# Best AI model per dollar for speech-to-text — October 2026

As of Oct 15, 2026, Speech-to-text, best per dollar is uncrowned on isitsota (methodology v1.0).

Category board: https://isitsota.com/c/stt?slice=pareto

## Top 10


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## Weights

- Open ASR Leaderboard (English short-form): primary, weight 1