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Model infoModelsSnapshot: 15 Oct 2026

Sarvam AI / Saaras

Saaras v3-realtime

Streaming recognition variant with partial transcripts, live configuration updates and turn detection.

availableClosed weightsSpeech recognition
Official documentation (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 13 Oct 2026
5 of 17 specification fields collected
Context windowNot collectedAwaiting source review
Maximum outputNot collectedAwaiting source review
Input billingSee ratesSarvam API
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
Reasoning
Not collected
Tool calling
Not collected
Structured output
Not collected
Batch processing
Not collected
Fine-tuning
Not collected
Knowledge cutoff
Not collected
Release date
Not collected
Parameters
Not collected
Architecture
Not collected
Languages
View all 23 entries
  • Bengali
  • English
  • Gujarati
  • Hindi
  • Kannada
  • Malayalam
  • Marathi
  • Odia
  • Punjabi
  • Tamil
  • Telugu
  • Assamese
  • Bodo
  • Dogri
  • Konkani
  • Kashmiri
  • Maithili
  • Manipuri
  • Nepali
  • Sanskrit
  • Santali
  • Sindhi
  • Urdu
Source for Languages (opens in a new tab)

Indian English plus 22 Indic languages.

Context caching
Not collected
outputModes
transcribe, translate, verbatim, translit, codemixSource for outputModes (opens in a new tab)

Translation mode targets English; these modes do not establish arbitrary language-to-language speech translation.

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
saaras:v3-realtime
Access
Sarvam API subscription key; credit balance and account rate limits apply.
Regions
Model-specific regional routing and contractual data residency require verification.
API endpoint URL
wss://api.sarvam.ai/speech-to-text-realtime/wsSource for API endpoint URL (opens in a new tab)
Input audio format
Mono linear16, linear32, μ-law or A-law; 8 kHz or 16 kHz only.Source for Input audio format (opens in a new tab)
Request mode
Partial and final transcripts; manual or VAD turn boundaries. Default model on this route is saaras:v3-realtime, unlike REST’s v4 default.Source for Request mode (opens in a new tab)

Prices retain their published currencies and billing units below.

Published billing units · original currency · observed 13 Oct 2026
CategoryUsageRateUnit
transcriptionSpeech recognition / translation1₹30.00audio hour

Rate conditions

  1. Managed speech service; billed per second. Diarization is priced separately; no batch discount is assumed.
Pricing source (opens in a new tab)

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.

Sarvam API

saaras:v3-realtime
Not verified
How it works
Not collected
Minimum reusable input
Not collected
Lifetime & refresh
Not collected
How to enable it
Not collected
Usage fields
Not collected
Billing rules
Not collected
Limits & data boundaries
Not collected

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

Inferred for this exact native API release/service from provider documentation and review of Sarvam’s public weight inventory. No weights for this identity were identified. Public Sarvam language/translation weights and hosted third-party weights are excluded. A named service or version does not establish an independently disclosed checkpoint.

Classification evidence (opens in a new tab)

Lifecycle dates

Realtime API introduced18 Aug 2026Source (opens in a new tab)

Sources reviewed