OpenAI’s transcription docs repeat GPT-Transcribe’s benchmark gains over Whisper
OpenAIDevs · x · 2026-07-29
This reply points back to OpenAI’s transcription docs and repeats the key benchmark figures for GPT-Transcribe:
- 41.6% → 45.2% semantic accuracy on Context Aware ASR when free-form context is added.
- 19.27% WER on Common Voice across 22 languages, versus 40.37% for Whisper.
- 8.98% WER on Real-World Audio Recording across 9 languages, versus 15.21% for Whisper.
It’s essentially the documentation trail for the new transcription API launch.
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