IBM Introduces Granite Speech 5.0 and Updates Turbo CTC and 4.1 2B Plus
IBM introduced granite-speech-5.0-2b and updated granite-speech-5.0-470m-turboctc and granite-speech-4.1-2b-plus, all under Apache 2.0 with native Transformers support. The new 2B model improves transcription and translation with keyword lists up to 2,000 terms; Turbo CTC adds multilingual transcription and reaches 19,870 RTFx, about 1.6x its launch speed at the same accuracy level. The updated Plus model improves speaker attribution and timestamps, with long-form WER down 24%.

Why it matters
The comparison maps accuracy, throughput, and speaker attribution improvements to distinct recording workflows, offering a practical basis for choosing among the three models using their reported capabilities and evaluation results.
















