Microsoft's MAI-Transcribe-2 hits 2.0% WER (#2) at ~411x real time, $1.67 per 1,000 minutes
altryne · x · 2026-09-03
- Microsoft AI released MAI-Transcribe-2, ranking #2 on the Artificial Analysis Word Error Rate leaderboard (2.0% AA-WER), behind Alibaba's model.
- It runs at 411x real time (#2) and costs $1.67 per 1,000 minutes — among the lowest prices for high-accuracy transcription models.
- The model sits on the accuracy-speed Pareto frontier, making it a strong value pick for transcription workloads.
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