# March 3, 2025

## Nova-3 Medical Model

Deepgram is proud to announce the release of [Nova-3-Medical](https://deepgram.com/learn/introducing-nova-3-medical-speech-to-text-api), our most advanced speech-to-text model designed specifically for clinical environments. Built on the foundation of Nova-3, this specialized model delivers superior transcription performance for healthcare applications.

### Performance Improvements

- 63.7% reduction in word error rate (WER) compared to next-best competitor (3.44% median WER)
- 40.35% reduction in Keyword Error Rate (KER) compared to next-best competitor (6.79% KER)
- 10.6% improvement in Keyword Recall Rate (KRR) over Nova-2-Medical (93.99% KRR)
- Maintains industry-leading inference speed with ultra-low latency for real-time healthcare applications

### New Features

- Self-serve customization through [Keyterm Prompting](/guides/custom-vocabulary-keyterm)
  - Instantly adapt up to 100 domain-specific terms without model retraining

- Enhanced capabilities for clinical environments
  - Improved handling of background noise typical in healthcare settings
  - Superior recognition of medication names, diagnostic terms, and procedure details
  - Accurate transcription even with far-field devices or ambient noise interference
  - Maintains exceptional accuracy in bustling clinics or hospitals with active medical equipment

### Availability

Nova-3 English is now available through our API. To access:

- Use `model=nova-3-medical` in your API calls
- Available for hosted use
- Supports both pre-recorded and real-time streaming transcription
- Self-hosted deployments will be available in subsequent releases

For detailed information about Nova-3 Medical, please refer to our [Developer Documentation](/guides/models-and-languages-models-languages-overview#nova-3).

## Related pages

- [Amazon SageMaker](./amazon-sagemaker-index.md)
- [Aura](./aura-index.md)
- [Changelog](../changelog.md)
- [Custom Vocabulary](./custom-vocabulary-index.md)
- [Deepgram's Docs](../index.md)
- [Deployment](./deployment-index.md)
- [Docker/Podman](./docker-podman-index.md)
- [Features](./features-index.md)
- [Flux TTS](./flux-tts-index.md)
- [Formatting](./formatting-index.md)

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