Microsoft Releases Real-Time Transcription AI MAI-Transcribe-2-Streaming
Microsoft released MAI-Transcribe-2-Streaming on October 1, 2026, its first real-time transcription model. Analysis by the third-party organization Artificial Analysis found it has the lowest error rate among the real-time transcription models tested. It has shorter latency than models of equivalent accuracy. The model is available through an API at $0.54 per hour until the end of 2026.