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Model infoModelsSnapshot: 15 Oct 2026

Lelapa AI / Lelapa-X / Vulavula

Lelapa-X-ASR isiZulu & seSotho 1.0.0

Historical model-card version for call-center transcription; current API routes have subsequently changed.

historicalClosed weightsSpeech-to-text
Official documentation (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 16 Oct 2026
5 of 19 specification fields collected
Context windowNot collectedAwaiting source review
Maximum outputNot collectedAwaiting source review
Input billingNot collectedLelapa historical model card
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 value. Unknown is not unsupported.

Maximum input tokens
Not collected

No reviewed model-specific value. Unknown is not unsupported.

Maximum output
Not collected

No reviewed model-specific value. Unknown is not unsupported.

Parameters
Not collected

No reviewed model-specific value. Unknown is not unsupported.

Release date
Not collected

No reviewed model-specific value. Unknown is not unsupported.

Knowledge cutoff
Not collected

No reviewed model-specific value. Unknown is not unsupported.

Tool calling
Not collected

No reviewed model-specific value. Unknown is not unsupported.

Structured output
Not collected

No reviewed model-specific value. Unknown is not unsupported.

Streaming
Not collected

No reviewed model-specific value. Unknown is not unsupported.

Batch processing
Not collected

No reviewed model-specific value. Unknown is not unsupported.

Fine-tuning
Not collected

No reviewed model-specific value. Unknown is not unsupported.

Reasoning
Not collected

No reviewed model-specific value. Unknown is not unsupported.

Context caching
Not collected

No reviewed model-specific value. Unknown is not unsupported.

Base model
Not collected

No reviewed model-specific value. Unknown is not unsupported.

Published training method
Proprietary fine-tuned base model; exact backbone and parameter count unspecified.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.

Lelapa historical model card

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

No verified current access to this original checkpoint.

Access
Historical documentation only. Original checkpoint availability, selector and price are not established.
Regions
Model-specific processing location not established in reviewed sources.

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.

Lelapa historical model card

Not verified

No reviewed model inference-cache contract. Browser cookies, credentials, quota refill and stored transcripts are not native prompt caching.

How it works
Not collected

No reviewed model inference-cache contract. Browser cookies, credentials, quota refill and stored transcripts are not native prompt caching.

Minimum reusable input
Not collected

No reviewed model inference-cache contract. Browser cookies, credentials, quota refill and stored transcripts are not native prompt caching.

Lifetime & refresh
Not collected

No reviewed model inference-cache contract. Browser cookies, credentials, quota refill and stored transcripts are not native prompt caching.

How to enable it
Not collected

No reviewed model inference-cache contract. Browser cookies, credentials, quota refill and stored transcripts are not native prompt caching.

Usage fields
Not collected

No reviewed model inference-cache contract. Browser cookies, credentials, quota refill and stored transcripts are not native prompt caching.

Billing rules
Not collected

No reviewed model inference-cache contract. Browser cookies, credentials, quota refill and stored transcripts are not native prompt caching.

Limits & data boundaries
Not collected

No reviewed model inference-cache contract. Browser cookies, credentials, quota refill and stored transcripts are not native 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

isiZulu WER

Lelapa AI · provider-reported
0.457ratio

Published model-card evaluation, not independently reproduced and not a guarantee for current routing or different recordings. Version 1.0.0 card. Lower WER is better; general/call-center data for South African languages, government-domain African French data for French.

Evaluation source (opens in a new tab)

isiZulu WER after post-processing

Lelapa AI · provider-reported
0.3692ratio

Published model-card evaluation, not independently reproduced and not a guarantee for current routing or different recordings. Version 1.0.0 card. Lower WER is better; general/call-center data for South African languages, government-domain African French data for French.

Evaluation source (opens in a new tab)

seSotho WER

Lelapa AI · provider-reported
0.3697ratio

Published model-card evaluation, not independently reproduced and not a guarantee for current routing or different recordings. Version 1.0.0 card. Lower WER is better; general/call-center data for South African languages, government-domain African French data for French.

Evaluation source (opens in a new tab)

seSotho WER after post-processing

Lelapa AI · provider-reported
0.2943ratio

Published model-card evaluation, not independently reproduced and not a guarantee for current routing or different recordings. Version 1.0.0 card. Lower WER is better; general/call-center data for South African languages, government-domain African French data for French.

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

The provider model card explicitly identifies proprietary model weights or a proprietary fine-tuned derivative. Current language routes may use newer unnamed checkpoints; catalog family labels are not invented API model IDs.

Classification evidence (opens in a new tab)

Lifecycle dates

Published model-card date7 Nov 2023Source (opens in a new tab)

Sources reviewed