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July 1, 2026 · xAI

Adjustable VAD threshold for Speech to Text

Speech to Text now accepts a vad_threshold parameter (streaming query param and batch multipart field) to tune the voice-activity gate that skips non-speech audio. Lower values transcribe quieter or noisier speech — useful for narrowband telephony — and 0 disables the gate. See the Speech to Text docs.