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MAI-Transcribe-2

Vendor-direct Azure Speech fast transcription (enhancedMode), eastus / FLEURS n=50 + EdAcc n=82 / 2026-09-03

* Conditional

Batch API only — no streaming socket, so nothing on the live path is measured here.

WER · batch

2.3%

Same pass reproduced the Nova-3 anchor at its published 11.96%.

WER · stream

-

WER · conversational

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Finalize

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Time to first token

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Cost / min

$0.0017

$0.10 per hour of audio, a launch price with no stated end date.

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