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MAI-Transcribe-2 (preview)
Microsoft AI's in-house speech recognition models for 60 languages, offered through Microsoft Foundry and Azure Speech.
- Microsoft AI
- Closed
- Released 3 Sep 2026
Where it ranks
- STranscriptionModels · Cloud · 2% on Artificial Analysis Speech to Text: AA-WER v2 (non-streaming)
Facts
- Vendor
- Microsoft AI
- Family
- MAI-Transcribe
- Released
- 3 Sep 2026
- Weights
- Closed: API and apps only
- License
- proprietary
- API price
- $0.0017 per minute of audio (Launch rate $0.10 per hour of audio (introductory through 2026-12-31 per secondary reports) divided by 60.)
- Last verified
- 18 Oct 2026
Price from microsoft.ai, 18 Oct 2026.
Benchmark results
| Benchmark | Result | Entry on the leaderboard | As of | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Artificial Analysis Speech to Text: AA-WER Streaming | 2.5% | MAI-Transcribe-2-StreamingAA-WER Streaming index (final transcripts), provider Microsoft AI; embedded value 0.025136 converted to percent and rounded; page shows no last-updated date. | 19 Oct 2026 | artificialanalysis.ai |
| Artificial Analysis Speech to Text: AA-WER v2 (non-streaming) | 2% | MAI-Transcribe-2AA-WER v2 (non-streaming), provider Microsoft AI; embedded value 0.0204 converted to percent and rounded; page shows no last-updated date. | 18 Oct 2026 | artificialanalysis.ai |
Where you can use it
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Earlier versions
- MAI-Transcribe-1.5 · 2 Jun 2026
- MAI-Transcribe-1 · —