ElevenLabs Scribe v3 Live vs GPT-4o Mini Transcribe
Accuracy and speed
Left gets fewer words wrong. Lower has the final text ready sooner.
- Scribe v3 Live1.81% · 57ms
- 4o Mini Transcribe3.35% · 630ms
ElevenLabs Scribe v3 Live is ahead of GPT-4o Mini Transcribe on both datasets together, the Pipecat Dataset, the Ocular Dataset and final-text delay.
Last updated Methodology by Dileep Chagam
Who is better at what
- Overall WER1.89%3.73%
- Pipecat Dataset WER1.81%3.35%
- Ocular Dataset WER2.05%4.45%
- Time to first text685msn/a
- Final-text delay57ms630ms
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 4o Mini Transcribe FAQ
Which is more accurate, ElevenLabs Scribe v3 Live or GPT-4o Mini Transcribe?
ElevenLabs Scribe v3 Live is more accurate on both datasets. On the 1,000 public Pipecat clips, ElevenLabs Scribe v3 Live scores 1.89% and GPT-4o Mini Transcribe 3.73%, so ElevenLabs Scribe v3 Live makes fewer errors by 1.84 points. On the 300 licensed Ocular turns, ElevenLabs Scribe v3 Live scores 1.81% and GPT-4o Mini Transcribe 3.35%, so ElevenLabs Scribe v3 Live makes fewer errors by 1.54 points. Word error rate counts incorrect, missing, and extra words, so lower is better.
ElevenLabs Scribe v3 Live is more accurate on both datasets. On the 1,000 public Pipecat clips, ElevenLabs Scribe v3 Live scores 1.89% and GPT-4o Mini Transcribe 3.73%, so ElevenLabs Scribe v3 Live makes fewer errors by 1.84 points. On the 300 licensed Ocular turns, ElevenLabs Scribe v3 Live scores 1.81% and GPT-4o Mini Transcribe 3.35%, so ElevenLabs Scribe v3 Live makes fewer errors by 1.54 points. Word error rate counts incorrect, missing, and extra words, so lower is better.
Final-text delay was not measured for one or both, so speed cannot be compared. Both are measured on the same 206 streamed turns.
ElevenLabs Scribe v3 Live makes fewer errors on real conversations, and the two are not separated on speed. A voice agent cannot reply until the final transcript arrives, and the Ocular recordings are real conversations.
Only ElevenLabs Scribe v3 Live. GPT-4o Mini Transcribe returns no text until the speaker stops, which matters if your agent reacts to partial transcripts.
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