Mistral releases Voxtral speech-understanding models in open 24B and 3B sizes
Mistral has released Voxtral speech-understanding models in 24B and 3B sizes, both open-source under Apache 2.0 and available through an API. They support a 32K-token context, can transcribe up to 30 minutes of audio or understand up to 40 minutes, and provide built-in question answering and summarization, automatic multilingual detection, and speech-triggered function calls. Their text capabilities are inherited from Mistral Small 3.1.
Why it matters: Mistral's open speech-understanding models come in two sizes, under Apache 2.0, with API pricing disclosed, helping readers assess transcription and audio-understanding costs.