Model reference · open weights
parakeet-tdt is an open-weight audio or speech model from mlx-community, listed in the AxForge catalogue. AxForge can bring it up on EU-owned hardware for you on request — with the licence handled where one is required.
About
mlx-community/parakeet-tdt-0.6b-v2 This model was converted to MLX format from nvidia/parakeet-tdt-0.6b-v2 using the conversion script. Please refer to original model card for more details on the model. Use with mlx parakeet-mlx mlx-audio
Summarised from the published model card. Read the full card on the HuggingFace links below.
Specifications
| Maker | mlx-community |
|---|---|
| Type | Audio & music |
| Parameters (lead) | 618M |
| Variants | 2 |
| Runs with | mlx |
| Based on | nvidia/parakeet-tdt-0.6b-v2 |
| Released | 2025-05-06 |
| Popularity | 2.2M downloads / month |
| Likes | 54 |
| Licence | Open weights |
How it works
Variants
Open weights ship in several sizes and precisions. One page, all the variants — pick the one that fits your GPU. VRAM figures are estimates from model size.
Using it via the API
Once AxForge deploys parakeet-tdt for you, it answers on the OpenAI-compatible API — the same base URL and keys as every other model. (parakeet-tdt 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-tdt" -F file=@audio.mp3
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Licence
Open weights under cc-by-4.0 — commercial use is permitted. Deploy it on AxForge EU hardware on request. Read the licence ↗