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+# Parakeet-TDT-0.6B v3 (ANE)
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+## Model Description
+
+**parakeet-tdt-0.6b-v3** is a 600M-parameter multilingual automatic speech recognition (ASR) model from **NVIDIA**.
+It extends **parakeet-tdt-0.6b-v2** by moving beyond English-only to support **25 European languages** with automatic language detection.
+
+The model was primarily trained on the **Granary multilingual corpus** \[1,2] and is optimized for both research exploration and production deployment.
+
+This build is integrated with **nexaSDK** and optimized for modern **NPUs**, including **Apple’s Neural Engine (ANE)**, for efficient on-device inference.
+
+
+## Features
+
+* **Multilingual ASR**: 25 European languages with built-in language detection.
+* **Text formatting**: Outputs text with **punctuation and capitalization**.
+* **Timestamps**: Provides both word-level and segment-level timestamps.
+* **Long audio transcription**:
+
+  * Up to **24 minutes** with full attention (A100 80GB).
+  * Up to **3 hours** with local attention.
+* **Optimized for NPUs**: Runs efficiently on **Apple ANE**, Qualcomm Hexagon, and other dedicated accelerators.
+* **Commercial-friendly**: Released under **CC-BY-4.0 license**.
+
+
+## Apple Neural Engine (ANE)
+
+The **Apple Neural Engine (ANE)** is a specialized NPU in Apple silicon designed to accelerate AI and ML workloads \[3].
+By offloading heavy ASR computations to the ANE, **parakeet-tdt-0.6b-v3** achieves:
+
+* **Lower latency** speech transcription on iPhone, iPad, and Mac.
+* **Energy-efficient inference**, extending battery life during real-time ASR tasks.
+* **On-device privacy**, keeping voice data local while maintaining production-grade accuracy.
+
+
+## Supported Languages
+
+Bulgarian (bg), Croatian (hr), Czech (cs), Danish (da), Dutch (nl), English (en), Estonian (et),
+Finnish (fi), French (fr), German (de), Greek (el), Hungarian (hu), Italian (it), Latvian (lv),
+Lithuanian (lt), Maltese (mt), Polish (pl), Portuguese (pt), Romanian (ro), Slovak (sk),
+Slovenian (sl), Spanish (es), Swedish (sv), Russian (ru), Ukrainian (uk)
+
+
+## Use Cases
+
+* Conversational AI and multilingual chatbots
+* Voice assistants and smart devices
+* Real-time transcription services
+* Subtitles and caption generation
+* Voice analytics platforms
+* Research in speech technology
+
+
+## Inputs and Outputs
+
+**Input**
+
+* **Type**: 16kHz audio
+* **Formats**: `.wav`, `.mp3`
+* **Shape**: 1D mono audio
+
+**Output**
+
+* **Type**: Text string
+* **Properties**: Punctuation + capitalization included
+
+
+## Limitations & Responsible Use
+
+The model may produce transcription errors, particularly with code-switching or noisy input.
+Evaluate thoroughly before deploying in sensitive domains (e.g., healthcare, finance, or legal).
+
+
+## License
+
+* Licensed under the original Parakeet license terms.
+* See: [Parakeet Model License](https://huggingface.co/NexaAI/parakeet-tdt-0.6b-v3-NPU/blob/main/LICENSE)
+
+
+## References
+
+* [Parakeet Project](https://huggingface.co/models?search=parakeet)
+* [nexaSDK](https://sdk.nexa.ai)
+* [Apple Neural Engine (ANE)](https://apple.fandom.com/wiki/Neural_Engine)
+
+
+## Support
+* For Nexa SDK: [sdk.nexa.ai](https://sdk.nexa.ai)