> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.cartesia.ai/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Older Models

<Note>
  Try out [Ink 2](/build-with-cartesia/stt-models/latest), which provides
  improved turn detection for English voice agents.
</Note>

## `ink-whisper`

Ink Whisper is our most affordable speech-to-text model. It delivers higher accuracy and lower latency than baseline Whisper.

Additional capabilities compared to baseline Whisper:

* Handles variable-length audio chunks and interruptions gracefully using dynamic chunking.
* Reliably transcribes speech with background noise.
* Accurately transcribes audio with telephony artifacts, accents, and disfluencies.
* Excels at transcribing proper nouns and domain-specific terminology.

| Snapshot                 | Release Date | Languages                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                | Status |
| ------------------------ | ------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ------ |
| `ink-whisper-2025-06-04` | June 4, 2025 | `en`, `zh`, `de`, `es`, `ru`, `ko`, `fr`, `ja`, `pt`, `tr`, `pl`, `ca`, `nl`, `ar`, `sv`, `it`, `id`, `hi`, `fi`, `vi`, `he`, `uk`, `el`, `ms`, `cs`, `ro`, `da`, `hu`, `ta`, `no`, `th`, `ur`, `hr`, `bg`, `lt`, `la`, `mi`, `ml`, `cy`, `sk`, `te`, `fa`, `lv`, `bn`, `sr`, `az`, `sl`, `kn`, `et`, `mk`, `br`, `eu`, `is`, `hy`, `ne`, `mn`, `bs`, `kk`, `sq`, `sw`, `gl`, `mr`, `pa`, `si`, `km`, `sn`, `yo`, `so`, `af`, `oc`, `ka`, `be`, `tg`, `sd`, `gu`, `am`, `yi`, `lo`, `uz`, `fo`, `ht`, `ps`, `tk`, `nn`, `mt`, `sa`, `lb`, `my`, `bo`, `tl`, `mg`, `as`, `tt`, `haw`, `ln`, `ha`, `ba`, `jw`, `su`, `yue` | Stable |

To learn how to use the Ink STT family, see [Compare Endpoints](/use-the-api/compare-stt-endpoints).