OpenRouter Adds Microsoft MAI-Transcribe 2, a Whisper Alternative with Faster Speech-to-Text

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Key Info

OpenRouter has added Microsoft MAI-Transcribe 2, a speech-to-text model the platform claims ranks #1 on FLEURS and outperforms Whisper-3-large in accuracy. The model supports 60 languages with automatic language ID, code switching, speaker diarization, and word-level timestamps.

Highlights

  • According to the announcement, MAI-Transcribe 2 is more accurate than Whisper-3-large and is now available on OpenRouter.
  • Supports speech-to-text across 60 languages, including automatic language identification, code switching, speaker diarization, and word-level timestamps.
  • A user reports extremely fast performance: over 90 minutes of audio with diarization transcribed in about 15 seconds.
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