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diff --git a/public/audio/it-IT_NarrowbandModel_sample2.wav b/public/audio/it-IT_NarrowbandModel_sample2.wav
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diff --git a/src/data/beta-models.json b/src/data/beta-models.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ebbc9a3b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/data/beta-models.json
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+[
+  "it-IT_BroadbandModel",
+  "it-IT_NarrowbandModel",
+  "nl-NL_NarrowbandModel",
+  "nl-NL_BroadbandModel"
+]
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diff --git a/src/data/models.json b/src/data/models.json
index c32176f3..1d8a9679 100644
--- a/src/data/models.json
+++ b/src/data/models.json
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
   {
     "//note 1": "This file is just a temporary cache. Any changes you make here will be lost as soon as model-dropdown.jsx loads an update list from Watson.",
     "//note 2": "model-dropdown.jsx only loads the *public* models. Any customizations you create will not be included in that list.",
-    
     "name": "fr-FR_BroadbandModel",
     "language": "fr-FR",
     "url": "https://stream.watsonplatform.net/speech-to-text/api/v1/models/fr-FR_BroadbandModel",
@@ -219,9 +218,31 @@
     "supported_features": {
       "custom_language_model": true, 
       "speaker_labels": true
-    }, 
+    },
     "description": "US English Short Form narrowband model."
   },
+  {
+    "name": "it-IT_BroadbandModel",
+    "language": "it-IT",
+    "url": "https://stream.watsonplatform.net/speech-to-text/api/v1/models/it-IT_BroadbandModel",
+    "rate": 16000,
+    "supported_features": {
+      "custom_language_model": false,
+      "speaker_labels": false
+    },
+    "description": "Italian broadband model."
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "it-IT_NarrowbandModel",
+    "language": "it-IT",
+    "url": "https://stream.watsonplatform.net/speech-to-text/api/v1/models/it-IT_NarrowbandModel",
+    "rate": 8000,
+    "supported_features": {
+      "custom_language_model": false,
+      "speaker_labels": false
+    },
+    "description": "Italian narrowband model."
+  },
   {
     "name": "nl-NL_BroadbandModel",
     "language": "nl-NL",
@@ -244,4 +265,4 @@
     },
     "description": "Dutch narrowband model."
   }
-]
+]
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diff --git a/src/data/samples.json b/src/data/samples.json
index c644aa47..e4005e52 100644
--- a/src/data/samples.json
+++ b/src/data/samples.json
@@ -472,5 +472,29 @@
       "keywords": "optimaliseren, klantervaring, de organisaties",
       "speaker_labels": true
     }
+  ],
+  "it-IT_BroadbandModel": [
+    {
+      "filename": "it-IT_BroadbandModel_sample1.wav",
+      "keywords": "assistente, intelligenza, tecnologia",
+      "speaker_labels": false
+    },
+    {
+      "filename": "it-IT_BroadbandModel_sample2.wav",
+      "keywords": "fatura, bolette, pagamento",
+      "speaker_labels": false
+    }
+  ],
+  "it-IT_NarrowbandModel": [
+    {
+      "filename": "it-IT_NarrowbandModel_sample1.wav",
+      "keywords": "assistente, intelligenza, tecnologia",
+      "speaker_labels": false
+    },
+    {
+      "filename": "it-IT_NarrowbandModel_sample2.wav",
+      "keywords": "fatura, bolette, pagamento",
+      "speaker_labels": false
+    }
   ]
 }
diff --git a/views/model-dropdown.jsx b/views/model-dropdown.jsx
index de8d6215..7907a0c2 100644
--- a/views/model-dropdown.jsx
+++ b/views/model-dropdown.jsx
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import SpeechToText from 'watson-speech/speech-to-text';
 // load time. Once we have a token, this component will automatically fetch the current list
 // of models and update the UI if necessary.
 import cachedModels from '../src/data/models.json';
+import betaModels from '../src/data/beta-models.json';
 
 
 export class ModelDropdown extends Component {
@@ -49,7 +50,9 @@ export class ModelDropdown extends Component {
       .map(m => (
         <option value={m.name} key={m.name}>{m.description.replace(/\.$/, '')}
           {' '}
-        ({m.rate / 1000}KHz)
+          {betaModels.some(b => b === m.name) ? '(Beta)' : ''}
+          {' '}
+          ({m.rate / 1000}KHz)
         </option>));
 
     return (