# NVIDIA Canary-Qwen 2.5B

Speech-recognition plus LLM hybrid model that transcribes and can summarize or answer questions about audio. NVIDIA Canary-Qwen 2.5B is free, with no paid plan attached, at huggingface.co.

## Facts

- **Pricing tier:** Free
- **Works on:** Self-hosted, Web
- **Works in browser:** Yes

## Capabilities

- Speech-recognition plus LLM hybrid model that transcribes and can summarize or answer questions about audio
- Topped the Hugging Face Open ASR leaderboard at release (English)
- CC-BY-4.0 weights

## FAQ

### What is NVIDIA Canary-Qwen 2.5B?

NVIDIA Canary-Qwen 2.5B is listed under Speech & Transcription Engines, in the AI Models & Local Execution category on Flocci AI Tools. Speech-recognition plus LLM hybrid model that transcribes and can summarize or answer questions about audio. It is free, with no paid plan attached, and it lives at huggingface.co.

### Is NVIDIA Canary-Qwen 2.5B free?

NVIDIA Canary-Qwen 2.5B is listed as fully free — there is no paid tier attached to it in the catalog. That makes it one of the 397 entries on Flocci AI Tools with no upgrade path built in.

### Can I use NVIDIA Canary-Qwen 2.5B in a browser, or is there an app?

NVIDIA Canary-Qwen 2.5B works in a normal browser tab with no install. It is available on self-hosting and the web.

### What can NVIDIA Canary-Qwen 2.5B do?

NVIDIA Canary-Qwen 2.5B does 3 things the catalog singles out: Speech-recognition plus llm hybrid model that transcribes and can summarize or answer questions about audio; topped the hugging face open asr leaderboard at release (english); cc-by-4.0 weights.

### What is the best free alternative to NVIDIA Canary-Qwen 2.5B?

NVIDIA Parakeet is the closest free alternative: it sits in the same Speech & Transcription Engines sub-category and is free. sherpa-onnx, faster-whisper and FunASR also start free. The full list is on the alternatives page.

## Related

- [NVIDIA Canary-Qwen 2.5B alternatives](https://aitools.flocci.in/alternatives/nvidia-canary-qwen-2-5b)
- [Speech & Transcription Engines](https://aitools.flocci.in/category/ai-models-local-execution/speech-transcription-engines)
- [Best free speech and transcription engines](https://aitools.flocci.in/best/best-speech-transcription-engines)
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Source: Flocci AI Tools — https://aitools.flocci.in/tool/nvidia-canary-qwen-2-5b

Facts last verified: October 2026