ElevenLabs Scribe v3 Live vs Inworld STT-1

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Accuracy and speed

Left gets fewer words wrong. Lower has the final text ready sooner.

Accurate and fast0ms200ms400ms600ms800ms0%2%4%6%8%Words wrong on clean audio (Pipecat WER)
  • Scribe v3 Live1.81% · 57ms
  • STT-12.72% · 41ms

ElevenLabs Scribe v3 Live is ahead on both datasets together, the Ocular Dataset and time to first text, and Inworld STT-1 on final-text delay. The Pipecat Dataset is too close to call.

Last updated Methodology by Dileep Chagam

Who is better at what

Scribe v3 LiveSTT-1
  • Overall WER1.89%5.44%
  • Pipecat Dataset WER1.81%2.72%
  • Ocular Dataset WER2.05%10.60%
  • Time to first text685ms1.06s
  • Final-text delay57ms41ms

Lower is better on every measure. Too close to call means the likely ranges overlap. For more on the platform, read our ElevenLabs review.

Scribe v3 Live vs STT-1 FAQ

  • ElevenLabs Scribe v3 Live is more accurate on the public clips. On the 1,000 public Pipecat clips, ElevenLabs Scribe v3 Live scores 1.89% and Inworld STT-1 5.44%, so ElevenLabs Scribe v3 Live makes fewer errors by 3.55 points. On the 300 licensed Ocular turns, ElevenLabs Scribe v3 Live scores 1.81% and Inworld STT-1 2.72%, with likely ranges of 1.59 to 2.04% and 1.67 to 4.68%. The ranges overlap, so the difference is too close to call. Word error rate counts incorrect, missing, and extra words, so lower is better.

  • Yes. ElevenLabs Scribe v3 Live finishes the transcript 378ms sooner. ElevenLabs Scribe v3 Live has the final transcript 685ms after the speaker stops and Inworld STT-1 1.06s, at the median. Both are measured on the same 206 streamed turns.

  • ElevenLabs Scribe v3 Live finishes the transcript 378ms sooner, and the two are too close to call on real conversations. A voice agent cannot reply until the final transcript arrives, and the Ocular recordings are real conversations.

  • Yes, both return partial text before the speaker stops. ElevenLabs Scribe v3 Live shows first text after 2.05% and Inworld STT-1 after 10.60%, at the median, so ElevenLabs Scribe v3 Live is 8.56 points lower.

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