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Microsoft pairs streaming transcription with multilingual MAI voices for conversational agents

Microsoft AI launched MAI-Transcribe-2-Streaming alongside MAI-Voice-2.1 and its Flash variant. Streaming recognition supports 60 languages with continuously revised partial transcripts; the voice models support 23 languages and 26 locales, with a consistent speaker identity across languages. Microsoft lists Foundry, Playground, Vercel and Azure Voice Live access, with LiveKit still coming soon. Personal voice cloning requires gated approval and recorded talent consent. These are audio components for an agent loop, not an autonomous agent or independently validated speed record.

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Microsoft AI · October 1, 2026

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