Apriel Voice 27B Preview: An Open Model for Speech, Reasoning, and Tool Use

ServiceNow released Apriel Voice 27B Preview, an open speech-language model that combines speech recognition, reasoning over context, multi-turn conversation and tool use within a shared reasoning backbone. The model is positioned as a preview aimed at voice assistants that must do more than transcribe words, though the source excerpt does not detail benchmark results or licensing terms.

A capable voice assistant must do more than recognize words; it must understand requests, reason over context, sustain conversations, and act through tools. We present Apriel Voice 27B Preview, an open speech-language model that unifies these capabilities within a shared reasoning backbone while ret