GoogleElevenLabsAudio matchupSpeech to text
Gemini 3.5 Transcribe Livevs.Scribe v2 Realtime
Which model is better?
Gemini 3.5 Transcribe Live and Scribe v2 Realtime each lead in different tests.
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Shared tests
Independent evaluators and leaderboards only, the newest shared snapshot per evaluator. With 95 % ranges a lead counts when they do not overlap; for hit rates, when it holds in a 95 % test. Without any uncertainty figure at most “slightly ahead”.
Pipecat STT Benchmark
Gemini 3.5 Transcribe Live slightly aheadGemini 3.5 Transcribe Live is clearly ahead in 0 of 2 subtests and slightly in 2, Scribe v2 Realtime in none.
Pipecat STT Benchmark semantic pooled WER
lower is better, as of October 16, 2026
Pipecat STT Benchmark semantic WER mean
lower is better, as of October 16, 2026
Source · latest October 16, 2026
Artificial Analysis
Scribe v2 Realtime slightly aheadArtificial Analysis AA-WER Streaming (final transcription)
lower is better, as of October 15, 2026
Source · latest October 15, 2026
Vendor figures
Figures from vendor reports that cover both models. They do not count toward the verdict.
Show 6 vendor figures
| Figure | Source | Gemini 3.5 Transcribe Live | Scribe v2 Realtime |
|---|---|---|---|
| Accented English WER, Mean 4 sets (lower is better) | AssemblyAI speech benchmark | 9.4 % | 10.1 % |
| AssemblyAI normalized medical entity error rate mean across three sets (lower is better) | AssemblyAI speech benchmark | 8.6 % | 7.0 % |
| AssemblyAI normalized WER mean across three noise conditions (lower is better) | AssemblyAI speech benchmark | 8.5 % | 7.8 % |
| Code-switching WER, Mean 5 pairs (lower is better) | AssemblyAI speech benchmark | 10.2 % | 13.0 % |
| Long-form English WER, Mean 3 sets (lower is better) | AssemblyAI speech benchmark | 9.4 % | 17.1 % |
| Short-form English WER, Mean 3 sets (lower is better) | AssemblyAI speech benchmark | 5.0 % | 5.1 % |
All data side by side
Prices are verbatim from the provider, because audio models bill per minute, character or token.
| Gemini 3.5 Transcribe Live | Scribe v2 Realtime | |
|---|---|---|
| Task | Speech to text | Speech to text |
| Developer | ElevenLabs | |
| Status | Active | Active |
| Weights | proprietary | proprietary |
| Runs locally | no | no |
| Price | $3.50 per 1M audio tokens ($0.005 per audio minute) | n/a |
| Popularity (out of 100) | 35 | 29 |