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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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 →
Microsoft MAI-Transcribe pricing
Published rates: batch $0.006/min, verified Jul 20, 2026 (source).
| Monthly volume | Monthly bill (batch) |
|---|---|
| 1K min/moSide project | $6 |
| 10K min/moProduction app | $60 |
| 100K min/moCall-center scale | $600 |
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Fact sheet
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Voice agents in this stack
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Want it done for you?
Microsoft MAI-Transcribe gets you a transcript; the bot that joins the call, labels speakers, and writes the summary is still your build. If that is more pipeline than you want to own, AI meeting notetakers do the whole job end to end: Otter.ai, Fireflies.ai, Fathom, or the full notetaker comparison.