
Deepgram · First-party API · STTNova-3
Capability changeCapability change announced Sep 24, 2026
15 notices
Capability change
Capability change announced Sep 24, 2026
Deepgram documents a capability change: “Nova-3 Improved Models for Flemish, German (Switzerland), Lithuanian, and Portuguese We have released improved Nova-3 monolingual models for four existing…”
- Hosting route
- First-party API
- Affected scope
- all users
- Announced
- Sep 24, 2026
- First seen by ModelClock
- Oct 3, 2026
Nova-3 Improved Models for Flemish, German (Switzerland), Lithuanian, and Portuguese
We have released improved Nova-3 monolingual models for four existing languages. These updates enhance transcription quality for batch and streaming workloads.
Improved models
Batch and streaming models
- German (Switzerland) (
de-CH)
- Portuguese (
pt, pt-BR, pt-PT)
- Lithuanian (
lt)
Streaming models
You do not need to change your API requests to access the improvements to existing languages; the updates are live for all users.
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API availability
Available in the API since Sep 17, 2026
Deepgram announced API availability for this model on 2026-09-17.
This date applies to API availability. Rollouts in consumer products or other hosting routes can happen on different dates.
- Hosting route
- First-party API
- Affected scope
- Not stated in the notice
- Announced
- Sep 17, 2026
- First seen by ModelClock
- Oct 3, 2026
Nova-3 Pharma is now available through our API.
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Capability change
Capability change announced Sep 3, 2026
Deepgram documents a capability change: “Nova-3 Adds Kazakh, Plus Improved Models for Estonian, Hebrew, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Malay, and Polish We have added Kazakh as a new Nova-3…”
- Hosting route
- First-party API
- Affected scope
- batch and streaming
- Announced
- Sep 3, 2026
- First seen by ModelClock
- Oct 3, 2026
Nova-3 Adds Kazakh, Plus Improved Models for Estonian, Hebrew, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Malay, and Polish
We have added Kazakh as a new Nova-3 language and released improved Nova-3 monolingual models for seven existing languages. These updates expand language coverage and enhance transcription quality for batch and streaming workloads.
New language
- Kazakh (
kk, kk-KZ) — available for batch and streaming.
Access this language by setting model="nova-3" and language="kk" in your request.
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Release announced
Released on Aug 27, 2026
Deepgram announced this model on 2026-08-27.
- Hosting route
- First-party API
- Affected scope
- Not stated in the notice
- Announced
- Aug 27, 2026
- First seen by ModelClock
- Oct 3, 2026
We have added Assamese, Mongolian, and Pashto as new Nova-3 languages and released improved Nova-3 monolingual models for several existing languages.
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Capability change
Capability change announced Aug 17, 2026
Deepgram documents a capability change: “Nova-3 Adds Afrikaans and Georgian, Plus Improved Models for Hungarian, Macedonian, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, and Urdu We have added Afrikaans and…”
- Hosting route
- First-party API
- Affected scope
- Languages: ru, sk, sl, ur
- Announced
- Aug 17, 2026
- First seen by ModelClock
- Oct 3, 2026
Nova-3 Adds Afrikaans and Georgian, Plus Improved Models for Hungarian, Macedonian, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, and Urdu
We have added Afrikaans and Georgian as new Nova-3 languages and released improved Nova-3 monolingual models for several existing languages. These updates expand language coverage and enhance transcription quality for batch and streaming workloads.
🆕 New languages
- Afrikaans (
af, af-ZA) — available for batch and streaming.
- Georgian (
ka, ka-GE) — available for batch and streaming.
Access these languages by setting model="nova-3" and the relevant language code in your request.
Improved models
Batch and streaming models
- Russian (
ru)
- Slovak (
sk)
- Slovenian (
sl)
- Urdu (
ur)
Streaming models
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Capability change
Capability change announced Aug 17, 2026
Deepgram documents a capability change: “Nova-3 Adds Afrikaans and Georgian, Plus Improved Models for Hungarian, Macedonian, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, and Urdu We have added Afrikaans and…”
- Hosting route
- First-party API
- Affected scope
- Languages: af, af-ZA, ka, ka-GE
- Announced
- Aug 17, 2026
- First seen by ModelClock
- Oct 3, 2026
Nova-3 Adds Afrikaans and Georgian, Plus Improved Models for Hungarian, Macedonian, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, and Urdu
We have added Afrikaans and Georgian as new Nova-3 languages and released improved Nova-3 monolingual models for several existing languages. These updates expand language coverage and enhance transcription quality for batch and streaming workloads.
🆕 New languages
- Afrikaans (
af, af-ZA) — available for batch and streaming.
- Georgian (
ka, ka-GE) — available for batch and streaming.
Access these languages by setting model="nova-3" and the relevant language code in your request.
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Release announced
Released on Aug 17, 2026
Deepgram announced this model on 2026-08-17.
- Hosting route
- First-party API
- Affected scope
- Not stated in the notice
- Announced
- Aug 17, 2026
- First seen by ModelClock
- Oct 3, 2026
We have added Afrikaans and Georgian as new Nova-3 languages and released improved Nova-3 monolingual models for several existing languages.
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Capability change
Capability change announced Aug 12, 2026
Deepgram documents a capability change: “> Deepgram Self-Hosted release 260812 brings Flux TTS to self-hosted deployments in Early Access on the new /v2/speak endpoint, and adds Nova-3 support for…”
- Hosting route
- First-party API
- Affected scope
- Not stated in the notice
- Announced
- Aug 12, 2026
- First seen by ModelClock
- Oct 3, 2026
Deepgram Self-Hosted release 260812 brings Flux TTS to self-hosted deployments in Early Access on the new /v2/speak endpoint, and adds Nova-3 support for Nepali and Punjabi.
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Capability change
Capability change announced Aug 10, 2026
Deepgram documents a capability change: “Nova-3 Adds Armenian, Plus Improved Models for Tamil, Indonesian, and Belarusian We have added Armenian as a new Nova-3 language and released improved…”
- Hosting route
- First-party API
- Affected scope
- Languages: ta, id, be
- Announced
- Aug 10, 2026
- First seen by ModelClock
- Oct 3, 2026
Nova-3 Adds Armenian, Plus Improved Models for Tamil, Indonesian, and Belarusian
We have added Armenian as a new Nova-3 language and released improved Nova-3 monolingual models for several existing languages. These updates expand language coverage and enhance transcription quality for both batch and streaming workloads.
🆕 New language
- Armenian (
hy) — available for batch and streaming. Access it by setting model="nova-3" and language="hy" in your request.
✨ Improved models
Batch models
- Tamil (
ta)
- Indonesian (
id)
Streaming models
- Tamil (
ta)
- Belarusian (
be)
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Capability change
Capability change announced Aug 10, 2026
Deepgram documents a capability change: “Nova-3 Adds Armenian, Plus Improved Models for Tamil, Indonesian, and Belarusian We have added Armenian as a new Nova-3 language and released improved…”
- Hosting route
- First-party API
- Affected scope
- batch and streaming
- Announced
- Aug 10, 2026
- First seen by ModelClock
- Oct 3, 2026
Nova-3 Adds Armenian, Plus Improved Models for Tamil, Indonesian, and Belarusian
We have added Armenian as a new Nova-3 language and released improved Nova-3 monolingual models for several existing languages. These updates expand language coverage and enhance transcription quality for both batch and streaming workloads.
🆕 New language
- Armenian (
hy) — available for batch and streaming. Access it by setting model="nova-3" and language="hy" in your request.
✨ Improved models
Batch models
- Tamil (
ta)
- Indonesian (
id)
Streaming models
- Tamil (
ta)
- Belarusian (
be)
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Capability change
Capability change announced Aug 5, 2026
Deepgram documents a capability change: “Nova-3 Model Update 🌏 Nova-3 monolingual models now support Punjabi and Nepali with the following language codes: Punjabi: pa, pa-IN Nepali: ne Batch and…”
- Hosting route
- First-party API
- Affected scope
- Languages: pa, pa-IN, ne
- Announced
- Aug 5, 2026
- First seen by ModelClock
- Oct 3, 2026
Nova-3 Model Update
🌏 Nova-3 monolingual models now support Punjabi and Nepali with the following language codes:
- Punjabi:
pa, pa-IN
- Nepali:
ne
Batch and streaming models are both available for these languages.
Access this model by setting model="nova-3" and the relevant language code in your request.
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Capability change
Capability change announced May 13, 2026
Deepgram documents a capability change: “Nova-3 Portuguese Model Update Improved Nova-3 Portuguese Model We’ve enhanced the Nova-3 Portuguese model with improved transcription accuracy across…”
- Hosting route
- First-party API
- Affected scope
- Languages: pt, pt-BR, pt-PT
- Announced
- May 13, 2026
- First seen by ModelClock
- Oct 3, 2026
Nova-3 Portuguese Model Update
Improved Nova-3 Portuguese Model
We’ve enhanced the Nova-3 Portuguese model with improved transcription accuracy across Portuguese language variants, including Brazilian Portuguese (pt-BR) and European Portuguese (pt-PT).
To use the updated model, set model="nova-3" and use one of the supported Portuguese language codes:
language="pt"
language="pt-BR"
language="pt-PT"
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Capability change
Capability change announced Apr 23, 2026
Deepgram documents a capability change: “Nova-3 Model Update 🌏 Nova-3 now supports Gujarati with the following language codes: Gujarati: gu, gu-IN Access this model by setting model="nova-3" and…”
- Hosting route
- First-party API
- Affected scope
- Languages: gu, gu-IN
- Announced
- Apr 23, 2026
- First seen by ModelClock
- Oct 3, 2026
Nova-3 Model Update
🌏 Nova-3 now supports Gujarati with the following language codes:
Access this model by setting model="nova-3" and the relevant language code in your request.
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Capability change
Capability change announced Mar 31, 2026
Deepgram documents a capability change: “Nova-3 Model Update 🌏 Nova-3 now supports the following new languages and language codes: Chinese (Mandarin, Simplified): zh, zh-CN, zh-Hans Chinese…”
- Hosting route
- First-party API
- Affected scope
- Languages: zh, zh-CN, zh-Hans, zh-TW, zh-Hant
- Announced
- Mar 31, 2026
- First seen by ModelClock
- Oct 3, 2026
Nova-3 Model Update
🌏 Nova-3 now supports the following new languages and language codes:
- Chinese (Mandarin, Simplified):
zh, zh-CN, zh-Hans
- Chinese (Mandarin, Traditional):
zh-TW, zh-Hant
Access these models by setting model="nova-3" and the relevant language code in your request.
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Capability change
Capability change announced Mar 17, 2026
Deepgram documents a capability change: “Nova-3 Model Update 🌏 Nova-3 now supports the following new languages and language codes: Chinese (Cantonese, Traditional): zh-HK Thai: th, th-TH 🚀 Also…”
- Hosting route
- First-party API
- Affected scope
- Languages: zh-HK, th, th-TH, bn, mr, ta, te
- Announced
- Mar 17, 2026
- First seen by ModelClock
- Oct 3, 2026
Nova-3 Model Update
🌏 Nova-3 now supports the following new languages and language codes:
- Chinese (Cantonese, Traditional):
zh-HK
- Thai:
th, th-TH
🚀 Also releasing improved Nova-3 models for the following languages:
- Bengali (
bn)
- Marathi (
mr)
- Tamil (
ta)
- Telugu (
te)
Access these models by setting model="nova-3" and the relevant language code in your request.
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