←Back to NewsAI News/AudionewsAudioBenchmarksMicrosoft's MAI-Transcribe-2 Beats ElevenLabs on Accuracy at 54% Lower PriceMicrosoft AI's new speech recognition model hits 2.0% word error rate at 411x real time speed for $1.67 per 1,000 minutes.SourceArtificial AnalysisPublishedSep 3, 2026, 2:36 PMAuthorAlphaSignal NewsroomRead1 min readMicrosoft AI's new speech recognition model hits 2.0% word error rate at 411x real time speed for $1.67 per 1,000 minutes.Reporting is indexed from AlphaSignal. Rights remain with the original publisher and cited sources.Read original report ↗Next readsAI at Meta · newsMeta's Muse Voice Transcribe Beats Every Rival With 3.1% Error RateSesame · newsSesame's TurnBench Exposes How Gemini Live and OpenAI Realtime Fumble ConversationsArtificial Analysis · newsArtificial Analysis' Speech Arena Reveals Voice AI's Uncomfortable Split Brain Problem
