AI4BharatIndicConformer

IndicConformer Bengali 120M

The Bengali release is a language-specific IndicConformer recognizer. Its published encoder has 120 million parameters and a hybrid CTC–RNNT decoder.

Restricted access

The checkpoint is published specifically for Bengali

The inference instructions use AI4Bharat's NeMo fork and demonstrate both CTC and RNNT decoding. Audio preprocessing converts the recording to mono at 16,000 Hz. The 120M figure describes the encoder, not a separately measured total system size.IndicConformer Bengali 120M official model card

Keep the language-specific checkpoint with its decoder

Practical guidance. Use this release for a focused Bengali comparison. If recordings contain more than one language, compare it with the multilingual model before choosing the smaller encoder.

Specifications & access

IndicConformer Bengali 120M specifications
DetailValue and conditions
StatusRestricted access
AccessDownloadable
Model identifiersindicconformer_stt_bn_hybrid_ctc_rnnt_large
Encoder17 Conformer blocks; model width 512.IndicConformer Bengali 120M official model card
Published languageBengali; repository language code bn.IndicConformer Bengali 120M official model card
AccessGated NeMo checkpoint; MIT license.IndicConformer Bengali 120M official model card

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