LLM Reference

Cohere Transcribe Models by Cohere

CohereApache 2.0Open source
2 models2026

Last refreshed 2026-07-13. Next refresh: weekly.

Details

ResearcherCohere
LicenseApache 2.0OSI-approved
Commercial useCommercial use: permitted
Models2
Released2026

Capabilities

MultimodalAll models

About

Cohere's automatic speech recognition (ASR) foundation models for high-fidelity transcription.

Decision facts

Best fit
speech recognitionvision and multimodal workcoding
Capability starting point
Cohere Transcribe Arabic (07-2026) with multimodal inputs
Lowest tracked input
Not tracked
Closest related family
Command

Current Variants

Use-when guidance is based on each model's tracked capabilities, context window, release date, and replacement status.

2 in view

Use when the workload needs speech recognition, 2B parameters, and multimodal inputs.

2026-07speech recognition2B parametersmultimodal inputs

Use when the workload needs speech recognition, 2B parameters, and multimodal inputs.

2026-03speech recognition2B parametersmultimodal inputs

Release Timeline

2 release groups
2026-07
1 current
Cohere Transcribe Arabic (07-2026)
speech recognition2B parametersmultimodal inputs
Current
2026-03
1 current
Cohere Transcribe (03-2026)
speech recognition2B parametersmultimodal inputs
Current

Specifications(2 models)

Cohere Transcribe model specifications comparison
ModelReleasedParametersMultimodal
Cohere Transcribe Arabic (07-2026)2026-072BYes
Cohere Transcribe (03-2026)2026-032BYes