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.
Price, $ $0.001667 / minute
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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 | |
|---|---|
| Endpoint | |
| Model id | |
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!"
}The address is taken from the provider's model list; check it against the provider's documentation.
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