# ElevenLabs releases Scribe v2 Medical speech-to-text model

The model cuts clinical word error rates by 35% compared to base Scribe v2 and is available via API starting at $0.22 per hour.

- Achieved the lowest overall WER on the MedDictate clinical dictation benchmark across English, French, and German.
- Scored lower WER and CER than published leaderboard results on the 3,619-sample Eka Medical ASR benchmark.
- Maintains a 5.3% WER on 6,000 non-medical audio samples from Common Voice, matching base Scribe v2.
- Enterprise customers with a BAA can enable Zero Retention Mode to delete audio and transcripts immediately upon request completion for HIPAA compliance.

## Why it matters

Clinical software developers can transcribe specialized medical speech with higher accuracy without retaining sensitive patient audio or sacrificing non-medical transcription performance.

## Sources

- [ElevenLabs: ElevenLabs releases Scribe v2 Medical speech-to-text model](https://x.com/ElevenLabs/status/2102762665995325741)

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Summarized by dstilled on 2026-09-22. https://dstilled.ai/story/ab080333-5f8a-47a5-a002-056aacb650a7