What is Universal-2?

Universal-2 is our most powerful and accurate next-generation Speech AI model.

What makes Universal-2 special isn’t just better accuracy - it’s solving the hardest challenges in conversational AI. From handling messy real-world speech to accurately capturing proper nouns, phone numbers, and formatting, Universal-2 delivers transcripts that are both accurate and clean.

Here are some metrics for this new model:

  • 24% better at handling proper nouns
  • 21% improvement in alphanumeric accuracy
  • 15% enhanced text formatting
  • Maintains 30% reduction in hallucinations versus other speech-to-text models like Whisper
  • 73% of users prefer Universal-2 outputs compared to Universal-1