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GPT-Realtime-2, GPT-Realtime-Translate and GPT-Realtime-Whisper

OpenAI · 7 May 2026

GPT-Realtime-2 is OpenAI's first voice model with GPT-5-class reasoning, joined by live translation and streaming transcription models.

Speech-to-speech model with adjustable reasoning effort (minimal to xhigh, default low), tool calls and interruption handling; Translate handles 70+ input languages into 13 output languages in real time; Whisper streams speech-to-text. GPT-Realtime-2.1 followed 2026-07-06.

Date
Thursday, 7 May 2026
Lab
OpenAI
Kind
model
Access
closed API

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Translate: languages70+ input, 13 output
streaming speech translation
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Sources

  1. openai.com/index/advancing-voice-intelligence-with-new-models-in-the-api/
  2. developers.openai.com/api/docs/changelog
  3. developers.openai.com/api/docs/models/gpt-realtime-2

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