# Speech Quality Evaluation on QA Evaluation Suite Speech Output

Source: [Speech Quality Evaluation on QA Evaluation Suite Speech Output](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/speech-quality-evaluation-on-qa-evaluation-suite-speech-output>)

Collection index: [llms.txt](<https://www.sota2.com/research/llms.txt>)

Data updated: 2026-03-11T07:26:40.207Z

Evaluation of speech quality using Mean Opinion Score (MOS) and ASR Word Error Rate (ASR-WER) on the QA Evaluation Suite Speech Output dataset.

A research result applies to its stated dataset, split, metric and evaluation configuration. Compare like-for-like settings, preserve the metric's unit and direction, and distinguish paper-reported results from independent reproduction. The best result recorded here is not a claim of exhaustive, current global coverage.

| Scope | Recorded value |
| --- | --- |
| Task | Speech Quality Evaluation |
| Dataset (including any stated split) | QA Evaluation Suite Speech Output |
| Metric | MOS |
| Unit | SCALAR |
| Direction | Higher is better |
| Results loaded | 16 of 16 |
| Coverage | All results currently returned for this benchmark |

Evaluation settings may differ between results. The original papers and recorded configurations are needed to establish comparability. A shared metric name alone does not establish an identical protocol.

## Metrics

- [MOS](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/speech-quality-evaluation-on-qa-evaluation-suite-speech-output.md?metric=MOS>): Higher is better; unit: SCALAR.

- [ASR-WER](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/speech-quality-evaluation-on-qa-evaluation-suite-speech-output.md?metric=ASR-WER>): Lower is better; unit: PERCENT.

## Recorded results

| Method | MOS | Result date | Report paper |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Step-Audio-2 | 3.71 | Not recorded | 69b0f6fe2d603e6de3e45d1b |
| SPAR-K | 3.668 | Not recorded | 69b0f6fe2d603e6de3e45d1b |
| SPAR-K | 3.65 | Not recorded | 69b0f6fe2d603e6de3e45d1b |
| SPAR-K | 3.643 | Not recorded | 69b0f6fe2d603e6de3e45d1b |
| Step-Audio-2 | 3.058 | Not recorded | 69b0f6fe2d603e6de3e45d1b |
| GLM-4-Voice | 2.982 | Not recorded | 69b0f6fe2d603e6de3e45d1b |
| SPAR-K | 2.982 | Not recorded | 69b0f6fe2d603e6de3e45d1b |
| SPAR-K | 2.981 | Not recorded | 69b0f6fe2d603e6de3e45d1b |
| SPAR-K | 2.979 | Not recorded | 69b0f6fe2d603e6de3e45d1b |
| SPAR-K | 2.95 | Not recorded | 69b0f6fe2d603e6de3e45d1b |
| SPAR-K | 2.949 | Not recorded | 69b0f6fe2d603e6de3e45d1b |
| SPAR-K | 2.942 | Not recorded | 69b0f6fe2d603e6de3e45d1b |
| SPAR-K | 2.909 | Not recorded | 69b0f6fe2d603e6de3e45d1b |
| GLM-4-Voice | 2.866 | Not recorded | 69b0f6fe2d603e6de3e45d1b |
| GLM-4-Voice | 2.662 | Not recorded | 69b0f6fe2d603e6de3e45d1b |
| Step-Audio-2 | 1.651 | Not recorded | 69b0f6fe2d603e6de3e45d1b |

### Step-Audio-2

MOS: 3.71. Result ID: 69b1192f6dbb7075b95b2071.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69b0f6fe2d603e6de3e45d1b.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa7b021e209131cea8635d.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Backbone":"Step-Audio-2","Text EE":"-","Speech EE":"-"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### SPAR-K

MOS: 3.668. Result ID: 69b1192f6dbb7075b95b2076.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69b0f6fe2d603e6de3e45d1b.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69b0f6fe2d603e6de3e45d1b.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Backbone":"Step-Audio-2","Text EE":"-","Speech EE":"Triple (22)"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### SPAR-K

MOS: 3.65. Result ID: 69b1192f6dbb7075b95b2075.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69b0f6fe2d603e6de3e45d1b.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69b0f6fe2d603e6de3e45d1b.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Backbone":"Step-Audio-2","Text EE":"-","Speech EE":"Odd (22)"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### SPAR-K

MOS: 3.643. Result ID: 69b1192f6dbb7075b95b2074.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69b0f6fe2d603e6de3e45d1b.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69b0f6fe2d603e6de3e45d1b.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Backbone":"Step-Audio-2","Text EE":"-","Speech EE":"Even (22)"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Step-Audio-2

MOS: 3.058. Result ID: 69b1192f6dbb7075b95b2072.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69b0f6fe2d603e6de3e45d1b.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa7b021e209131cea8635d.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Backbone":"Step-Audio-2","Text EE":"-","Speech EE":"Fixed (25)"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### GLM-4-Voice

MOS: 2.982. Result ID: 69b1192f6dbb7075b95b2077.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69b0f6fe2d603e6de3e45d1b.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa75f91e209131cea6abba.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Backbone":"GLM-4-Voice","Text EE":"-","Speech EE":"-"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### SPAR-K

MOS: 2.982. Result ID: 69b1192f6dbb7075b95b207b.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69b0f6fe2d603e6de3e45d1b.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69b0f6fe2d603e6de3e45d1b.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Backbone":"GLM-4-Voice","Text EE":"-","Speech EE":"Odd (36)"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### SPAR-K

MOS: 2.981. Result ID: 69b1192f6dbb7075b95b207d.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69b0f6fe2d603e6de3e45d1b.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69b0f6fe2d603e6de3e45d1b.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Backbone":"GLM-4-Voice","Text EE":"-","Speech EE":"Even (33)"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### SPAR-K

MOS: 2.979. Result ID: 69b1192f6dbb7075b95b207f.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69b0f6fe2d603e6de3e45d1b.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69b0f6fe2d603e6de3e45d1b.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Backbone":"GLM-4-Voice","Text EE":"Even (36)","Speech EE":"-"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### SPAR-K

MOS: 2.95. Result ID: 69b1192f6dbb7075b95b207a.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69b0f6fe2d603e6de3e45d1b.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69b0f6fe2d603e6de3e45d1b.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Backbone":"GLM-4-Voice","Text EE":"-","Speech EE":"Even (36)"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### SPAR-K

MOS: 2.949. Result ID: 69b1192f6dbb7075b95b2080.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69b0f6fe2d603e6de3e45d1b.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69b0f6fe2d603e6de3e45d1b.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Backbone":"GLM-4-Voice","Text EE":"Conf (36)","Speech EE":"Even(36)"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### SPAR-K

MOS: 2.942. Result ID: 69b1192f6dbb7075b95b207e.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69b0f6fe2d603e6de3e45d1b.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69b0f6fe2d603e6de3e45d1b.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Backbone":"GLM-4-Voice","Text EE":"-","Speech EE":"Even (35)"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### SPAR-K

MOS: 2.909. Result ID: 69b1192f6dbb7075b95b207c.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69b0f6fe2d603e6de3e45d1b.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69b0f6fe2d603e6de3e45d1b.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Backbone":"GLM-4-Voice","Text EE":"-","Speech EE":"Triple (37)"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### GLM-4-Voice

MOS: 2.866. Result ID: 69b1192f6dbb7075b95b2079.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69b0f6fe2d603e6de3e45d1b.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa75f91e209131cea6abba.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Backbone":"GLM-4-Voice","Text EE":"-","Speech EE":"Conf (36)"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### GLM-4-Voice

MOS: 2.662. Result ID: 69b1192f6dbb7075b95b2078.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69b0f6fe2d603e6de3e45d1b.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa75f91e209131cea6abba.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Backbone":"GLM-4-Voice","Text EE":"-","Speech EE":"Fixed (38)"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Step-Audio-2

MOS: 1.651. Result ID: 69b1192f6dbb7075b95b2073.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69b0f6fe2d603e6de3e45d1b.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa7b021e209131cea8635d.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Backbone":"Step-Audio-2","Text EE":"-","Speech EE":"Conf (26)"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

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