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Qwen3-ASR-1.7B

Qwen3-ASR-1.7B is an AI model made by Alibaba Tongyi. Alibaba Tongyi released it on 29 January 2026. It is generally available.

Alibaba Tongyi

Qwen3-ASR-1.7B is an AI model made by Alibaba Tongyi. Alibaba Tongyi released it on 29 January 2026. It is generally available. It takes audio and returns text. Its weights are open. Its licence is Apache-2.0.

Released
29 January 2026 — github.com, read 16 October 2026
Status
Generally available — github.com, read 16 October 2026
Takes
Audio — github.com, read 16 October 2026
Returns
Text — huggingface.co, read 16 October 2026
Open weights
Yes — github.com, read 16 October 2026
Licence
Apache-2.0 — huggingface.co, read 16 October 2026
Context window
Not confirmed: The maker's model card and documentation do not state a standard context-window size for this model.
Longest answer
Not confirmed: The maker's examples show configurable generation limits, but do not state a standard maximum output limit for this model.
Knowledge cutoff
Not confirmed: The maker's model card and documentation do not state a knowledge-cutoff date for this model.
API price, input
Not confirmed: The maker's pricing page lists Qwen3-ASR Flash API services with audio-duration pricing, not a standard input-token price for Qwen3-ASR-1.7B.
API price, output
Not confirmed: The maker's pricing page lists Qwen3-ASR Flash API services, not a standard output-token price for Qwen3-ASR-1.7B.
Where
Downloadable weights — huggingface.co, read 16 October 2026
Parameters
Not confirmed: The maker identifies the model as Qwen3-ASR-1.7B, but the model card and documentation do not separately state a parameter count.
Model card
https://huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen3-ASR-1.7B — huggingface.co, read 16 October 2026

Questions

When was Qwen3-ASR-1.7B released?

Alibaba Tongyi released Qwen3-ASR-1.7B on 29 January 2026.

Is Qwen3-ASR-1.7B still available?

Yes: it is generally available, as Alibaba Tongyi states it.

Are the weights of Qwen3-ASR-1.7B open?

Yes: Alibaba Tongyi publishes the weights of Qwen3-ASR-1.7B for download.

What is the licence of Qwen3-ASR-1.7B?

The licence of Qwen3-ASR-1.7B is Apache-2.0, as Alibaba Tongyi names it.

What does Qwen3-ASR-1.7B take and return?

Qwen3-ASR-1.7B takes audio and returns text.

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Sources

  1. GitHub - QwenLM/Qwen3-ASR (read 16 October 2026)
  2. Qwen/Qwen3-ASR-1.7B · Hugging Face (read 16 October 2026)
  3. Alibaba Cloud Model Studio model pricing (read 16 October 2026)

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