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Falcon-ASR Arabic Speech Recognition Model Released
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On October 7, 2026, TII (Technology Innovation Institute of the UAE) released the speech recognition model Falcon-ASR via the Hugging Face Blog in Abu Dhabi. The model has 1.6B parameters, focuses on Arabic — especially Emirati dialects — while also supporting English, French, Spanish, and Portuguese. This is the latest report on the event; there were no prior related reports, so there are no contradictions.
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- Hugging Face BlogIntroducing Falcon ASR
TII has launched Falcon-ASR in Abu Dhabi, a 1.6B-parameter speech recognition model focused on UAE dialects while also supporting English, French, Spanish and Portuguese.