Models · NVIDIA · Parakeet TDT 0.6B v2 and Parakeet TDT-CTC 110M
Falafel voice commands
The voice-command model: short spoken commands to a computer or phone, in English with the Hebrew words written in Latin letters. Open an app, control the desktop or the smart home, send a message, tell an AI agent what to do.
In active development, with Sabich and Shakshuka. Falafel is one of the three Hebrish models being worked on, beside Sabich (the default for voice typing) and Shakshuka (streaming). The first release, Falafel v1.0 and Falafel 110M v1.0, is training now (since 2026-11-10). The Hebrish apps already list it, and it arrives in them on its own once it is out.
first release training now not benchmarked
What it is for
Sabich and Shakshuka are built for dictation: sentences, messages, notes. Falafel is built for the other thing people say to a device: a few words that should make something happen. Commands are short, they lean on names, and they mix in Hebrew words the same way dictation does. Falafel is trained on exactly that.
- Computer and phone: opening apps, controlling the desktop.
- Smart home: controlling devices by voice.
- Messages and agents: sending a message, giving an instruction to an AI agent.
Two sizes
| Model | Base model | For | In the apps now |
|---|---|---|---|
| Falafel | nvidia/parakeet-tdt-0.6b-v2 | Desktop | Not released yet |
| Falafel 110M | nvidia/parakeet-tdt_ctc-110m | Phones and laptop CPUs | Not released yet |
Both ship as sherpa-onnx int8 offline transducers. The last column is read from the apps' model manifests (cdn.hebrish.app/models/falafel/latest.json and cdn.hebrish.app/models/falafel-110m/latest.json), so it shows the version as soon as one is out.
What it is trained on
Daniel's own recordings of voice commands, the Voice-Command-Sentences dataset (about 5,500 takes, about 4.2 hours, when the first runs started), plus 20% general English, so it still copes with anything that isn't on the list.
In the Hebrish apps
Android 1.028 and Ubuntu 1.028 (both 2026-11-10) list Falafel under Models, in the full size and the small one (changelog). It shows Coming soon until the first version is out, then downloads like any other model, with no app update.
Evaluation
Falafel is not benchmarked, and no benchmark is planned for now. There are no accuracy figures for it on this site; say what it gets right and wrong through feedback.
At a glance
| Base model | nvidia/parakeet-tdt-0.6b-v2 (NVIDIA) |
| Current version | Not released yet: Falafel v1.0 and Falafel 110M v1.0 are training (since 2026-11-10) |
| Parameters | 0.6B / 114M (base models' sizes: Falafel, Falafel 110M) |
| Evaluation | Not benchmarked, and no benchmark is planned for now Training data: Voice-Command-Sentences |
| Access | Not published yet |
| Download | every format and quant (Hugging Face) |
| Licence | CC-BY-NC-4.0, like Sabich · use governed by the terms of use |
| Used by | The Hebrish apps (Android 1.028 and Ubuntu 1.028 list it under Models as Coming soon; it downloads once the first release is out); your own tools (sherpa-onnx) |
| DOIs | none yet |
Formats
| Repository | Format and files | Version | For | DOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Hebrish/Falafel coming soon main | .nemo (NeMo) arrives with v1.0 · not published yet | v1.0 (training) | NVIDIA NeMo | none yet |
Hebrish/Falafel-sherpa-onnx-int8 coming soon | sherpa-onnx int8 offline transducer; arrives with v1.0 · not published yet | v1.0 (training) | Desktop: Linux, Windows; the Hebrish apps | none yet |
Hebrish/Falafel-Parakeet-110M coming soon | .nemo (NeMo) Falafel 110M; arrives with v1.0 · not published yet | Falafel 110M v1.0 (training) | NVIDIA NeMo | none yet |
Hebrish/Falafel-Parakeet-110M-sherpa-onnx-int8 coming soon | sherpa-onnx int8 Falafel 110M; offline transducer; arrives with v1.0 · not published yet | Falafel 110M v1.0 (training) | Phones and laptop CPUs: Android, Linux, Windows; the Hebrish apps | none yet |
Hugging Face issues a DOI per repository, so each format can be cited on its own. Repositories, sizes and DOIs checked on the Hub on 2026-11-10.
Versions
Not published yet.
- Licence: CC-BY-NC-4.0, like Sabich. Use is governed by the terms of use; commercial use needs a commercial licence. Not made or endorsed by NVIDIA.
Cite
Not published yet. Falafel gets a citation and DOI once it is on Hugging Face.
Request access
The four Hugging Face repositories, Hebrish/Falafel, Hebrish/Falafel-sherpa-onnx-int8, Hebrish/Falafel-Parakeet-110M and Hebrish/Falafel-Parakeet-110M-sherpa-onnx-int8, are gated: a person reviews each request. The weights arrive with v1.0. Questions: access@hebrish.app. Using Falafel in the Hebrish apps needs no access request.
Not published yet.