Meet MAI-Transcribe-2: A faster and more accurate speech recognition model

It’s not only our most capable transcription model yet, but the most capable and efficient amongst our competitors. With new features like diarization, configurable transcription styles, and word-level timestamps, MAI-Transcribe-2 beats other leading models like Gemini 3.5 Transcribe, GPT-Transcribe, Whisper V3-Large, and ScribeV2, while also handling a broader range of real‑world audio [1].

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1. microsoft.ai · Meet MAI-Transcribe-2: A faster and more accurate speech recognition model Sep 3, 2026

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