MATRIX ยท MAI Speech https://derekwang2002.github.io/ai-intelligence/en/projects/mai-speech/ Material changes in AI models, agents, engineering and infrastructure, with primary sources and recommendations. en Mon, 02 Nov 2026 16:56:00 GMT Microsoft releases streaming speech models with 100 ms partials https://derekwang2002.github.io/ai-intelligence/en/events/ev-20261001-08/ ev-20261001-08-published Sat, 03 Oct 2026 16:01:57 GMT New TRIAL <p>Microsoft released MAI-Transcribe-2-Streaming plus MAI-Voice-2.1 and MAI-Voice-2.1-Flash. The transcription model supports 60 languages, continuous language detection and initial partials just over 100 ms. Voice covers 23 languages and 26 locales; Flash targets 45 seconds of audio in 150 ms. The models are callable through Microsoft Foundry and public playgrounds.</p><p><strong>Why read: </strong>MAI Speech exposes low-latency transcription, synthesis, pricing and access paths together.</p><p>Recommendation: TRIAL</p><p>Sources: <a href="https://microsoft.ai/news/our-first-streaming-transcription-model/">Microsoft&apos;s first streaming transcription model</a></p>