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Apriel Voice 27B Preview open speech model handles speech, reasoning and tool use
Built on Gemma 4 26B-A4B, the model processes speech directly and generates responses and tool calls without a separate dialogue model. It scores 98.90 on Big Bench Audio and 81.13 on Speech-BFCL in thinking mode, with a 1.91 second mean latency.
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Apriel Voice 27B Preview: An Open Model for Speech, Reasoning, and Tool Use