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Meta Omnilingual ASR joins TIME’s Best Inventions of 2026 list
TIME says Meta’s open-source models recognize speech in 1,600 languages, including 500 other AIs cannot currently transcribe.
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Meta announced that Omnilingual ASR was named one of TIME’s Best Inventions of 2026. TIME says its open-source models recognize speech in 1,600 languages, including 500 that other AIs cannot currently transcribe. Paired with Meta’s new translation system, the transcripts can be translated across more than 1,600 languages. TIME also reports that Nigerian health practitioners are using Omnilingual ASR in community clinics.
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