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MAI-Transcribe-2

MAI-Transcribe-2 is an AI model made by Microsoft. Microsoft released it on 3 September 2026. It takes audio and returns text.

Released: 3 September 2026 — microsoft.ai, read 16 October 2026
Status: Not confirmed: two readings disagree: preview and ga
Takes: Audio — ai.azure.com, read 16 October 2026
Returns: Text — ai.azure.com, read 16 October 2026
Open weights: Not confirmed: The maker's model card and catalog do not state whether the model has open weights or provide downloadable weights.
Licence: Not confirmed: The maker's model card and catalog do not print a licence name for this model.
Context window: Not confirmed: The maker's pages do not print a context window in tokens for this model.
Longest answer: Not confirmed: The maker's pages do not print a standard maximum output limit in tokens for this model.
Knowledge cutoff: Not confirmed: The maker's pages do not print a knowledge-cutoff date for this model.
API price, input: Not confirmed: The maker lists an introductory price per hour of audio, not a standard API input price per 1,000,000 tokens; converting units is not permitted.
API price, output: Not confirmed: The maker lists an introductory price per hour of audio, not a standard API output price per 1,000,000 tokens; converting units is not permitted.
Where: API — microsoft.ai, read 16 October 2026
Parameters: Not confirmed: The maker's pages do not publish a parameter count for this model.
Model card: https://microsoft.ai/pdf/MAI-Transcribe-2-Model-Card.pdf — microsoft.ai, read 16 October 2026

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Microsoft released MAI-Transcribe-2 on 3 September 2026.

MAI-Transcribe-2 takes audio and returns text.