September 3rd, 2026
Batch SaaS
Updated Melia 1 model for multilingual transcription provides:
2% relative WER improvement across many languages
Substantially fewer transliteration errors on Hindi-English audio
Better handling of Hindi-English code-switching within a single sentence
More accurate transcription of consecutive alphanumerics, such as repeated letters and digits
Updated Orchestrator Version:2026.07.31+f3542ffa97+1.5.0
August 20th, 2026
Realtime SaaS
Reduced the mean and P95 latency between client-triggered ForceEndOfUtterance and when final transcripts arrive.
Updated Orchestrator Version: 2026.08.17+8225ca39de+15.19.0
August 7th, 2026
Batch SaaS
The default behaviour for polling GET /jobs/{jobid} and GET /jobs/{jobid}/transcript endpoints is changing so that requests can wait for up to 2 seconds for a job to complete before returning. This reduces the need for frequent client-side polling and can improve turnaround time for users.
This behaviour can be disabled by sending wait=0 to return immediately. Client-side polling can be avoided for most jobs by using Synchronous transcription.
August 6th, 2026
Realtime SaaS
Fixed recently introduced issue with remove_disfluencies, where punctuation around disfluencies was not being removed. Disfluency tagging (and removal) is currently unavailable for Finnish (fi), Norwegian (no) and Swedish (sv), after being added on Jul 29, 2027.
Bug introduced in release version: 2026.07.29
Updated Orchestrator Version: 2026.08.05+3c8ca0561c+15.18.0
August 6th, 2026
Batch SaaS
Fixed recently introduced issue with remove_disfluencies, where punctuation around disfluencies was not being removed. Disfluency tagging (and removal) is currently unavailable for Finnish (fi), Norwegian (no) and Swedish (sv), after being added on Jul 28, 2027.
Bug introduced in release version: 2026.07.28
Updated Orchestrator Version: 2026.08.05+3c8ca0561c+15.18.0
August 3rd, 2026
Batch SaaS
Updated Melia 1 model for multilingual transcription provides:
Improved transcription accuracy (WER reduced by 2% relative overall)
Improved alphanumerics, with output now more closely matching written form
Updated Orchestrator Version: 2026.07.31+f3542ffa97+1.5.0
July 29th, 2026
Realtime SaaS
Disfluency detection and removal now supports 19 additional languages, including Arabic, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Mandarin, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, and Swedish. See the documentation for more details.
Updated Orchestrator Version: 2026.07.24+b3c1e3bbc5+15.17.0
July 28th, 2026
Batch SaaS
Disfluency detection and removal now supports 19 additional languages, including Arabic, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Mandarin, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, and Swedish. See the documentation for more details.
Updated Orchestrator Version: 2026.07.24+b3c1e3bbc5+15.17.0
July 20th, 2026
Realtime SaaS
A new global endpoint is now available at global.rt.speechmatics.com. This address automatically routes connections to the nearest region, providing the lowest latency and eliminating the need to hard-code specific regional endpoints into your applications.
Regional endpoints such as eu.rt.speechmatics.com and us.rt.speechmatics.com remain available for customers with specific data residency requirements.
Refer to the Realtime transcription documentation for full details.
July 15th, 2026
Realtime SaaS
Realtime transcript messages (AddTranscript , AddPartialTranscript, and EndOfUtterance) now include a forced flag, allowing clients to identify transcripts generated by a forced end of utterance. See the documentation for more details.
Improved accuracy (reduced deletions at end of utterance) when using ForceEndOfUtterance, with specific values of max_delay.
Updated Orchestrator Version: 2026.07.10+d3875410b2+15.15.0