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TII Releases Falcon-ASR: 1.6B Arabic Speech Model Hits 20.92% WER

TII has released Falcon-ASR, a 1.6B speech recognition model for Arabic with an Emirati focus. It reports 20.92% average WER on 6 Arabic test sets, but weights and an API are not yet available. The post TII Releases Falcon-ASR: 1.6B Arabic Speech Model Hits 20.92% WER appeared first on MarkTechPost…

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  1. 2026-10-12 03:16 · MarkTechPost
    TII Releases Falcon-ASR: 1.6B Arabic Speech Model Hits 20.92% WER

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