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MAI Transcribe 2 is Microsoft AI’s multilingual speech-to-text model. It turns audio into text with automatic language detection, speaker diarization, and word-level timestamps. This website is an unofficial online try of that model, not an Azure console.
Yes. This site lets you try MAI Transcribe 2 online for free: one transcription per IP per UTC day, no sign-up required. Paid $9.9 and $19.9 plans are listed on the pricing page and will open in a later release.
No. Upload an MP3, WAV, M4A, or FLAC file, complete the verification check, and get your transcript immediately. An account is not required for the daily free pass.
Microsoft reports that MAI Transcribe 2 achieved the lowest word error rate among leading speech-to-text models on FLEURS across 60 languages, outperforming Whisper-Large-V3 in that benchmark. Artificial Analysis lists a 2% WER. See the vs Whisper page for a side-by-side workflow comparison, then test your own file above.
MAI Transcribe 2 supports 60 languages with automatic language identification. Mixed-language speech is part of the same model. You do not have to choose a language before you upload on this site.
Yes. Speaker diarization is built in, so the model can label who spoke and timestamp words. You should still check labels on overlapping talk. The goal is a readable transcript, not a courtroom record.
Developers can call the model through OpenRouter (`microsoft/mai-transcribe-2`) or Azure Speech Fast Transcription with enhanced mode. This website is a consumer upload tool, not an official Microsoft API gateway and it does not issue keys.
MP3, WAV, M4A, and FLAC, up to 10MB and 5 minutes on the free daily try. Longer or larger files belong on a paid plan once checkout is live. Compress talk-heavy recordings before you upload if you are near the cap.
No. maitranscribe2.com is an unofficial third-party tool that calls MAI Transcribe 2. It is not affiliated with Microsoft. For Azure regions, enhanced mode, and enterprise terms, use Microsoft Learn and the official model page.
Audio is processed to generate a transcript and is not kept as a permanent media library. We use Cloudflare Turnstile to block abuse and may log hashed IP usage for the daily free quota. Do not upload recordings you are not allowed to process.
The published starter and pro monthly prices are $9.9 and $19.9. Checkout is not wired in this version. Use the free daily transcription today.
We process audio to return a transcript. We do not sell recordings and we do not keep a permanent media library.