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How Accurate Is AI Transcription in 2025?
How accurate is AI transcription in 2025? Word error rates, accuracy benchmarks, and tips for getting the best results.
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AI transcription accuracy has improved dramatically in recent years. Modern AI transcription achieves professional-grade accuracy for clear audio in standard accents.
AI transcription accuracy benchmarks
Word Error Rate (WER): modern AI achieves 4-8% WER for clear audio
Human transcription: typically 4-5% WER — similar to top AI models
Factors that affect accuracy: audio quality, accents, technical vocabulary, background noise
English accuracy: highest — models trained on the most English data
Other languages: accuracy varies — some languages have less training data
Talk2Memo transcription accuracy
Talk2Memo uses AssemblyAI's Universal-2 model for English — one of the most accurate AI transcription models available. For clear audio with standard accents, WER is typically under 5%.
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