IBM Releases Two Granite Speech 4.1 2B Models: Autoregressive ASR with Translation and Non-Autoregressive Editing for Fast Inference

MarkTechPost / 4/30/2026

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Key Points

  • IBM has released two new Granite Speech 4.1 2B compact ASR models: an autoregressive model and a non-autoregressive “twin.”
  • The autoregressive ASR model supports automatic speech recognition with translation capabilities, targeting enterprise deployment.
  • The non-autoregressive variant introduces non-autoregressive editing intended to enable faster inference compared with purely autoregressive approaches.
  • The overall release focuses on providing efficient, enterprise-friendly speech processing models with improved latency characteristics.

IBM Releases Granite Speech 4.1 2B and Its Non-Autoregressive Twin — Compact ASR Models Built for Enterprise

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