---
id: "microsoft/mai-transcribe-2"
also: ["microsoft/mai-transcribe-2-20260903", "vercel/microsoft/mai-transcribe-2"]
cheapest_list_usd_per_m: "1.0e5 in, 0.0 out, at azure on openrouter"
context: 0
max_output: 0
input: ["audio"]
output: ["transcription"]
released: "2026-09-03"
api: ["/api/v1/audio/transcriptions"]
params: ["max_tokens", "stop", "temperature"]
endpoints: 2
gateways: "openrouter (1), vercel (1)"
no_training: 2
trains: 0
retains_prompts: 0
---
# Microsoft AI: MAI-Transcribe 2

MAI-Transcribe 2 is a multilingual speech-to-text model from Microsoft AI, ranked \#1 on the FLEURS multilingual benchmark. It supports 60 languages with automatic language identification, code switching for mixed-language speech, speaker diarization, word-level timestamps, keyword biasing for domain-specific terminology, and configurable verbatim or clean transcription styles. It is suited for captions, call transcription, subtitling, accessibility, and other voice-enabled applications, and is faster than MAI-Transcribe-1.5 on long-form audio.