Fish Audio Transcribe Stream 1 vs GPT-4o Mini Transcribe

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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)
  • Transcribe Stream 11.90% · 123ms
  • 4o Mini Transcribe3.35% · 630ms

Fish Audio Transcribe Stream 1 is ahead of GPT-4o Mini Transcribe on both datasets together, the Pipecat Dataset and final-text delay. The Ocular Dataset is too close to call.

Last updated Methodology by Dileep Chagam

Who is better at what

Transcribe Stream 14o Mini Transcribe
  • Overall WER2.21%3.73%
  • Pipecat Dataset WER1.90%3.35%
  • Ocular Dataset WER2.78%4.45%
  • Time to first text730msn/a
  • Final-text delay123ms630ms

Lower is better on every measure. Too close to call means the likely ranges overlap. Our guide covers testing OpenAI Realtime API voice agents.

Transcribe Stream 1 vs 4o Mini Transcribe FAQ

  • Fish Audio Transcribe Stream 1 is more accurate on both datasets. On the 1,000 public Pipecat clips, Fish Audio Transcribe Stream 1 scores 2.21% and GPT-4o Mini Transcribe 3.73%, so Fish Audio Transcribe Stream 1 makes fewer errors by 1.53 points. On the eight licensed Ocular recordings, Fish Audio Transcribe Stream 1 scores 1.90% and GPT-4o Mini Transcribe 3.35%, so Fish Audio Transcribe Stream 1 makes fewer errors by 1.45 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.

  • Fish Audio Transcribe Stream 1 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 Fish Audio Transcribe Stream 1. GPT-4o Mini Transcribe returns no text until the speaker stops, which matters if your agent reacts to partial transcripts.

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