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MAI-Transcribe-2

Microsoft · 3 September 2026

Speech recognition across 60 languages with 5.2% average WER on FLEURS and $0.10 per hour (limited-time price).

Microsoft claims first place on FLEURS across 60 languages and 5-10x faster than GPT-Transcribe, ElevenLabs Scribe v2 and Gemini 3.5 Transcribe; second on Artificial Analysis WER.

Date
Thursday, 3 September 2026
Lab
Microsoft
Kind
model
Access
closed API
Price
$0.10 per hour (through end of 2026)

Figures

MeasureValueMeasured by
FLEURS average WER (60 languages)5.2%
ranked 2nd on Artificial Analysis WER leaderboard
company

Sources

  1. microsoft.ai/news/mai-transcribe-2-is-the-fastest-most-accurate-and-cheapest-speech-recogn

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