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Saaras v4

Speech-to-text model for 22 Indian languages plus Indian and Global English with transcribe, translate, verbatim, translit and codemix modes.

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Specs

Context
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Max output
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Input price
INR 30/ hour
Output price
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Released
2026-08-18

Context

Not published

Pricing · INR / hour

Input
INR 30
Output
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Cache read
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Cache write
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Modalities

Input
Audio
Output
Text

API

API types
audio

Reasoning

Not published

Info

Status
Active
Released
2026-08-18
Knowledge cutoff
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Features

Not published
Source · official docsVerified 2026-10-11

How to call

1 provider

sarvammodel = saaras:v4

audio
POSThttps://api.sarvam.ai/speech-to-text

JSON

Standard format
saaras-v4.json
{
  "id": "saaras-v4",
  "object": "model",
  "created": 1787011200,
  "owned_by": "sarvam",
  "name": "Saaras v4",
  "api": {
    "types": [
      "audio"
    ]
  },
  "limits": {
    "context": null,
    "input": null,
    "output": null
  },
  "modalities": {
    "input": [
      "audio"
    ],
    "output": [
      "text"
    ]
  },
  "reasoning": {
    "supported": null,
    "efforts": []
  },
  "pricing": {
    "currency": "INR",
    "unit": "hour",
    "input": 30,
    "output": null,
    "cache_read": null,
    "cache_write": null
  },
  "features": [],
  "info": {
    "status": "active",
    "release_date": "2026-08-18",
    "knowledge_cutoff": null,
    "description": "Speech-to-text model for 22 Indian languages plus Indian and Global English with transcribe, translate, verbatim, translit and codemix modes.",
    "docs": "https://docs.sarvam.ai/api/getting-started/models/saaras",
    "verified_at": "2026-10-11"
  }
}

Official sources

3