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MAI-Transcribe 2 · vercel

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.

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Price, $ $0.001667 / minute

Context —

Accepts audio

Last checked 04.11.2026 12:00:14 UTC

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API

OpenAI-compatible API: the official OpenAI SDKs work with this base URL. Replace YOUR_API_KEY with your key from the provider.

API base URL
https://ai-gateway.vercel.sh/v1
Endpoint
https://ai-gateway.vercel.sh/v1/audio/transcriptions
Model id
microsoft/mai-transcribe-2
curl
curl https://ai-gateway.vercel.sh/v1/audio/transcriptions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -F "model=microsoft/mai-transcribe-2" -F "file=@audio.mp3"
Python
import requests

r = requests.post(
    "https://ai-gateway.vercel.sh/v1/audio/transcriptions",
    headers={"Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"},
    data={"model": "microsoft/mai-transcribe-2"},
    files={"file": open("audio.mp3", "rb")},
)
print(r.json())
JavaScript
const form = new FormData();
form.append("model", "microsoft/mai-transcribe-2");
form.append("file", fileInput.files[0]);
const r = await fetch("https://ai-gateway.vercel.sh/v1/audio/transcriptions", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: {Authorization: "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"},
  body: form,
});
console.log(await r.json());
Request (JSON)
{
  "model": "microsoft/mai-transcribe-2",
  "file": "@audio.mp3"
}
Response (JSON)
{
  "text": "Hello!"
}

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Source: AI Rate Card, https://airatecard.com/en/c/offer%3Avercel%7Cmicrosoft/mai-transcribe-2, prices checked 2026-11-04; seller's page: https://vercel.com/ai-gateway/models/mai-transcribe-2

Technical details

ID: offer:vercel|microsoft/mai-transcribe-2