---

language: en

license: apache-2.0

tags:

- gguf

- asr

- speech-recognition

- streaming

- kyutai

- moshi

- crispasr

base_model: kyutai/stt-2.6b-en

pipeline_tag: automatic-speech-recognition

---

Kyutai STT 2.6B English — GGUF

GGUF conversion of kyutai/stt-2.6b-en for the CrispASR kyutai-stt backend.

High-quality English ASR from the Kyutai/Moshi team. Causal transformer LM conditioned on Mimi audio codec features — streaming-capable architecture.

Architecture

• Mimi encoder: SEANet CNN + transformer + RVQ (audio -> discrete tokens)
• Causal LM: 16-layer transformer (2048-dim, RoPE, SwiGLU, RMSNorm)
• Input: 16 kHz mono audio
• Output: English text transcription

Files

| File | Size | Description |

|------|------|-------------|

| kyutai-stt-2.6b-q4_k.gguf | 1.5 GB | Q4_K quantized (recommended) |

| kyutai-stt-2.6b-q8_0.gguf | 2.8 GB | Q8_0 quantized |

| kyutai-stt-2.6b-f16.gguf | 5.1 GB | F16 full precision |

| kyutai-stt-2.6b-ref.gguf | 4.0 MB | Diff harness reference |

Usage

# Auto-download:
crispasr --backend kyutai-stt -m auto --auto-download -f audio.wav

# Local model:
crispasr --backend kyutai-stt -m kyutai-stt-2.6b-q4_k.gguf -f audio.wav -osrt

License

Apache 2.0 (same as the original model).

Credits

• Original model: Kyutai
• GGUF conversion & runtime: CrispASR