Word error rate (WER)
A common measure of transcription accuracy: the number of substituted, deleted and inserted words, divided by the number of words in a correct reference transcript. Lower is better. Results depend heavily on audio quality, accents and vocabulary.
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What does Word error rate (WER) mean?
A common measure of transcription accuracy: the number of substituted, deleted and inserted words, divided by the number of words in a correct reference transcript. Lower is better. Results depend heavily on audio quality, accents and vocabulary.
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Best AI Meeting Note Taker. “Word error rate (WER)”. meetergo GmbH. Content reviewed 9 November 2026. https://bestaimeetingnotetaker.com/glossary/word-error-rate-wer/