Model reference · open weights
parakeet-ctc-en is an open-weight audio or speech model from ctaguchi. AxForge deploys and operates it for you on dedicated EU-owned hardware — with the licence handled where one is required.
Available as managed deployment — configured and operated for you on dedicated EU hardware, quoted per deployment.
What it is
| Released by | ctaguchi |
|---|---|
| Type | Audio & music |
| Task | Speech→text |
| Parameters (lead) | 109M |
| Runs with | transformers |
| Released | 2026-08-04 |
| Popularity | 553 downloads / month |
| Licence | Open weights |
About
Converted from nvidia/parakeet-tdt_ctc-110m into standard Hugging Face Transformers format.
.gitattributesREADME.mdconfig.jsonmodel.safetensorsprocessor_config.jsontokenizer.jsontokenizer_config.jsonFrom the published model card. Full card on the HuggingFace links in the sidebar.
Using it via the API
Once AxForge deploys parakeet-ctc-en for you, it answers on the OpenAI-compatible API — the same base URL and keys as every other model. (parakeet-ctc-en below is illustrative; you get the exact model name on deployment.)
$ curl -sS https://api.axforge.ai/v1/audio/transcriptions \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $AXFORGE_API_KEY" \ -F model="parakeet-ctc-en" -F file=@audio.mp3
Create an account — your API key is available in the console. 3M free tokens every 30 days with every new account.