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Microsoft released MAI-Transcribe-2, a speech recognition model that claims to outperform competitors like OpenAI's Whisper and Google's Gemini on speed, accuracy, and cost. It handles 60 languages, includes speaker identification and word-level timestamps, and costs $0.10 per hour.
- 10x faster than GPT-Transcribe, 7x faster than Scribe v2, and 5x faster than Gemini 3.5 while maintaining higher accuracy across benchmarks
- Supports 60 languages with 5.2% average word-error rate on FLEURS benchmark, plus features like speaker diarization, keyword biasing, and code-switching for mixed-language conversations
- Priced at $0.10/hour as a limited-time launch offer, undercutting competitor pricing while maintaining competitive performance
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