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Microsoft AI launches MAI-Transcribe-2 speech recognition model at $0.10/audio hour

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Microsoft AI has introduced MAI-Transcribe-2, a speech recognition model that it claims outperforms Gemini 3.5 Transcribe and GPT-Transcribe. The model is priced at $0.10 per audio hour through 2026, with early-bird price cuts reducing that by roughly 72%.

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    Microsoft AI debuts MAI-Transcribe-2, a speech recognition model that it says beats Gemini 3.5 Transcribe and GPT-Transcribe, at $0.10/audio hour through 2026 (Michael Nuñez/VentureBeat)

    Michael Nuñez / VentureBeat : Microsoft AI debuts MAI-Transcribe-2, a speech recognition model that it says beats Gemini 3.5 Transcribe and GPT-Transcribe, at $0.10/audio hour through 2026 — Then it priced the thing at 10 cents per hour of audio. — That figure deserves a pause. … Thursday's early-bird price cuts that by roughly 72%.

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