Microsoft's MAI-Transcribe-2 undercuts OpenAI, Google and ElevenLabs on price and speed
MichaelFNunez · x · 2026-09-04
Per VentureBeat, Microsoft AI has launched MAI-Transcribe-2, a speech transcription model that beats OpenAI, Google and ElevenLabs offerings on both price and speed, intensifying competition in the speech-to-text market.
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