Microsoft AI Releases MAI-Transcribe-2-Streaming: #1 Real-Time Speech-to-Text Model on Artificial Analysis

תקציר מקורי באנגליתMicrosoft AI has released MAI-Transcribe-2-Streaming , its first streaming speech-to-text (STT) model. It launched on October 1, 2026, alongside 2 text-to-speech models, MAI-Voice-2.1 and MAI-Voice-2.1-Flash. Artificial Analysis ranks it #1 of 38 models for final and first partial transcript accuracy. The model targets voice agents, live captions and dictation, where latency decides the experience. What Microsoft Shipped MAI-Transcribe-2-Streaming is the real-time sibling of the batch MAI-Transcribe-2, released in September. It transcribes 60 languages with automatic, continuous language detection. Audio streams in continuously, and text streams back while the speaker is still talking. The model emits its first hypotheses, called partials, just over 100ms after receiving audio. It revises