Mistral releases Voxtral 3 speech and voice-agent models
First merged summary.
Mistral has released Voxtral 3 for transcription, speech synthesis, and real-time voice agents via EU APIs or self-hosting.
Mistral released Voxtral 3, a family of speech-to-text and text-to-speech models plus a voice-agent SDK that streams listening, reasoning, tool calling, and speech. Voxtral Small Transcribe 3 and a 4-billion-parameter Mini variant cover more than 50 languages, including 24 official EU languages, with diarization, context biasing, and end-of-turn detection. Voxtral Mini TTS 3 covers more than 35 languages and 50 dialects; Pro Voice adaptation is described as using 30 minutes of audio, and text-to-speech includes emotional adaptation. The Decoder says the SDK is based on LiveKit and can call external tools during a call. Deployment is through Mistral’s EU-hosted API or customer infrastructure; Mini Transcribe 3 is priced at $0.0035 per minute. Mistral says Small beats Whisper, Scribe v2, and Gemini 3.5 Transcribe on a 45-language FLEURS set.
- Mini Transcribe 3 is priced at $0.0035 per minute.
- Transcription covers 50+ languages, including 24 official EU languages.
- Mini TTS 3 covers 35+ languages and 50+ dialects.
- Pro Voice adaptation is described as needing 30 minutes of audio.
- The voice-agent SDK is based on LiveKit, according to The Decoder.
- Mistral says Small leads a 45-language FLEURS comparison.
Timeline
dated events in the reporting · oldest first- Oct 20, 2026Mistral releases Voxtral 3 speech and voice stack · Hacker News
What each outlet adds
beyond the shared facts- Hacker NewsAdds 4B Mini size, EU-language count, price, and FLEURS claim.
- The DecoderAdds LiveKit SDK, emotional TTS, and live tool calling.
- Vendors
- MistralMistral AI
- Organizations
- LiveKit
Coverage
oldest first · one row per article · UTCMistral releases Voxtral 3 speech models and voice agent SDK
The family adds multilingual transcription and speech synthesis, offered on an EU-hosted API or for self-hosting.
Mistral launches Voxtral 3 real-time voice agent stack
The stack pairs transcription, speech synthesis and a LiveKit SDK, priced from $0.0035 per minute.
Mistral AI releases Voxtral 3 speech models and voice SDK
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