Introducing GLM-ASR-2512Z.AIReleased December 10, 2025

GLM-ASR-2512

High-accuracy automatic speech recognition model delivering a Character Error Rate as low as 0.0717 with user-defined vocabulary support.

speech-to-textProprietary API$0.0024 / min audio (0.0717 CER)Context: 32.768K (32,768 tokens)

Technical Specifications

Architecture Type
High-Accuracy Multilingual ASR Transformer
Total Parameters
Speech Foundation Scale
Context Window
32.768K (32,768 tokens)
Max Output Tokens
4.096K (4,096 tokens)
Knowledge Cutoff
December 2025
Supported Modalities
audio, text
License & Access
Z.AI Terms of Service

Benchmark Evaluations

Word Error Rate
0.048
Character Error Rate
0.0717

Deep Architectural Overview

GLM-ASR-2512 is Z.AI’s production speech-to-text model. Engineered for complex acoustic environments, regional accents, and specialized domain terminology, it bills at roughly $0.0024 per minute of audio.

Strengths & Considerations

Core Strengths
  • Ultra-low CER of 0.0717
  • User-defined custom vocabularies and terminology dictionaries
  • Extremely low cost (~$0.0024/minute)
Known Limitations
  • Audio input only; text output transcription only

Token & API Pricing

Input Tokens (1M)$0.03
Output Tokens (1M)$0.03
Pricing is verified directly against Z.AI's developer documentation and API rate sheets.

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