 30 requests/minute. Async: 60 requests/minute. Streaming: 3 new connections/minute and 3 concurrent connections.Source for Request limits (opens in a new tab)
Output formats
File transcript and optional post-processing JSON; streaming partial transcript events followed by a committed transcript.Source for Output formats (opens in a new tab)
Published training method
Sahara family uses proprietary African-accent speech data and the provider-described AccentMix algorithm. Exact v2.5 architecture and parameter counts are not disclosed.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 Voice API / enterprise

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

The reviewed API exposes language or workflow controls, not an immutable model selector.

Access
POST https://infer.voice.intron.io/file/v1/upload/sync; Bearer API key; multipart file and use_language_asr_input. At most 120 seconds of audio; 30 requests/minute. A 503 processing timeout can return a file ID for polling.
Regions
Hosted processing region not established. Offline local deployment is a separately described commercial option, not proof of the hosted API location.
Audio duration limits
At most 120 secondsSource for Audio duration limits (opens in a new tab)
Request quotas
30 requests/minuteSource for Request quotas (opens in a new tab)

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

Data & enterprise terms

The linked June 2024 privacy policy includes related websites, apps and APIs, including speech data. It permits service operation and improvement, and sharing for support, analytics, internal research and other stated business purposes. Retention depends on purpose and legal requirements; no universal TTL or zero-retention promise is established. Transcribe App terms preserve customer-data ownership and license processing for service operation, legal duties and written permission. A specific model-training opt-out, complete subprocessor regions and newer customer-specific terms remain unresolved.

Read the service policy (opens in a new tab)

Intron Voice API / enterprise

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

The reviewed API exposes language or workflow controls, not an immutable model selector.

Access
POST https://infer.voice.intron.io/file/v1/upload; Bearer API key. Asynchronous file processing with status polling; 60 requests/minute. The sync 120-second audio cap is not applied to this route.
Regions
Hosted processing region not established. Offline local deployment is a separately described commercial option, not proof of the hosted API location.
Request quotas
60 requests/minuteSource for Request quotas (opens in a new tab)
Audio duration limits
Not collected

Async file-duration ceiling not established.

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

Data & enterprise terms

The linked June 2024 privacy policy includes related websites, apps and APIs, including speech data. It permits service operation and improvement, and sharing for support, analytics, internal research and other stated business purposes. Retention depends on purpose and legal requirements; no universal TTL or zero-retention promise is established. Transcribe App terms preserve customer-data ownership and license processing for service operation, legal duties and written permission. A specific model-training opt-out, complete subprocessor regions and newer customer-specific terms remain unresolved.

Read the service policy (opens in a new tab)

Intron Voice API / enterprise

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

The reviewed API exposes language or workflow controls, not an immutable model selector.

Access
WSS wss://infer.voice.intron.io/stt/v1/stream; Bearer Authorization header. Select use_language_asr_input; send INPUT_AUDIO_CHUNK and COMMIT. Partial results can change before final commitment.
Regions
Hosted processing region not established. Offline local deployment is a separately described commercial option, not proof of the hosted API location.
Request limits
300-second session; 60-second idle gap; 1–32 KB chunks; 3 connections/minute and 3 concurrent.Source for Request limits (opens in a new tab)

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

Data & enterprise terms

The linked June 2024 privacy policy includes related websites, apps and APIs, including speech data. It permits service operation and improvement, and sharing for support, analytics, internal research and other stated business purposes. Retention depends on purpose and legal requirements; no universal TTL or zero-retention promise is established. Transcribe App terms preserve customer-data ownership and license processing for service operation, legal duties and written permission. A specific model-training opt-out, complete subprocessor regions and newer customer-specific terms remain unresolved.

Read the service policy (opens in a new tab)

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 Voice API / enterprise

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

Intron Voice API / enterprise

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

Intron Voice API / enterprise

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

Code-switched speech: Afrikaans WER

Intron · provider-reported
26.45%

Published homepage benchmark table data, parsed as literals without executing website code. Lower WER is better. Dataset composition, evaluator configuration and sample counts are not fully specified; not independently reproduced. Version-specific row, not a universal accuracy guarantee. Missing baseline cells stay missing; averages across unequal language sets are not compared.

Evaluation source (opens in a new tab)

Code-switched speech: Pidgin WER

Intron · provider-reported
32.83%

Published homepage benchmark table data, parsed as literals without executing website code. Lower WER is better. Dataset composition, evaluator configuration and sample counts are not fully specified; not independently reproduced. Version-specific row, not a universal accuracy guarantee. Missing baseline cells stay missing; averages across unequal language sets are not compared.

Evaluation source (opens in a new tab)

Code-switched speech: Swahili WER

Intron · provider-reported
34.12%

Published homepage benchmark table data, parsed as literals without executing website code. Lower WER is better. Dataset composition, evaluator configuration and sample counts are not fully specified; not independently reproduced. Version-specific row, not a universal accuracy guarantee. Missing baseline cells stay missing; averages across unequal language sets are not compared.

Evaluation source (opens in a new tab)

Code-switched speech: Hausa WER

Intron · provider-reported
31.77%

Published homepage benchmark table data, parsed as literals without executing website code. Lower WER is better. Dataset composition, evaluator configuration and sample counts are not fully specified; not independently reproduced. Version-specific row, not a universal accuracy guarantee. Missing baseline cells stay missing; averages across unequal language sets are not compared.

Evaluation source (opens in a new tab)

Code-switched speech: Amharic WER

Intron · provider-reported
24.58%

Published homepage benchmark table data, parsed as literals without executing website code. Lower WER is better. Dataset composition, evaluator configuration and sample counts are not fully specified; not independently reproduced. Version-specific row, not a universal accuracy guarantee. Missing baseline cells stay missing; averages across unequal language sets are not compared.

Evaluation source (opens in a new tab)

Code-switched speech: Kinyarwanda WER

Intron · provider-reported
30.73%

Published homepage benchmark table data, parsed as literals without executing website code. Lower WER is better. Dataset composition, evaluator configuration and sample counts are not fully specified; not independently reproduced. Version-specific row, not a universal accuracy guarantee. Missing baseline cells stay missing; averages across unequal language sets are not compared.

Evaluation source (opens in a new tab)

Code-switched speech: Wolof WER

Intron · provider-reported
28.33%

Published homepage benchmark table data, parsed as literals without executing website code. Lower WER is better. Dataset composition, evaluator configuration and sample counts are not fully specified; not independently reproduced. Version-specific row, not a universal accuracy guarantee. Missing baseline cells stay missing; averages across unequal language sets are not compared.

Evaluation source (opens in a new tab)

Code-switched speech: Akan WER

Intron · provider-reported
36.67%

Published homepage benchmark table data, parsed as literals without executing website code. Lower WER is better. Dataset composition, evaluator configuration and sample counts are not fully specified; not independently reproduced. Version-specific row, not a universal accuracy guarantee. Missing baseline cells stay missing; averages across unequal language sets are not compared.

Evaluation source (opens in a new tab)

Code-switched speech: Zulu WER

Intron · provider-reported
49.3%

Published homepage benchmark table data, parsed as literals without executing website code. Lower WER is better. Dataset composition, evaluator configuration and sample counts are not fully specified; not independently reproduced. Version-specific row, not a universal accuracy guarantee. Missing baseline cells stay missing; averages across unequal language sets are not compared.

Evaluation source (opens in a new tab)

Code-switched speech: Igbo WER

Intron · provider-reported
46.94%

Published homepage benchmark table data, parsed as literals without executing website code. Lower WER is better. Dataset composition, evaluator configuration and sample counts are not fully specified; not independently reproduced. Version-specific row, not a universal accuracy guarantee. Missing baseline cells stay missing; averages across unequal language sets are not compared.

Evaluation source (opens in a new tab)

Code-switched speech: Yoruba WER

Intron · provider-reported
45.54%

Published homepage benchmark table data, parsed as literals without executing website code. Lower WER is better. Dataset composition, evaluator configuration and sample counts are not fully specified; not independently reproduced. Version-specific row, not a universal accuracy guarantee. Missing baseline cells stay missing; averages across unequal language sets are not compared.

Evaluation source (opens in a new tab)

Code-switched speech: Luganda WER

Intron · provider-reported
43.87%

Published homepage benchmark table data, parsed as literals without executing website code. Lower WER is better. Dataset composition, evaluator configuration and sample counts are not fully specified; not independently reproduced. Version-specific row, not a universal accuracy guarantee. Missing baseline cells stay missing; averages across unequal language sets are not compared.

Evaluation source (opens in a new tab)

Monolingual speech: Swahili WER

Intron · provider-reported
10.53%

Published homepage benchmark table data, parsed as literals without executing website code. Lower WER is better. Dataset composition, evaluator configuration and sample counts are not fully specified; not independently reproduced. Version-specific row, not a universal accuracy guarantee. Missing baseline cells stay missing; averages across unequal language sets are not compared.

Evaluation source (opens in a new tab)

Monolingual speech: Pidgin WER

Intron · provider-reported
14.4%

Published homepage benchmark table data, parsed as literals without executing website code. Lower WER is better. Dataset composition, evaluator configuration and sample counts are not fully specified; not independently reproduced. Version-specific row, not a universal accuracy guarantee. Missing baseline cells stay missing; averages across unequal language sets are not compared.

Evaluation source (opens in a new tab)

Monolingual speech: Afrikaans WER

Intron · provider-reported
11.5%

Published homepage benchmark table data, parsed as literals without executing website code. Lower WER is better. Dataset composition, evaluator configuration and sample counts are not fully specified; not independently reproduced. Version-specific row, not a universal accuracy guarantee. Missing baseline cells stay missing; averages across unequal language sets are not compared.

Evaluation source (opens in a new tab)

Monolingual speech: Kinyarwanda WER

Intron · provider-reported
10.49%

Published homepage benchmark table data, parsed as literals without executing website code. Lower WER is better. Dataset composition, evaluator configuration and sample counts are not fully specified; not independently reproduced. Version-specific row, not a universal accuracy guarantee. Missing baseline cells stay missing; averages across unequal language sets are not compared.

Evaluation source (opens in a new tab)

Monolingual speech: Zulu WER

Intron · provider-reported
14.62%

Published homepage benchmark table data, parsed as literals without executing website code. Lower WER is better. Dataset composition, evaluator configuration and sample counts are not fully specified; not independently reproduced. Version-specific row, not a universal accuracy guarantee. Missing baseline cells stay missing; averages across unequal language sets are not compared.

Evaluation source (opens in a new tab)

Monolingual speech: Luganda WER

Intron · provider-reported
17.08%

Published homepage benchmark table data, parsed as literals without executing website code. Lower WER is better. Dataset composition, evaluator configuration and sample counts are not fully specified; not independently reproduced. Version-specific row, not a universal accuracy guarantee. Missing baseline cells stay missing; averages across unequal language sets are not compared.

Evaluation source (opens in a new tab)

Monolingual speech: Kikuyu WER

Intron · provider-reported
29.48%

Published homepage benchmark table data, parsed as literals without executing website code. Lower WER is better. Dataset composition, evaluator configuration and sample counts are not fully specified; not independently reproduced. Version-specific row, not a universal accuracy guarantee. Missing baseline cells stay missing; averages across unequal language sets are not compared.

Evaluation source (opens in a new tab)

Monolingual speech: Hausa WER

Intron · provider-reported
21.72%

Published homepage benchmark table data, parsed as literals without executing website code. Lower WER is better. Dataset composition, evaluator configuration and sample counts are not fully specified; not independently reproduced. Version-specific row, not a universal accuracy guarantee. Missing baseline cells stay missing; averages across unequal language sets are not compared.

Evaluation source (opens in a new tab)

Monolingual speech: Amharic WER

Intron · provider-reported
20.45%

Published homepage benchmark table data, parsed as literals without executing website code. Lower WER is better. Dataset composition, evaluator configuration and sample counts are not fully specified; not independently reproduced. Version-specific row, not a universal accuracy guarantee. Missing baseline cells stay missing; averages across unequal language sets are not compared.

Evaluation source (opens in a new tab)

Monolingual speech: Dholuo WER

Intron · provider-reported
34.38%

Published homepage benchmark table data, parsed as literals without executing website code. Lower WER is better. Dataset composition, evaluator configuration and sample counts are not fully specified; not independently reproduced. Version-specific row, not a universal accuracy guarantee. Missing baseline cells stay missing; averages across unequal language sets are not compared.

Evaluation source (opens in a new tab)

Monolingual speech: Tigrinya WER

Intron · provider-reported
31.24%

Published homepage benchmark table data, parsed as literals without executing website code. Lower WER is better. Dataset composition, evaluator configuration and sample counts are not fully specified; not independently reproduced. Version-specific row, not a universal accuracy guarantee. Missing baseline cells stay missing; averages across unequal language sets are not compared.

Evaluation source (opens in a new tab)

Monolingual speech: Yoruba WER

Intron · provider-reported
31.71%

Published homepage benchmark table data, parsed as literals without executing website code. Lower WER is better. Dataset composition, evaluator configuration and sample counts are not fully specified; not independently reproduced. Version-specific row, not a universal accuracy guarantee. Missing baseline cells stay missing; averages across unequal language sets are not compared.

Evaluation source (opens in a new tab)

Monolingual speech: Akan WER

Intron · provider-reported
28.27%

Published homepage benchmark table data, parsed as literals without executing website code. Lower WER is better. Dataset composition, evaluator configuration and sample counts are not fully specified; not independently reproduced. Version-specific row, not a universal accuracy guarantee. Missing baseline cells stay missing; averages across unequal language sets are not compared.

Evaluation source (opens in a new tab)

Monolingual speech: Wolof WER

Intron · provider-reported
30.9%

Published homepage benchmark table data, parsed as literals without executing website code. Lower WER is better. Dataset composition, evaluator configuration and sample counts are not fully specified; not independently reproduced. Version-specific row, not a universal accuracy guarantee. Missing baseline cells stay missing; averages across unequal language sets are not compared.

Evaluation source (opens in a new tab)

Monolingual speech: Igbo WER

Intron · provider-reported
37.28%

Published homepage benchmark table data, parsed as literals without executing website code. Lower WER is better. Dataset composition, evaluator configuration and sample counts are not fully specified; not independently reproduced. Version-specific row, not a universal accuracy guarantee. Missing baseline cells stay missing; averages across unequal language sets are not compared.

Evaluation source (opens in a new tab)

Monolingual speech: Fulfulde WER

Intron · provider-reported
34.12%

Published homepage benchmark table data, parsed as literals without executing website code. Lower WER is better. Dataset composition, evaluator configuration and sample counts are not fully specified; not independently reproduced. Version-specific row, not a universal accuracy guarantee. Missing baseline cells stay missing; averages across unequal language sets are not compared.

Evaluation source (opens in a new tab)

Monolingual speech: Nupe WER

Intron · provider-reported
69.02%

Published homepage benchmark table data, parsed as literals without executing website code. Lower WER is better. Dataset composition, evaluator configuration and sample counts are not fully specified; not independently reproduced. Version-specific row, not a universal accuracy guarantee. Missing baseline cells stay missing; averages across unequal language sets are not compared.

Evaluation source (opens in a new tab)

Monolingual speech: Kanuri WER

Intron · provider-reported
74.72%

Published homepage benchmark table data, parsed as literals without executing website code. Lower WER is better. Dataset composition, evaluator configuration and sample counts are not fully specified; not independently reproduced. Version-specific row, not a universal accuracy guarantee. Missing baseline cells stay missing; averages across unequal language sets are not compared.

Evaluation source (opens in a new tab)

Accented English: Names WER

Intron · provider-reported
11.87%

Published homepage benchmark table data, parsed as literals without executing website code. Lower WER is better. Dataset composition, evaluator configuration and sample counts are not fully specified; not independently reproduced. Version-specific row, not a universal accuracy guarantee. Missing baseline cells stay missing; averages across unequal language sets are not compared.

Evaluation source (opens in a new tab)

Accented English: In-the-wild WER

Intron · provider-reported
10.57%

Published homepage benchmark table data, parsed as literals without executing website code. Lower WER is better. Dataset composition, evaluator configuration and sample counts are not fully specified; not independently reproduced. Version-specific row, not a universal accuracy guarantee. Missing baseline cells stay missing; averages across unequal language sets are not compared.

Evaluation source (opens in a new tab)

Accented English: Finance WER

Intron · provider-reported
6.67%

Published homepage benchmark table data, parsed as literals without executing website code. Lower WER is better. Dataset composition, evaluator configuration and sample counts are not fully specified; not independently reproduced. Version-specific row, not a universal accuracy guarantee. Missing baseline cells stay missing; averages across unequal language sets are not compared.

Evaluation source (opens in a new tab)

Accented English: Medical WER

Intron · provider-reported
13.33%

Published homepage benchmark table data, parsed as literals without executing website code. Lower WER is better. Dataset composition, evaluator configuration and sample counts are not fully specified; not independently reproduced. Version-specific row, not a universal accuracy guarantee. Missing baseline cells stay missing; averages across unequal language sets are not compared.

Evaluation source (opens in a new tab)

Accented English: Call Center WER

Intron · provider-reported
13.96%

Published homepage benchmark table data, parsed as literals without executing website code. Lower WER is better. Dataset composition, evaluator configuration and sample counts are not fully specified; not independently reproduced. Version-specific row, not a universal accuracy guarantee. Missing baseline cells stay missing; averages across unequal language sets are not compared.

Evaluation source (opens in a new tab)

Accented English: Legal WER

Intron · provider-reported
14.34%

Published homepage benchmark table data, parsed as literals without executing website code. Lower WER is better. Dataset composition, evaluator configuration and sample counts are not fully specified; not independently reproduced. Version-specific row, not a universal accuracy guarantee. Missing baseline cells stay missing; averages across unequal language sets are not compared.

Evaluation source (opens in a new tab)

Accented English: General WER

Intron · provider-reported
9.73%

Published homepage benchmark table data, parsed as literals without executing website code. Lower WER is better. Dataset composition, evaluator configuration and sample counts are not fully specified; not independently reproduced. Version-specific row, not a universal accuracy guarantee. Missing baseline cells stay missing; averages across unequal language sets are not compared.

Evaluation source (opens in a new tab)

Accented English: Robustness WER

Intron · provider-reported
7.15%

Published homepage benchmark table data, parsed as literals without executing website code. Lower WER is better. Dataset composition, evaluator configuration and sample counts are not fully specified; not independently reproduced. Version-specific row, not a universal accuracy guarantee. Missing baseline cells stay missing; averages across unequal language sets are not compared.

Evaluation source (opens in a new tab)

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)

Lifecycle dates

Sahara v2.5 research-preview launch stated by challenge timeline5 Aug 2026Source (opens in a new tab)

Sources reviewed