Parakeet ASR API

Parakeet ASR is a speech-to-text model by NVIDIA, available on the Venice API as nvidia/parakeet-tdt-0.6b-v3. It runs privately, with zero data retention.

Parakeet ASR API pricing

Model ID	Variant	Privacy	Price
`nvidia/parakeet-tdt-0.6b-v3`	Standard	Private	$0.36 per audio hour

Parakeet ASR specifications

Spec	Value
Provider	NVIDIA
Released	Oct 10, 2025
Privacy	Private
Open weights	Yes

How to use the Parakeet ASR API

Send requests to POST https://api.venice.ai/api/v1/audio/transcriptions with "model": "nvidia/parakeet-tdt-0.6b-v3" and your API key.

curl https://api.venice.ai/api/v1/audio/transcriptions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $VENICE_API_KEY" \
  -F model=nvidia/parakeet-tdt-0.6b-v3 \
  -F file=@meeting.mp3

Parakeet ASR API FAQ

How much does the Parakeet ASR API cost?

0.0001 per second of audio, which is

0.36 per hour. Prices are in USD and can be paid in DIEM at parity.

What is the Parakeet ASR model ID?

Use nvidia/parakeet-tdt-0.6b-v3 as the model parameter.

Is the Parakeet ASR API private?

Parakeet ASR is private: requests run on infrastructure Venice controls with zero data retention, and prompts and outputs are never stored or used for training.

Which endpoint does the Parakeet ASR API use?

Call POST /audio/transcriptions.

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