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Granite Switch 4.1.1 patch adds multilingual ASR and faster Decision adapter

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Granite Switch 4.1.1 is a patch release that is fully backwards compatible with version 4.1 and requires no migration . The update adds an updated Granite Speech ASR model that provides multilingual speech‑to‑text in 10 languages with native punctuation and capitalization, ready for downstream use . It also introduces a new Decision adapter in granitelib‑core that delivers improved performance on the Jev Decision Index test set . The base model remains unchanged, with only adapters updated, enabling rapid and efficient releases . Hugging Face says it is developing tutorials and an Adapter SDK so developers and third‑party providers can build, test, and ship their own adapters like software updates .

Why it matters. The modular adapter approach lets developers add new capabilities such as multilingual ASR without retraining the core model, accelerating feature rollout for users . The upcoming SDK and tutorials will enable third‑party providers to create and deploy their own adapters, expanding the ecosystem .

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