AI at Meta(@AIatMeta):We’re proud to share that Meta Omnilingual Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) has been named one of @TIME’s Best Inventions of 2026! Meta Omnilingual ASR is a suite of models providing ASR capabilities for over 1,600 languages, including 500 low-coverage languages never before served by any ASR system. While most ASR systems focus on a limited set of languages that are well-represented on the internet, this release marked a major step toward building a truly universal transcription system. Learn more about it here:

2026.10.15 22:32

We’re proud to share that Meta Omnilingual Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) has been named one of @TIME’s Best Inventions of 2026! Meta Omnilingual ASR is a suite of models providing ASR capabilities for over 1,600 languages, including 500 low-coverage languages never before served by any ASR system. While most ASR systems focus on a limited set of languages that are well-represented on the internet, this release marked a major step toward building a truly universal transcription system. Learn more about it here: