Paul Hall+FollowNvidia’s Open Source ASR: Game Changer?Nvidia just dropped Parakeet-TDT-0.6B-v2, a fully open source speech-to-text model that transcribes an hour of audio in a single second—while rivaling the accuracy of big-name proprietary models. With commercial-friendly licensing and GPU-optimized performance, is this the moment open source finally levels the playing field in voice tech? Or does Nvidia’s hardware lock-in still give it the edge? Let’s debate! #Nvidia #OpenSourceAI #SpeechRecognition #TechDebate #VoiceTech #Tech40Share