diff --git a/ATHENA.md b/ATHENA.md
index deec0e2..090d333 100644
--- a/ATHENA.md
+++ b/ATHENA.md
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ Sie betreibt:
 - den OpenAI-kompatiblen Profile Router,
 - Qwen-Image-2.1 INT8 für Textbilder und Referenzbild-Bearbeitung,
 - Qwen3-TTS und TTS-Gateway für Sprache,
-- Whisper.cpp und die WebRTC-Brücke für OpenClaw Talk,
+- Qwen3-ASR auf der CPU und die WebRTC-Brücke für OpenClaw Talk,
 - EmbeddingGemma auf der CPU für OpenClaws semantische Memory-Suche,
 - die GPU-lose Mikes-Applio-UI als gesonderten Checkout,
 - das Athena-Dashboard,
@@ -95,6 +95,8 @@ nicht direkt. Kein automatischer Host-Neustart ist vorgesehen.
 - Qwen-Image-2.1 INT8: Bildgenerierung und Editing auf der RTX 5080; das Textmodell wird dafür kurz entladen und danach
   automatisch wiederhergestellt
 - Qwen3-TTS 1.7B: RTX 3060; kein Piper-Fallback
+- Qwen3-ASR 0.6B Q8: CPU, hinter dem bestehenden OpenAI-kompatiblen
+  Transkriptionsendpunkt. `whisper-1` bleibt nur als API-Kompatibilitätsname.
 - EmbeddingGemma 300M Q8: CPU, OpenAI-kompatibel auf Port 8082; kein GPU-Zugriff
 
 Die geprüften Live-Werte stehen in [docs/LIVE_STATE.md](docs/LIVE_STATE.md).
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c250d4c..e617013 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ dokumentieren den ausgerollten Stand, reduzierte Statuslatenzen und Tests.
   Q5-Worker auf der RTX 3060
 - FLUX.2 Klein 9B FP8 Beta als gestoppter Rückfallcontainer
 - Qwen3-TTS 1.7B auf der RTX 3060 hinter dem TTS-Gateway; kein Piper-Fallback
-- Whisper.cpp `small` auf der CPU für lokale deutsche Spracherkennung
+- Qwen3-ASR 0.6B Q8 auf der CPU für lokale deutsche Spracherkennung
 - EmbeddingGemma 300M Q8 auf der CPU für OpenClaws hybride Memory-Suche
 - Live-Dashboard mit 21 Tagen Detailhistorie für GPUs und Slot-Kontextbelegung auf Port 8099
 - Portainer CE als optionale Container-Ansicht auf Port 9443
@@ -142,12 +142,16 @@ Prefills konkurrieren weiterhin um Rechenleistung und den gemeinsamen KV-Pool.
 - Athena-Dashboard: `http://192.168.1.212:8099`
 
 Der Router stellt Sprache OpenAI-kompatibel bereit: Sprachausgabe über
-`/v1/audio/speech` und Spracherkennung über `/v1/audio/transcriptions`. Das
-Whisper-Modell liegt persistent im Docker-Volume `whisper-data`; Audiodaten
-werden lokal auf Athena verarbeitet. Für OpenClaw Talk liegt der lokale
+`/v1/audio/speech` und Spracherkennung über `/v1/audio/transcriptions`.
+Spracherkennung nutzt Qwen3-ASR-0.6B Q8 auf der CPU; das Modell liegt unter
+`/data/models/qwen3-asr-0.6b-q8`. Der Adapter liefert reinen Text unter
+`qwen3-asr` und dem bisherigen `whisper-1`-Kompatibilitätsnamen, sodass
+OpenClaw nicht neu konfiguriert werden muss. Whisper-Container, Image und
+Modellvolume sind entfernt. Audiodaten werden lokal auf Athena verarbeitet.
+Für OpenClaw Talk liegt der lokale
 Realtime-Provider unter
 [`integrations/openclaw-athena-talk`](integrations/openclaw-athena-talk). Er
-verbindet Mikrofon → Athena Whisper → normalen OpenClaw-Agenten → aktives
+verbindet Mikrofon → Athena STT → normalen OpenClaw-Agenten → aktives
 Athena-TTS, sodass Modell, Werkzeuge und Memory auch im Sprachmodus erhalten
 bleiben. Die Installation landet in OpenClaws persistentem Datenverzeichnis
 und bleibt deshalb bei normalen Container-Updates bestehen.
diff --git a/compose.yaml b/compose.yaml
index ef20659..6267e0d 100644
--- a/compose.yaml
+++ b/compose.yaml
@@ -658,7 +658,7 @@ services:
       MUSIC_START_TIMEOUT: "600"
       VOICE_CHANGE_START_TIMEOUT: "600"
       APPLIO_START_TIMEOUT: "900"
-      STT_WORKER_URL: http://whisper:8084
+      STT_WORKER_URL: http://qwen-asr-worker:8084
       STT_TIMEOUT: "300"
     networks: [frontend, control, inference]
     security_opt: ["no-new-privileges:true"]
@@ -681,7 +681,7 @@ services:
         condition: service_healthy
       tts-gateway:
         condition: service_healthy
-      whisper:
+      qwen-asr-worker:
         condition: service_healthy
 
   image-worker:
@@ -976,40 +976,77 @@ services:
       retries: 12
       start_period: 10s
 
-  whisper:
-    build:
-      context: .
-      dockerfile: platform/docker/whisper/Dockerfile
-      args:
-        WHISPER_CPP_VERSION: ${WHISPER_CPP_VERSION:-v1.9.1}
-    image: mike-ai/whisper:local
-    container_name: mike-ai-whisper
+  qwen-asr:
+    image: ${LLAMA_CPU_IMAGE:-mike-ai/llama.cpp-cpu:local}
+    container_name: mike-ai-qwen-asr
     restart: unless-stopped
     read_only: true
     tmpfs:
-      - /tmp:size=2g,mode=1777
+      - /tmp:size=256m,mode=1777
     volumes:
-      - whisper-data:/models
-    environment:
-      WHISPER_HOST: 0.0.0.0
-      WHISPER_PORT: "8084"
-      WHISPER_CLI: /opt/whisper.cpp/build/bin/whisper-cli
-      WHISPER_MODEL: /models/ggml-small.bin
-      WHISPER_MODEL_URL: ${WHISPER_MODEL_URL:-https://huggingface.co/ggerganov/whisper.cpp/resolve/main/ggml-small.bin}
-      WHISPER_SERVER_PORT: "8085"
-      WHISPER_THREADS: ${WHISPER_THREADS:-8}
-      WHISPER_LANGUAGE: ${WHISPER_LANGUAGE:-de}
-    networks: [frontend, inference]
+      - "${QWEN_ASR_MODEL_DIR:-/data/models/qwen3-asr-0.6b-q8}:/models:ro"
+    command:
+      - --model
+      - /models/Qwen3-ASR-0.6B-Q8_0.gguf
+      - --mmproj
+      - /models/mmproj-Qwen3-ASR-0.6B-Q8_0.gguf
+      - --no-mmproj-offload
+      - --n-gpu-layers
+      - "0"
+      - --alias
+      - qwen3-asr-0.6b
+      - --ctx-size
+      - "4096"
+      - --threads
+      - "6"
+      - --parallel
+      - "1"
+      - --host
+      - 0.0.0.0
+      - --port
+      - "8080"
+      - --no-ui
+      - --fit
+      - "off"
+    cpus: 6
+    mem_limit: 6g
+    networks: [inference]
     security_opt: ["no-new-privileges:true"]
     cap_drop: [ALL]
-    # The entrypoint supervises whisper-server after dropping it to uid 10004.
-    cap_add: [CHOWN, SETUID, SETGID, KILL]
     healthcheck:
-      test: [CMD, curl, -fsS, "http://127.0.0.1:8084/status"]
+      test: [CMD, curl, -fsS, "http://127.0.0.1:8080/health"]
       interval: 10s
       timeout: 5s
-      retries: 90
-      start_period: 20m
+      retries: 12
+      start_period: 30s
+
+  qwen-asr-worker:
+    build:
+      context: .
+      dockerfile: platform/docker/qwen-asr-worker/Dockerfile
+    image: mike-ai/qwen-asr-worker:local
+    container_name: mike-ai-qwen-asr-worker
+    restart: unless-stopped
+    read_only: true
+    tmpfs:
+      - /tmp:size=256m,mode=1777
+    environment:
+      QWEN_ASR_HOST: 0.0.0.0
+      QWEN_ASR_PORT: "8084"
+      QWEN_ASR_LANGUAGE: de
+      QWEN_ASR_SERVER_URL: http://qwen-asr:8080
+    networks: [inference]
+    security_opt: ["no-new-privileges:true"]
+    cap_drop: [ALL]
+    depends_on:
+      qwen-asr:
+        condition: service_healthy
+    healthcheck:
+      test: [CMD, python, -c, "import json,urllib.request; assert json.load(urllib.request.urlopen('http://127.0.0.1:8084/status', timeout=2))['ready']"]
+      interval: 10s
+      timeout: 5s
+      retries: 12
+      start_period: 15s
 
   llama-dashboard:
     build: ./platform/llama-dashboard
@@ -1124,7 +1161,6 @@ networks:
     name: mike-ai-tools-egress
 
 volumes:
-  whisper-data:
   router-state:
   router-images:
   portainer-data:
diff --git a/docs/CONTAINER_INVENTORY.md b/docs/CONTAINER_INVENTORY.md
index 6bfa9e7..116cf0e 100644
--- a/docs/CONTAINER_INVENTORY.md
+++ b/docs/CONTAINER_INVENTORY.md
@@ -32,13 +32,14 @@ nicht automatisch ein ungenutzter Rest.
 | `mike-ai-portainer` | kein Modell; Portainer CE | Optionale Docker-Verwaltungsoberfläche. |
 | `mike-ai-profile-controller` | kein Modell | Startet und stoppt ausschließlich freigegebene Modellprofile und Spezialworker in einer sicheren Reihenfolge. |
 | `mike-ai-qwen-cron-test` | kleines Qwen-Testmodell | Gestoppter CPU-/Cron-Worker-Versuch; nicht produktiv eingesetzt. |
-| `mike-ai-realtime-voice` | kein Modell | Laufende, gesunde WebRTC-Brücke für OpenClaw Talk; verbindet über den privaten WireGuard-Pfad Athena Whisper, OpenClaw-Agent und Qwen3-TTS ohne Profilwechsel. |
+| `mike-ai-realtime-voice` | kein Modell | Laufende, gesunde WebRTC-Brücke für OpenClaw Talk; verbindet über den privaten WireGuard-Pfad Athena Qwen3-ASR, OpenClaw-Agent und Qwen3-TTS ohne Profilwechsel. |
 | `mike-ai-qwen3-tts` | `Qwen/Qwen3-TTS-12Hz-1.7B-Base`, Stimme Serena | Hochwertige deutsche Sprachausgabe auf der RTX 3060 im LLM-Betrieb. |
 | `mike-ai-router` | kein eigenes Modell | Einzige OpenAI-kompatible Modelladresse; koordiniert Profile, Bildaufträge, Sprache und Betriebsarten. |
 | `mike-ai-stem-separator` | BS-RoFormer Viperx 1297, `htdemucs_ft`, `htdemucs_6s`, `MossFormer2_SE_48K` | Trennt Gesang, Instrumente oder Sprache/Hintergrundgeräusche im exklusiven Separationsmodus. |
 | `mike-ai-tts-gateway` | kein eigenes Modell | Normalisiert Text, konvertiert Ausgabeformate und stellt Qwen3-TTS sowie natives PCM-Streaming über eine stabile interne API bereit. |
 | `mike-ai-voice-studio` | `k2-fsa/OmniVoice` 0.2.1 mit Whisper-ASR | Erzeugt Text-to-Speech mit einer Referenzstimme; kein Audio-to-Audio-Voice-Changer. |
-| `mike-ai-whisper` | Whisper.cpp 1.9.4, `ggml-small` | Lokale deutsche Spracherkennung auf der CPU über `/v1/audio/transcriptions`. |
+| `mike-ai-qwen-asr` | Qwen3-ASR 0.6B Q8 | CPU-Inferenz für lokale deutsche Spracherkennung. |
+| `mike-ai-qwen-asr-worker` | kein eigenes Modell | Audio-Adapter für `/v1/audio/transcriptions`; `whisper-1` ist nur ein API-Kompatibilitätsname. |
 | `mike-ai-wireguard-gateway` | kein Modell | Veröffentlicht Dashboard und Fachoberflächen ausschließlich über den privaten WireGuard-Pfad. |
 | `mike-ai-xvc-studio` | `chenxie95/X-VC`, GLM-4-Voice-Tokenizer und optional Resemble Enhance | Wandelt eine vorhandene Sprachaufnahme anhand einer Referenzstimme in Audio zu Audio um; gibt das native 16-kHz-Ergebnis und optional eine neural restaurierte 44,1-kHz-Fassung aus. |
 | `mike-ai-yue2-playground` | Image `mike-ai/yue2:3b-0.1.6` | Vorhandener, gestoppter Playground; in diesem Abgleich nicht funktional getestet. |
diff --git a/docs/LIVE_STATE.md b/docs/LIVE_STATE.md
index a5bcb96..6d2d198 100644
--- a/docs/LIVE_STATE.md
+++ b/docs/LIVE_STATE.md
@@ -1,5 +1,14 @@
 # Geprüfter Live-Stand auf Athena
 
+Nachtrag vom 25. September 2026: Die produktive Spracherkennung läuft über
+Qwen3-ASR 0.6B Q8 auf der CPU (`mike-ai-qwen-asr` und
+`mike-ai-qwen-asr-worker`). Der Router bietet weiterhin `whisper-1` als
+Kompatibilitätsnamen und zusätzlich `qwen3-asr` an. Beide wurden mit einer
+M4A-Aufnahme über `/v1/audio/transcriptions` geprüft. Whisper-Container,
+Images und Modellvolume wurden entfernt. Das aktive Ultra-Profil wurde bei
+dieser Umstellung nicht gewechselt. Die Angaben zu Whisper weiter unten
+beschreiben den historischen Stand vom 21. September.
+
 Nachtrag vom 24. September 2026: Ultra verarbeitet nun Bilder mit einem
 CPU-seitigen BF16-Vision-Projektor. Der Stand und der Funktionstest sind in
 [Ultra-Vision mit CPU-Projektor](ULTRA_CPU_VISION_20260924.md) dokumentiert.
diff --git a/docs/RECOVERY.md b/docs/RECOVERY.md
index 1cad98e..9dc3552 100644
--- a/docs/RECOVERY.md
+++ b/docs/RECOVERY.md
@@ -24,8 +24,10 @@ gesichert. Für eine Neuinstallation ist der im Git dokumentierte Build mit
 installieren; eine Änderung an OpenClaw-Core-Dateien ist nicht erforderlich.
 
 Piper-Daten sind kein aktueller Sicherungsbestand. Modellgewichte unter
-`/data/models` und das reproduzierbare Whisper-Volume gehören nicht zu diesen
-Backup-Mounts. Ein Backup ausschließlich auf `/data` schützt nicht vor deren Ausfall.
+`/data/models`, einschließlich Qwen3-ASR unter
+`/data/models/qwen3-asr-0.6b-q8`, gehören nicht zu diesen Backup-Mounts.
+Das frühere Whisper-Volume wurde am 25. September 2026 entfernt.
+Ein Backup ausschließlich auf `/data` schützt nicht vor einem Ausfall der Datenplatte.
 Das gilt auch für das reproduzierbare EmbeddingGemma-Gewicht unter
 `/data/models/embeddinggemma`; URL und SHA-256 stehen in
 `config/install.env.example`, sodass der Installer es erneut laden und prüfen kann.
diff --git a/integrations/openclaw-athena-talk/README.md b/integrations/openclaw-athena-talk/README.md
index 3c32583..e719f03 100644
--- a/integrations/openclaw-athena-talk/README.md
+++ b/integrations/openclaw-athena-talk/README.md
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ existing Athena speech stack. An experimental browser WebRTC path is available
 through the separate `services/athena-realtime-voice` service:
 
 1. local VAD collects a spoken utterance,
-2. Athena Whisper transcribes it,
+2. Athena Qwen3-ASR transcribes it,
 3. OpenClaw's normal agent-consult path answers with its configured model and
    tools,
 4. Athena Qwen3-TTS returns PCM audio to the Talk client.
@@ -60,23 +60,23 @@ openclaw plugins install . --force --accept-capabilities
 openclaw plugins inspect athena-talk --runtime --json
 ```
 
-Version 1.3.0 also registers **Athena Whisper (Diktieren)** as a separate
+The plugin registers **Athena Qwen3-ASR (Diktieren)** as a separate
 realtime transcription provider through OpenClaw's official plugin API. In the
 browser composer, hold the microphone for dictation, then release it to send
 the 8 kHz G.711 audio through the Gateway. Short recordings are converted to
 PCM WAV and sent to Athena's existing `/audio/transcriptions` endpoint in one
 request. Longer recordings are split while the user is still speaking into
 six-second windows with 0.5 seconds of overlap. The plugin sends these windows
-sequentially to the persistent Whisper service, carries a short text prompt
-into the next request, removes duplicated overlap words, and caches finished
+sequentially to the persistent Qwen3-ASR service, removes duplicated overlap
+words, and caches finished
 segments until recording stops. Only the short final tail then remains inside
-OpenClaw's fixed five-second final-drain window. Each Whisper request is capped
+OpenClaw's fixed five-second final-drain window. Each STT request is capped
 at 4.5 seconds.
 
 This is incremental pre-transcription over OpenClaw's official transcription
-provider API. Whisper.cpp still receives complete short WAV segments; it is
-not a native token-streaming STT protocol. No OpenClaw core file was patched
-and no additional speech container was introduced. The transcribed text is
+provider API. Qwen3-ASR still receives complete short WAV segments; it is
+not a native token-streaming STT protocol. No OpenClaw core file was patched.
+The transcribed text is
 returned to the composer; this path does not invoke the agent or TTS. The
 provider reuses `talk.realtime.providers.athena-talk` and the configured model
 provider for its URL/key. If that model provider has no key, it reuses
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ origin. No second credential is needed. In `talk.catalog`, it appears under
 `transcription.providers`.
 
 The production provider allows up to 180 seconds per recording. This limit is
-a local safety cap shared by dictation and Talk, not an OpenClaw or Whisper
+a local safety cap shared by dictation and Talk, not an OpenClaw or Qwen3-ASR
 restriction. Incremental segmentation keeps long dictation bounded while it
 is being recorded.
 
@@ -95,7 +95,8 @@ An M4A voice note uploaded as a chat attachment does **not** use the realtime
 dictation provider above. OpenClaw processes it through its built-in
 `tools.media.audio` path. On the Unraid installation, automatic provider
 selection hit `SsrFBlockedError` for the private Athena address. Configure the
-existing OpenAI-compatible provider and select Whisper explicitly:
+existing OpenAI-compatible provider and retain the `whisper-1` API alias for
+Qwen3-ASR:
 
 ```json5
 {
@@ -127,7 +128,7 @@ OpenClaw 2026.9.4 accepts `request.allowPrivateNetwork` under
 settings hot-reload without restarting the Gateway. The existing
 `ATHENA_ROUTER_API_KEY` SecretRef is reused; do not add another literal key.
 On 2026-09-16, OpenClaw's official audio module transcribed the affected M4A
-through Athena Whisper (127 characters returned). This confirms the endpoint
+through Athena's then-active Whisper service (127 characters returned). This confirms the endpoint
 and file format; a fresh attachment in the chat is still needed to verify the
 full message-to-transcript flow.
 
diff --git a/integrations/openclaw-athena-talk/dist/index.js b/integrations/openclaw-athena-talk/dist/index.js
index 7b81683..0fcc38a 100644
--- a/integrations/openclaw-athena-talk/dist/index.js
+++ b/integrations/openclaw-athena-talk/dist/index.js
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ function wavFromPcm16(pcm, sampleRate = 24000) {
     return Buffer.concat([header, pcm]);
 }
 // The browser transcription relay sends 8 kHz G.711 mu-law, while Athena's
-// existing Whisper endpoint accepts PCM WAV uploads.
+// transcription endpoint accepts PCM WAV uploads.
 function wavFromMulaw8k(audio) {
     const pcm = Buffer.allocUnsafe(audio.length * 2);
     for (let i = 0; i < audio.length; i += 1) {
@@ -567,7 +567,7 @@ export default definePluginEntry({
     register(api) {
         api.registerRealtimeTranscriptionProvider({
             id: "athena-talk",
-            label: "Athena Whisper (Diktieren)",
+            label: "Athena Qwen3-ASR (Diktieren)",
             defaultModel: "whisper-1",
             models: ["whisper-1"],
             autoSelectOrder: 1,
diff --git a/integrations/openclaw-athena-talk/index.ts b/integrations/openclaw-athena-talk/index.ts
index 8a37ca9..b2cc0b0 100644
--- a/integrations/openclaw-athena-talk/index.ts
+++ b/integrations/openclaw-athena-talk/index.ts
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ function wavFromPcm16(pcm: Buffer, sampleRate = 24000): Buffer {
 }
 
 // The browser transcription relay sends 8 kHz G.711 mu-law, while Athena's
-// existing Whisper endpoint accepts PCM WAV uploads.
+// transcription endpoint accepts PCM WAV uploads.
 function wavFromMulaw8k(audio: Buffer): Buffer {
   const pcm = Buffer.allocUnsafe(audio.length * 2);
   for (let i = 0; i < audio.length; i += 1) {
@@ -578,7 +578,7 @@ export default definePluginEntry({
   register(api) {
     api.registerRealtimeTranscriptionProvider({
       id: "athena-talk",
-      label: "Athena Whisper (Diktieren)",
+      label: "Athena Qwen3-ASR (Diktieren)",
       defaultModel: "whisper-1",
       models: ["whisper-1"],
       autoSelectOrder: 1,
diff --git a/integrations/openclaw-athena-talk/openclaw.plugin.json b/integrations/openclaw-athena-talk/openclaw.plugin.json
index abf3267..ce5e5d2 100644
--- a/integrations/openclaw-athena-talk/openclaw.plugin.json
+++ b/integrations/openclaw-athena-talk/openclaw.plugin.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "id": "athena-talk",
   "name": "Athena Local Talk",
-  "description": "Private OpenClaw Talk provider using Athena Whisper and Qwen3-TTS.",
+  "description": "Private OpenClaw Talk provider using Athena Qwen3-ASR and Qwen3-TTS.",
   "activation": {
     "onStartup": true
   },
diff --git a/integrations/openclaw-athena-talk/package.json b/integrations/openclaw-athena-talk/package.json
index 478d303..43f1ccb 100644
--- a/integrations/openclaw-athena-talk/package.json
+++ b/integrations/openclaw-athena-talk/package.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   "name": "@casaderoll/openclaw-athena-talk",
   "version": "1.3.0",
   "private": true,
-  "description": "Local OpenClaw Talk provider backed by Athena Whisper and Qwen3-TTS",
+  "description": "Local OpenClaw Talk provider backed by Athena Qwen3-ASR and Qwen3-TTS",
   "type": "module",
   "files": [
     "dist",
diff --git a/manage.sh b/manage.sh
index 07c8aa7..c4ddaac 100755
--- a/manage.sh
+++ b/manage.sh
@@ -52,7 +52,8 @@ case "$command" in
       [[ $# -eq 0 ]] || { echo "core akzeptiert keine weiteren Services" >&2; exit 2; }
       run "$ROOT_DIR/platform/mcp/install-tools.sh"
       run "${compose[@]}" up -d --build \
-        wireguard-gateway embedding qwen3-tts tts-gateway profile-controller router llama-dashboard portainer backup
+        wireguard-gateway embedding qwen3-tts tts-gateway profile-controller \
+        qwen-asr qwen-asr-worker router llama-dashboard portainer backup
     else
       run "${compose[@]}" up -d --build --no-deps "$@"
     fi
diff --git a/platform/docker/qwen-asr-worker/Dockerfile b/platform/docker/qwen-asr-worker/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ad7e6e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/platform/docker/qwen-asr-worker/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+FROM python:3.13.7-slim-bookworm
+
+RUN apt-get update \
+    && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends ffmpeg \
+    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* \
+    && useradd --system --uid 10005 --home-dir /nonexistent --shell /usr/sbin/nologin stt
+
+WORKDIR /app
+COPY router/qwen_asr_worker.py /app/qwen_asr_worker.py
+
+ENV QWEN_ASR_HOST=0.0.0.0 \
+    QWEN_ASR_PORT=8084 \
+    QWEN_ASR_LANGUAGE=de
+
+USER 10005:10005
+EXPOSE 8084
+ENTRYPOINT ["python", "/app/qwen_asr_worker.py"]
diff --git a/router/ai_profile_router.py b/router/ai_profile_router.py
index 4ba25a3..b859f02 100755
--- a/router/ai_profile_router.py
+++ b/router/ai_profile_router.py
@@ -29,12 +29,11 @@ Sprachausgabe (Qwen3-TTS auf RTX 3060):
                     POST /v1/audio/speech        (OpenAI-kompatibel)
                     GET  /v1/audio/voices        (verfügbare Stimmen)
 
-Spracherkennung (whisper.cpp, deutsch, CPU-only):
+Spracherkennung (Qwen3-ASR, deutsch, CPU-only):
                     POST /v1/audio/transcriptions (OpenAI-kompatibel)
                     GET  /v1/audio/models        (verfügbare Audio-Modelle)
 
-Der TTS-Worker (mike-ai-xtts.service) und der STT-Worker
-(mike-ai-whisper.service) laufen als separate, langlebige Prozesse.
+TTS und Qwen3-ASR laufen als separate, langlebige Dienste.
 Der Router leitet /v1/audio/speech und /v1/audio/transcriptions
 per HTTP an die Worker weiter.
 
@@ -216,11 +215,11 @@ TTS_DEFAULT_VOICE = os.environ.get(
 TTS_FORMATS = ("mp3", "wav", "pcm")
 TTS_DEFAULT_FORMAT = "mp3"
 
-# --- Spracherkennung (whisper.cpp, deutsch, CPU-only) ---
+# --- Spracherkennung (Qwen3-ASR, deutsch, CPU-only) ---
 STT_WORKER_URL = os.environ.get("STT_WORKER_URL", "http://127.0.0.1:8084")
 STT_TIMEOUT = float(os.environ.get("STT_TIMEOUT", "120"))  # s, pro Transkription
 STT_CONNECT_TIMEOUT = float(os.environ.get("STT_CONNECT_TIMEOUT", "5"))
-STT_MODEL = "whisper-1"  # virtuelles Modell für /v1/audio/transcriptions
+STT_MODEL = "whisper-1"  # OpenClaw/OpenAI compatibility alias; Qwen3-ASR serves it
 
 # Maximale Upload-Größe (Bytes) – verhindert unbegrenzten RAM-Verbrauch.
 # 50 MB ist für Audio-Dateien (WebM/Opus, WAV, MP3) mehr als ausreichend.
@@ -2846,7 +2845,13 @@ class Handler(BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
             models.append({
                 "id": STT_MODEL,
                 "object": "model",
-                "owned_by": "whisper.cpp",
+                "owned_by": "qwen3-asr",
+                "type": "transcription",
+            })
+            models.append({
+                "id": "qwen3-asr",
+                "object": "model",
+                "owned_by": "qwen3-asr",
                 "type": "transcription",
             })
         if tts.get("ready"):
@@ -2969,7 +2974,7 @@ class Handler(BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
 
         # Modell-Validierung
         model = fields.get("model", STT_MODEL)
-        if model not in (STT_MODEL, "whisper"):
+        if model not in (STT_MODEL, "whisper", "qwen3-asr"):
             self._send_error(400, f"unbekanntes Modell: {model!r} "
                                   f"(erwartet: {STT_MODEL})",
                              "invalid_request_error", "unknown_model")
diff --git a/router/qwen_asr_worker.py b/router/qwen_asr_worker.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5c9c20a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/router/qwen_asr_worker.py
@@ -0,0 +1,147 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""OpenAI-router STT adapter for the persistent, CPU-only Qwen3-ASR server."""
+
+import json
+import logging
+import os
+import subprocess
+import tempfile
+import time
+import urllib.request
+import uuid
+from email import policy
+from email.parser import BytesParser
+from http.server import BaseHTTPRequestHandler, ThreadingHTTPServer
+
+
+HOST = os.environ.get("QWEN_ASR_HOST", "0.0.0.0")
+PORT = int(os.environ.get("QWEN_ASR_PORT", "8084"))
+SERVER_URL = os.environ.get("QWEN_ASR_SERVER_URL", "http://qwen-asr:8080").rstrip("/")
+LANGUAGE = os.environ.get("QWEN_ASR_LANGUAGE", "de")
+MAX_BODY_BYTES = 25 * 1024 * 1024
+
+logging.basicConfig(level=logging.INFO, format="%(asctime)s %(levelname)s %(message)s")
+log = logging.getLogger("qwen-asr-worker")
+
+
+def clean_transcript(value: str) -> str:
+    """llama.cpp may include a Qwen task marker before the spoken words."""
+    if "<asr_text>" in value:
+        value = value.split("<asr_text>", 1)[1]
+    return value.replace("<|endoftext|>", "").strip()
+
+
+def transcribe(audio: bytes, filename: str, language: str) -> dict:
+    suffix = os.path.splitext(filename)[1].lower() or ".wav"
+    with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory(prefix="qwen_asr_") as directory:
+        source = os.path.join(directory, "input" + suffix)
+        wav = os.path.join(directory, "audio.wav")
+        with open(source, "wb") as handle:
+            handle.write(audio)
+        result = subprocess.run(
+            ["ffmpeg", "-nostdin", "-hide_banner", "-loglevel", "error", "-y",
+             "-i", source, "-ac", "1", "-ar", "16000", "-c:a", "pcm_s16le", wav],
+            capture_output=True, text=True, timeout=30,
+        )
+        if result.returncode:
+            raise ValueError("Audio konnte nicht gelesen werden: " + result.stderr[-300:])
+        with open(wav, "rb") as handle:
+            pcm = handle.read()
+
+    boundary = "athena-qwen-asr-" + uuid.uuid4().hex
+    body = b"".join([
+        f"--{boundary}\r\n".encode(),
+        b'Content-Disposition: form-data; name="file"; filename="audio.wav"\r\n',
+        b"Content-Type: audio/wav\r\n\r\n", pcm, b"\r\n",
+        f"--{boundary}\r\n".encode(),
+        b'Content-Disposition: form-data; name="model"\r\n\r\n',
+        b"qwen3-asr-0.6b\r\n",
+        f"--{boundary}\r\n".encode(),
+        b'Content-Disposition: form-data; name="language"\r\n\r\n',
+        language.encode(), b"\r\n",
+        f"--{boundary}--\r\n".encode(),
+    ])
+    request = urllib.request.Request(
+        SERVER_URL + "/v1/audio/transcriptions", data=body,
+        headers={"Content-Type": f"multipart/form-data; boundary={boundary}"},
+        method="POST",
+    )
+    started = time.monotonic()
+    with urllib.request.urlopen(request, timeout=60) as response:
+        payload = json.loads(response.read())
+    if not isinstance(payload, dict) or not isinstance(payload.get("text"), str):
+        raise RuntimeError("Qwen3-ASR returned no transcription")
+    text = clean_transcript(payload["text"])
+    elapsed = int((time.monotonic() - started) * 1000)
+    log.info("Qwen3-ASR transcribed %d characters in %d ms", len(text), elapsed)
+    return {"text": text, "language": language, "duration_ms": elapsed,
+            "engine": "qwen3-asr-0.6b"}
+
+
+def parse_audio(body: bytes, content_type: str) -> tuple[bytes, str, str]:
+    if "multipart/form-data" not in content_type.lower():
+        return body, "audio.wav", LANGUAGE
+    message = BytesParser(policy=policy.default).parsebytes(
+        b"MIME-Version: 1.0\r\nContent-Type: " + content_type.encode() +
+        b"\r\n\r\n" + body
+    )
+    if not message.is_multipart():
+        raise ValueError("Invalid multipart upload")
+    audio = b""
+    filename = "audio.wav"
+    language = LANGUAGE
+    for part in message.iter_parts():
+        name = part.get_param("name", header="content-disposition")
+        if name == "file":
+            audio = part.get_payload(decode=True) or b""
+            filename = os.path.basename(part.get_filename() or filename)
+        elif name == "language":
+            language = (part.get_payload(decode=True) or b"").decode("utf-8").strip()
+    return audio, filename, language if language and language != "auto" else LANGUAGE
+
+
+class Handler(BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
+    def send_json(self, status: int, data: dict) -> None:
+        body = json.dumps(data, ensure_ascii=False).encode()
+        self.send_response(status)
+        self.send_header("Content-Type", "application/json; charset=utf-8")
+        self.send_header("Content-Length", str(len(body)))
+        self.end_headers()
+        self.wfile.write(body)
+
+    def do_GET(self) -> None:
+        if self.path != "/status":
+            self.send_json(404, {"error": "not found"})
+            return
+        try:
+            with urllib.request.urlopen(SERVER_URL + "/health", timeout=2) as response:
+                ready = response.status == 200
+        except Exception:
+            ready = False
+        self.send_json(200, {"ready": ready, "model": "qwen3-asr-0.6b",
+                             "engine": "qwen3-asr", "language": LANGUAGE})
+
+    def do_POST(self) -> None:
+        if self.path != "/transcribe":
+            self.send_json(404, {"error": "not found"})
+            return
+        try:
+            size = int(self.headers.get("Content-Length", "0"))
+            if not 0 < size <= MAX_BODY_BYTES:
+                self.send_json(413, {"error": "Invalid audio size"})
+                return
+            audio, filename, language = parse_audio(
+                self.rfile.read(size), self.headers.get("Content-Type", "")
+            )
+            if not audio:
+                raise ValueError("Missing audio file")
+            self.send_json(200, transcribe(audio, filename, language))
+        except ValueError as exc:
+            self.send_json(400, {"error": str(exc)})
+        except Exception:
+            log.exception("Transcription failed")
+            self.send_json(503, {"error": "Qwen3-ASR unavailable"})
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    ThreadingHTTPServer((HOST, PORT), Handler).serve_forever()
diff --git a/services/athena-realtime-voice/README.md b/services/athena-realtime-voice/README.md
index ddae30d..ce40286 100644
--- a/services/athena-realtime-voice/README.md
+++ b/services/athena-realtime-voice/README.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Athena realtime voice bridge
 
 This independent service lets OpenClaw's existing browser Talk UI use Athena
-Whisper, OpenClaw's agent, and Athena Qwen3-TTS through the browser's supported
+Qwen3-ASR, OpenClaw's agent, and Athena Qwen3-TTS through the browser's supported
 OpenAI-style WebRTC transport. It does not modify OpenClaw or switch an Athena
 profile. The existing `gateway-relay` path remains available.
 
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ python3.11 -m venv .venv
 ```
 
 The synthetic microphone test passed over the actual OpenClaw HTTPS offer
-route and WireGuard media path with production Whisper and Qwen3-TTS on
+route and WireGuard media path with production Qwen3-ASR and Qwen3-TTS on
 2026-09-16. Subsequent real browser Talk sessions successfully transcribed
 and answered multiple user turns. Browser dictation uses a separate plugin
 path. Since version 1.3.0, recordings longer than six seconds are
diff --git a/smoke-test.sh b/smoke-test.sh
index 7946ec8..cb7b259 100755
--- a/smoke-test.sh
+++ b/smoke-test.sh
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ for name in \
   mike-ai-wireguard-gateway \
   mike-ai-profile-controller \
   mike-ai-embedding \
+  mike-ai-qwen-asr \
+  mike-ai-qwen-asr-worker \
   mike-ai-router \
   mike-ai-qwen3-tts \
   mike-ai-tts-gateway \
@@ -70,7 +72,8 @@ for legacy in \
   mike-ai-mcp-deemix \
   mike-ai-mcp-github \
   mike-ai-mcp-homeassistant \
-  mike-ai-mcp-navidrome; do
+  mike-ai-mcp-navidrome \
+  mike-ai-whisper; do
   [[ -z $(docker inspect -f '{{.Name}}' "$legacy" 2>/dev/null || true) ]] || \
     fail "Altlast existiert noch: $legacy"
 done