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Fun-ASR MTL Released 2025-08

Alibaba transcription
Price$0.0021/min

Provider list prices: no platform markup, pay-as-you-go. These are official list prices. Logged-in customers may see effective prices including workspace discounts on /console/pricing.

Use Fun-ASR MTL in 30 seconds

OpenAI-compatible: swap the base_url, keep your SDK. POST /v1/audio/transcriptions

from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    base_url="https://synthorai.io/v1",
    api_key="sk-syn-...",
)

resp = client.audio.transcriptions.create(
    model="fun-asr-mtl",
    file=open("meeting.mp3", "rb"),
    language="en",
)
print(resp.text)

About Fun-ASR MTL

Mixed-language workloads with speaker identification
Processes files up to 12 hours offline
Spans European and Southeast Asian languages

Fun-ASR MTL is the multilingual, multi-task member of Alibaba's Fun-ASR family for recording-file transcription.

  • Like the base model it processes audio files up to 12 hours and 2 GB offline, and the official documentation lists support for hotword customization and speaker diarization, with recognition spanning Chinese (Mandarin and Cantonese), English, Japanese, Korean, and a wide range of European and Southeast Asian languages.
  • It targets workloads that mix languages and need speaker identification within one pipeline.
  • Synthorai routes requests to it via the familiar OpenAI-compatible endpoint.

Specs & limits

Modalitiesaudio → text
Featuresbatch · diarization
Audio limitsMultilingual async transcription up to 12h / 2GB; hotwords + diarization; 31 languages
Notable31-language coverage per Model Studio release notes.

per Alibaba official docs ↗

FAQ

Is the Fun-ASR MTL API free to try?

Yes: new accounts get 10 trial calls and up to $1 in free credit, no card required. That's enough to try Fun-ASR MTL against your real workload before adding a payment method.

What is Fun-ASR MTL best at?

Mixed-language workloads with speaker identification, plus processes files up to 12 hours offline and spans European and Southeast Asian languages. See the About section for the full picture from the vendor's own release notes.

How much does Fun-ASR MTL cost?

Fun-ASR MTL costs $0.0021 per minute of audio transcribed on Synthorai: pay-as-you-go, no platform markup, no subscription.

Which languages does Fun-ASR MTL support?

Fun-ASR MTL supports 31 languages. On Synthorai you call it through POST /v1/audio/transcriptions, the OpenAI transcription API shape.

How do I get access to Fun-ASR MTL?

Point your existing OpenAI SDK at base_url="https://synthorai.io/v1", set model="fun-asr-mtl", and you're done. One API key covers every model on the gateway.

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