Microsoft Foundry exposes MAI-Transcribe-2 through model ID MAI-Transcribe-2. Use the setup steps, sourced pricing, capabilities, and official provider links below to validate this route before deployment.
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Quick Start
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MAI-Transcribe-2— see the documentation for request format.
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About MAI-Transcribe-2
MAI-Transcribe-2 (Azure Speech enhancedMode.model id MAI-Transcribe-2) is Microsoft AI's third-generation speech-to-text / ASR model, announced September 3, 2026. Specialized transcription API, not a chat LLM. First-party: 60 languages; speaker diarization; word-level timestamps; keyword biasing; verbatim/clean transcription styles; code switching; automatic language identification; noise-robust real-world audio. Microsoft reports first place on FLEURS across 60 languages at 5.2% average WER, Artificial Analysis accuracy-latency Pareto leadership, and second place on the Artificial Analysis WER leaderboard. Available to demo via Microsoft Foundry, MAI Playground, and Open Router; Azure Speech docs mark MAI-Transcribe as public preview. Compare it for Speech recognition.