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Qwen3-ASR Technical Report research paper by Alibaba (Qwen), 2026

Alibaba (Qwen) · Foundation models · Jan 29, 2026 · 200 citations · 43 upvotes · unverified

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The Qwen3-ASR family introduces speech recognition models with language identification capabilities and a non-autoregressive forced alignment model, achieving state-of-the-art performance and efficient processing.

By Xian Shi, Xiong Wang, Zhifang Guo and 10 more · arXiv 2601.21337 · PDF · Code

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arXiv.org
Citations
200, 17 influential · Semantic Scholar
Upvotes
43 · Hugging Face
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Alibaba (Qwen) · on Companies · on Quarterly

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CitationsNov 9, 2026Influential citations rose from 14 to 17.
CitationsNov 9, 2026Citations rose from 194 to 200.
CitationsNov 2, 2026Citations rose from 174 to 194.
CitationsOct 12, 2026Influential citations fell from 15 to 14.
CitationsOct 12, 2026Citations rose from 169 to 174.
CitationsOct 5, 2026Citations rose from 144 to 169.
CitationsSep 28, 2026Citations rose from 136 to 144.
CitationsSep 25, 2026A first count of 15 influential citations.
CitationsSep 25, 2026A first count of 136 citations.
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