# Microsoft AI — Our first streaming transcription model debuts at no. 1 on Artificial Analysis

- Company: Microsoft AI (microsoft.ai)
- Announced: 2026-10-01
- Category: product-launch
- Coverage: 6 outlets
- Announcement: yes
- Group: covered
- Source: https://microsoft.ai/news/our-first-streaming-transcription-model
- Record: https://forck.live/items/15607-our-first-streaming-transcription-model-debuts-at-no-1-on-artificial-analysis
- Subject: MAI
- Models affected: MAI-Transcribe-2-Streaming, MAI-Voice-2.1, MAI-Voice-2.1-Flash
- Pricing: MAI-Transcribe-2-Streaming is available at an introductory price of $0.54 per hour of audio through the end of the year. MAI-Voice-2.1 is priced at $22 per 1M characters. MAI-Voice-2.1-Flash has best-in-class pricing of $15 per 1M characters.

Microsoft AI launched MAI-Transcribe-2-Streaming, a real-time transcription model supporting 60 languages with automatic language detection, ranking first on Artificial Analysis for accuracy. It also released MAI-Voice-2.1, a multilingual text-to-speech model supporting 23 languages and 26 locales, and MAI-Voice-2.1-Flash, a faster variant with 150ms latency and lower pricing. The transcription model is available at an introductory price of $0.54 per hour of audio through year-end, while the voice models are priced at $22 and $15 per 1M characters respectively.

## Evidence

Verbatim from https://microsoft.ai/news/our-first-streaming-transcription-model:

> MAI-Transcribe-2-Streaming delivers low-latency, real-time transcripts in 60 languages, all while supporting automatic, continuous language detection.

## Around this story

Outlets this record can name and link:

- RuntimeWire — Microsoft adds streaming transcription and two voice models to its MAI lineup: https://runtimewire.com/article/microsoft-mai-streaming-transcription-voice-models
- PYMNTS — Microsoft Targets Contact Center Market With Real-Time AI Voice Models: https://pymnts.com/news/artificial-intelligence/2026/microsoft-targets-contact-center-market-with-real-time-ai-voice-models
- Neowin: https://neowin.net/news/microsoft-launches-new-ai-model-claiming-no-1-spot-for-real-time-transcription-accuracy
- WinCentral — Microsoft’s New AI Voice Models Could Make Conversations Feel Much More Natural: https://thewincentral.com/microsoft-mai-voice-ai-models-real-time-conversations

## Follow-ups

- The Decoder (reported, 2 Oct): Microsoft AI releases new transcription and text-to-speech models for voice agents — https://forck.live/items/15720-microsoft-ai-releases-new-transcription-and-text-to-speech-models-for-voice
- SiliconANGLE (reported, 2 Oct): Microsoft targets ultra-realistic voice agents with its first streaming transcription model — https://forck.live/items/15667-microsoft-targets-ultra-realistic-voice-agents-with-its-first-streaming

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