GPT-4o Transcribe vs Reson8

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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)
  • 4o Transcribe3.90% · 652ms
  • Reson82.10% · 235ms

Reson8 is ahead of GPT-4o 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

4o TranscribeReson8
  • Overall WER6.85%2.38%
  • Pipecat Dataset WER3.90%2.10%
  • Ocular Dataset WER12.45%2.93%
  • Time to first textn/a2.40s
  • Final-text delay652ms235ms

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

4o Transcribe vs Reson8 FAQ

  • Reson8 is more accurate on both datasets. On the 1,000 public Pipecat clips, GPT-4o Transcribe scores 6.85% and Reson8 2.38%, so Reson8 makes fewer errors by 4.47 points. On the eight licensed Ocular recordings, GPT-4o Transcribe scores 3.90% and Reson8 2.10%, so Reson8 makes fewer errors by 1.81 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.

  • Reson8 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 Reson8. GPT-4o Transcribe returns no text until the speaker stops, which matters if your agent reacts to partial transcripts.

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