Microsoft AI releases MAI-Transcribe-2 speech model at 10 cents per hour
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Microsoft AI says MAI-Transcribe-2 is faster, more accurate, and cheaper than speech-recognition models from OpenAI, Google, and ElevenLabs, priced at 10 cents per hour of audio.
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