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These performance trends remain consistent in the separate AA-AgentTalk evaluation designed for voice assistants. ElevenLabs' Scribe v2 (1.6%) and Google's Gemini 3 Pro (1.7%) maintain a significant lead, with AssemblyAI's Universal-3 Pro securing third place at 2.3%.
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