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Microsoft MAI-Transcribe Review

Frontier-lab accuracy STT delivered through Azure Speech

Among the 43 speech-to-text tools we track, Microsoft MAI-Transcribe has the 29th-widest language coverage.

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Facts verified Jul 20, 2026Try Microsoft MAI-Transcribe

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What we know about Microsoft MAI-Transcribe

Microsoft MAI-Transcribe sits in the speech-to-text apis category, where it is frontier-lab accuracy STT delivered through Azure Speech. We keep this Microsoft MAI-Transcribe profile grounded in primary sources, each fact dated to when we last confirmed it.

Microsoft MAI-Transcribe does not publish a public per-minute rate we have been able to verify, so the price figure here stays blank until we can confirm one. We would rather show nothing than a guessed number; if you have a current Microsoft MAI-Transcribe quote, it is the fastest way for us to close that gap.

On capabilities, Microsoft MAI-Transcribe covers language auto-detection, custom vocabulary / keyterm boosting, and websocket streaming api. Each of those is verified against Microsoft MAI-Transcribe's own docs or dashboard, not marketing copy.

Placed against the 43 speech-to-text tools we track, Microsoft MAI-Transcribe's strongest showing is the 29th-widest language coverage - a spread worth weighing against your own priorities.

In total we track 12 verified facts for Microsoft MAI-Transcribe today, each linking the primary source it came from so you can check our work - and vendor claims we have not measured ourselves are labeled as such on the Microsoft MAI-Transcribe fact sheet below.

Reviewed by vsref Editorialfacts verified Jul 20, 2026Methodology →

Fact sheet

Pricing
Pricing facts
Batch price per audio minute0.006 $/audio-minJul 20
Pricing modelusageJul 20
Capabilities
Capabilities facts
WER (third-party benchmark)2.38 % WERJul 20
WER (vendor-claimed)~4.9 % WERJul 20
Languages supported43Jul 20
Language auto-detection✓ YesJul 20
Speaker diarization✗ Not availableJul 20
Custom vocabulary / keyterm boosting✓ YesJul 20
Build experience
Build experience facts
Official SDKsPython, JS, C#, Java, RESTJul 20
Max file size / duration300 MB per audio fileJul 20
Supported audio formatsWAV, MP3, FLACJul 20
Websocket streaming API✓ YesJul 20

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