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Model infoModelsSnapshot: 15 Oct 2026

Modulate / Velma-2

Multilingual Transcription

Multilingual speech recognition with utterance timing, speaker attribution and optional acoustic or sensitive-information signals.

availableClosed weightsSpeech recognition
Official documentation (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 13 Oct 2026
11 of 22 specification fields collected
File upload limit100 MB per prerecorded uploadSee specification notes below
Transcription outputText, Classification metadataSee specification notes below
Input billingSee ratesModulate Models API · batch
Output billingSee ratesPublished units and conditions 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
Maximum output
Not collected
Output modalities
Text, Classification metadataSource for Output modalities (opens in a new tab)
Reasoning
Not collected
Tool calling
Not collected
Structured output
Not collected

Fixed response JSON fields are documented. No caller-supplied constrained generation schema has been verified.

Batch processing
SupportedSource for Batch processing (opens in a new tab)

Synchronous file-processing endpoint; this does not imply asynchronous multi-file jobs or a discounted text batch API.

Fine-tuning
Not collected
Knowledge cutoff
Not collected
Release date
Not collected
Parameters
Not collected
Architecture
Not collected
Languages
100 languages according to the current transcription guide; pricing copy says 70+Source for Languages (opens in a new tab)

Exact standard-model inventory is not inferred from another detector or Fast variant. See endpoint contract before relying on a particular language.

Context caching
Not collected

No discounted prompt-cache or persistent model-cache contract verified for these audio endpoints. Streaming buffers, stored clips and per-session speaker labels are not prompt caching.

Maximum audio file
100 MB per prerecorded uploadSource for Maximum audio file (opens in a new tab)
Billing conditions
Per audio hour, with separate batch/live rates where published; see endpoint rates for optional enrichment chargesSource for Billing conditions (opens in a new tab)
Language switching within audio
SupportedSource for Language switching within audio (opens in a new tab)

Automatic language detection is per utterance. Optional ISO language hint uses only the primary subtag.

Custom vocabulary
Up to 1,000 entries; term strings serialized together must be under 8,000 characters. Optional definitions: 256 characters. Up to 16 pronunciations per term, 128 printable ASCII characters each.Source for Custom vocabulary (opens in a new tab)

Pronunciations accept X-SAMPA or stressed ASCII respelling. Send in JSON config for multilingual ASR or stt config for Triage; this is biasing, not weight fine-tuning.

Word timestamps
Not supportedSource for Word timestamps (opens in a new tab)

Standard transcription returns utterance timing, not the English Fast batch optional word-alignment output.

Access & pricing

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

Modulate Models API · batch

Provider source (opens in a new tab)
API model ID
/api/velma-2-stt-batch

Endpoint path selects the served family; not a request model parameter or immutable checkpoint ID.

Access
POST https://platform.modulate.ai/api/velma-2-stt-batch with X-API-Key and multipart upload_file. Response is synchronous.
Regions
Public endpoint deployment region and regional routing are not specified in the reviewed API contract.
Output modalities
Text, Classification metadataSource for Output modalities (opens in a new tab)
Concurrent requests
Authentication guide default: 3 in-flight requests/connections per model; organization-specific limits may differSource for Concurrent requests (opens in a new tab)

Pricing lists 5 for some detectors. Confirm the applicable organization quota; English diarized streaming may have a lower ceiling than plain transcription.

Maximum audio file
100 MB per prerecorded uploadSource for Maximum audio file (opens in a new tab)
API request fields
upload_file, speaker_diarization, emotion_signal, accent_signal, deepfake_signal, pii_phi_tagging, language, configSource for API request fields (opens in a new tab)

Only fields present in this endpoint’s reviewed request schema. A provider marketing option is not automatically a valid form field.

Audio formats
AAC, AIFF, FLAC, MP3, MP4, MOV, OGG, Opus, WAV, WebMSource for Audio formats (opens in a new tab)

Container acceptance implies processing its audio track, not video understanding.

Languages
100 languages according to the current transcription guide; pricing copy says 70+Source for Languages (opens in a new tab)

Exact standard-model inventory is not inferred from another detector or Fast variant. See endpoint contract before relying on a particular language.

Custom vocabulary
Up to 1,000 entries; term strings serialized together must be under 8,000 characters. Optional definitions: 256 characters. Up to 16 pronunciations per term, 128 printable ASCII characters each.Source for Custom vocabulary (opens in a new tab)

Pronunciations accept X-SAMPA or stressed ASCII respelling. Send in JSON config for multilingual ASR or stt config for Triage; this is biasing, not weight fine-tuning.

Speaker diarization
speaker_diarization defaults trueSource for Speaker diarization (opens in a new tab)
Transcript redaction
Optional pii_phi_tagging marks spans while preserving sensitive text; no audio redactionSource for Transcript redaction (opens in a new tab)

Use the dedicated redaction model when sensitive text/audio must be removed.

Prices retain their published currencies and billing units below.

Published billing units · original currency · observed 13 Oct 2026
CategoryUsageRateUnit
Speech recognitionBatch Multilingual Transcription1$0.03audio hour
Speech recognitionOptional Emotion add-on2$0.02audio hour
Speech recognitionOptional Accent add-on2$0.01audio hour
Speech recognitionOptional PII/PHI tagging add-on2$0.02audio hour
Speech recognitionOptional Deepfake add-on2$0.25audio hour

Rate conditions

  1. Published self-service hourly audio rate, credit-based billing; taxes and negotiated enterprise terms are separate. Emotion, accent, PII/PHI tagging and deepfake are optional additional charges. Speaker/timestamp surcharge amounts are not independently established. No text-token rate or cost per question is inferred.
  2. Published self-service hourly audio rate, credit-based billing; taxes and negotiated enterprise terms are separate. Additive to the base transcription rate when enabled, not the total request rate. No text-token rate or cost per question is inferred.
Pricing source (opens in a new tab)

Data & enterprise terms

Terms: standard API content and outputs are not retained unless storage is enabled or required by the feature; stored content defaults to 35 days, with separately retained usage metadata and temporary residual backup/log copies. Self-service accounts are automatically enrolled in model improvement. FAQ narrows training to audio marked for storage; enterprise participation and opt-out depend on the agreement. Accent documents a per-request training_permitted=false opt-out. Do not infer a universal no-training or immediate-deletion guarantee.

Read the service policy (opens in a new tab)

Modulate Models API · streaming

Provider source (opens in a new tab)
API model ID
/api/velma-2-stt-streaming

Endpoint path selects the served family; not a request model parameter or immutable checkpoint ID.

Access
Connect to wss://platform.modulate.ai/api/velma-2-stt-streaming with api_key in the WebSocket query. Send the endpoint-specific audio/config frames and finish with its documented end-of-stream signal.
Regions
Public endpoint deployment region and regional routing are not specified in the reviewed API contract.
Output modalities
Text, Classification metadataSource for Output modalities (opens in a new tab)
Concurrent requests
Authentication guide default: 3 in-flight requests/connections per model; organization-specific limits may differSource for Concurrent requests (opens in a new tab)

Pricing lists 5 for some detectors. Confirm the applicable organization quota; English diarized streaming may have a lower ceiling than plain transcription.

Audio sample rates
8,000 Hz, 11,025 Hz, 16,000 Hz, 22,050 Hz, 32,000 Hz, 44,100 Hz, 48,000 Hz, 96,000 HzSource for Audio sample rates (opens in a new tab)

Accepted raw transport rates; not separate model variants or a claimed native model sample rate.

Audio channels
1–8 input channels for raw audioSource for Audio channels (opens in a new tab)

Input channel count does not establish multichannel speaker identity preservation.

Audio formats
Compressed containers and raw PCM/μ-law/A-law; use the exact audio_format enum in this endpoint’s documentationSource for Audio formats (opens in a new tab)

Raw formats require sample_rate and num_channels; supported formats and first-frame rules vary by endpoint.

Output formats
JSON WebSocket eventsSource for Output formats (opens in a new tab)
Languages
100 languages according to the current transcription guide; pricing copy says 70+Source for Languages (opens in a new tab)

Exact standard-model inventory is not inferred from another detector or Fast variant. See endpoint contract before relying on a particular language.

Custom vocabulary
Up to 1,000 entries; term strings serialized together must be under 8,000 characters. Optional definitions: 256 characters. Up to 16 pronunciations per term, 128 printable ASCII characters each.Source for Custom vocabulary (opens in a new tab)

Pronunciations accept X-SAMPA or stressed ASCII respelling. Send in JSON config for multilingual ASR or stt config for Triage; this is biasing, not weight fine-tuning.

Speaker diarization
speaker_diarization defaults trueSource for Speaker diarization (opens in a new tab)
Transcript redaction
Optional pii_phi_tagging marks spans while preserving sensitive text; no audio redactionSource for Transcript redaction (opens in a new tab)

Use the dedicated redaction model when sensitive text/audio must be removed.

Provisional live transcripts
Enable partial_results; provisional text is replaced by later utterance resultsSource for Provisional live transcripts (opens in a new tab)

Prices retain their published currencies and billing units below.

Published billing units · original currency · observed 13 Oct 2026
CategoryUsageRateUnit
Speech recognitionStreaming Multilingual Transcription1$0.06audio hour
Speech recognitionOptional Emotion add-on2$0.02audio hour
Speech recognitionOptional Accent add-on2$0.01audio hour
Speech recognitionOptional PII/PHI tagging add-on2$0.02audio hour
Speech recognitionOptional Deepfake add-on2$0.25audio hour

Rate conditions

  1. Published self-service hourly audio rate, credit-based billing; taxes and negotiated enterprise terms are separate. Emotion, accent, PII/PHI tagging and deepfake are optional additional charges. Speaker/timestamp surcharge amounts are not independently established. No text-token rate or cost per question is inferred.
  2. Published self-service hourly audio rate, credit-based billing; taxes and negotiated enterprise terms are separate. Additive to the base transcription rate when enabled, not the total request rate. No text-token rate or cost per question is inferred.
Pricing source (opens in a new tab)

Data & enterprise terms

Terms: standard API content and outputs are not retained unless storage is enabled or required by the feature; stored content defaults to 35 days, with separately retained usage metadata and temporary residual backup/log copies. Self-service accounts are automatically enrolled in model improvement. FAQ narrows training to audio marked for storage; enterprise participation and opt-out depend on the agreement. Accent documents a per-request training_permitted=false opt-out. Do not infer a universal no-training or immediate-deletion guarantee.

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.

Modulate Models API · batch

/api/velma-2-stt-batch
Not verified

No discounted prompt-cache or persistent model-cache contract verified for these audio endpoints. Streaming buffers, stored clips and per-session speaker labels are not prompt caching.

How it works
Not collected

No discounted prompt-cache or persistent model-cache contract verified for these audio endpoints. Streaming buffers, stored clips and per-session speaker labels are not prompt caching.

Minimum reusable input
Not collected

No discounted prompt-cache or persistent model-cache contract verified for these audio endpoints. Streaming buffers, stored clips and per-session speaker labels are not prompt caching.

Lifetime & refresh
Not collected

No discounted prompt-cache or persistent model-cache contract verified for these audio endpoints. Streaming buffers, stored clips and per-session speaker labels are not prompt caching.

How to enable it
Not collected

No discounted prompt-cache or persistent model-cache contract verified for these audio endpoints. Streaming buffers, stored clips and per-session speaker labels are not prompt caching.

Usage fields
Not collected

No discounted prompt-cache or persistent model-cache contract verified for these audio endpoints. Streaming buffers, stored clips and per-session speaker labels are not prompt caching.

Billing rules
Not collected

No discounted prompt-cache or persistent model-cache contract verified for these audio endpoints. Streaming buffers, stored clips and per-session speaker labels are not prompt caching.

Limits & data boundaries
Not collected

No discounted prompt-cache or persistent model-cache contract verified for these audio endpoints. Streaming buffers, stored clips and per-session speaker labels are not prompt caching.

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

Modulate Models API · streaming

/api/velma-2-stt-streaming
Not verified

No discounted prompt-cache or persistent model-cache contract verified for these audio endpoints. Streaming buffers, stored clips and per-session speaker labels are not prompt caching.

How it works
Not collected

No discounted prompt-cache or persistent model-cache contract verified for these audio endpoints. Streaming buffers, stored clips and per-session speaker labels are not prompt caching.

Minimum reusable input
Not collected

No discounted prompt-cache or persistent model-cache contract verified for these audio endpoints. Streaming buffers, stored clips and per-session speaker labels are not prompt caching.

Lifetime & refresh
Not collected

No discounted prompt-cache or persistent model-cache contract verified for these audio endpoints. Streaming buffers, stored clips and per-session speaker labels are not prompt caching.

How to enable it
Not collected

No discounted prompt-cache or persistent model-cache contract verified for these audio endpoints. Streaming buffers, stored clips and per-session speaker labels are not prompt caching.

Usage fields
Not collected

No discounted prompt-cache or persistent model-cache contract verified for these audio endpoints. Streaming buffers, stored clips and per-session speaker labels are not prompt caching.

Billing rules
Not collected

No discounted prompt-cache or persistent model-cache contract verified for these audio endpoints. Streaming buffers, stored clips and per-session speaker labels are not prompt caching.

Limits & data boundaries
Not collected

No discounted prompt-cache or persistent model-cache contract verified for these audio endpoints. Streaming buffers, stored clips and per-session speaker labels are not 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

Modulate presents these as its Velma model suite and audio-native proprietary technology. Its terms retain rights in algorithms and models and license hosted inference, with no public weight artifact identified. Entries represent the named closed managed model families, including ensembles, not invented individual internal checkpoints.

Classification evidence (opens in a new tab)

Sources reviewed