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AI News: Dots, GPT-6.1 Sol, Sonnet 5.5, Gemini 4, and everything you need to knowMatt Wolfe2 Oct 2026
Microsoft AI's first streaming transcription model, transcribing in near real time, such as for live streams.
Microsoft AI's streaming speech-to-text model for near real-time transcription, succeeded by MAI Transcribe 2.
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Microsoft Streaming Transcription Model at a glance
- What is Microsoft Streaming Transcription Model?
- Microsoft Streaming Transcription Model is a model from Microsoft. Microsoft AI's streaming speech-to-text model for near real-time transcription, succeeded by MAI Transcribe 2.
- Who makes Microsoft Streaming Transcription Model?
- Microsoft Streaming Transcription Model is made by Microsoft.
- Does Microsoft Streaming Transcription Model work in the EU?
- Unverified. No explicit evidence found. Last verified 14 Nov 2026.
- How much does Microsoft Streaming Transcription Model cost?
- Pricing unknown. No pricing information found in the provided material. Licence: Proprietary.
- Where was Microsoft Streaming Transcription Model shown?
- In 1 creator video by Matt Wolfe. Most recently by Matt Wolfe on 2 Oct 2026, at 25:52 in “AI News: Dots, GPT-6.1 Sol, Sonnet 5.5, Gemini 4, and everything you need to know”.
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About
MAI-Transcribe is Microsoft AI's first streaming transcription model. It converts speech to text in near real time, which suits live-stream and live-captioning use cases. It is part of Microsoft AI's in-house MAI model family, which also includes MAI Voice, MAI Image, MAI Thinking and MAI Code models.
The Microsoft AI website now lists a newer model, MAI Transcribe 2, described as turning noisy audio into domain-specific transcripts, with reported FLEURS and Artificial Analysis accuracy scores. The provided pages give no technical details on the original streaming model, such as supported languages, latency figures or architecture.
Access details, pricing and documentation were not found in the provided material. The model is presumably offered through Microsoft platforms, but this is not confirmed here. Weights are not published.
Key features
- Streaming speech-to-text with near real-time output
- Suited to live streams and live captioning
- Part of the Microsoft AI MAI model family
- Succeeded by MAI Transcribe 2 for noisy and domain-specific audio
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