Gemini 3.5 Transcribe ships

85-language STT with 5.5% WER and inline disfluency editing

Streaming WER	5.5% (Google FLEURS) / 4.0% (Artificial Analysis)
Real-time Factor	79.6x (audio sec / proc sec)
Pricing	$5.00 per 1,000 min
Languages	85+
Speaker Diarization	Up to 3 speakers (pre-recorded)
Parameters	Not disclosed

Key takeaways

Filler removal: Strips 'ums' and self-corrections during transcription rather than post-processing
Latency cut: 70% faster voice-to-final-text vs Chirp 3; 79.6x throughput on batch audio
Custom vocab: Supports specialized jargon and alphanumeric entities (order IDs, postal codes)