Best Real-Time STT Models for Meeting Assistants 2026
Blog post from Gladia
In 2026, the landscape for real-time speech-to-text (STT) models for meeting assistants is shaped by critical features such as latency, speaker diarization, and multilingual support. The Gladia Solaria-1 model stands out for its low latency of 103ms, robust diarization, and support for over 100 languages with dynamic code-switching, all at a cost of $0.55 per hour. In contrast, Deepgram's Nova-3 offers competitive diarization but limited multilingual capabilities, while AssemblyAI excels in asynchronous post-processing but lags in real-time performance. OpenAI's Whisper struggles with real-time applications due to its architecture, requiring separate diarization pipelines. Meeting assistant applications necessitate STT solutions that can handle overlapping speech, fast transcript delivery, and seamless language transitions. Gladia's model is particularly noted for its comprehensive audio intelligence features, which include sentiment analysis and named entity recognition bundled at the base rate, providing a cost-effective solution for global teams requiring precise multilingual transcription and speaker attribution.
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