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title: "TII Releases Falcon-ASR: 1.6B Arabic Speech Model Hits 20.92% WER"
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summary: "TII has released Falcon-ASR, a 1.6B speech recognition model for Arabic with an Emirati focus, reporting 20.92% average WER on 6 Arabic test sets, though weights and an API are not yet available."
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# TII Releases Falcon\-ASR: 1\.6B Arabic Speech Model Hits 20\.92% WER

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**Published:** 2026-10-12T03:16:09.000Z
**Category:** Models
**Topics:** llm

## Summary

TII has released Falcon\-ASR, a 1\.6B speech recognition model for Arabic with an Emirati focus, reporting 20\.92% average WER on 6 Arabic test sets, though weights and an API are not yet available\.

## Sources

- [Story source](<https://www.marktechpost.com/2026/10/11/tii-falcon-asr-arabic-speech-recognition/>)