Microsoft launches MAI-Transcribe-2-Streaming at an introductory $0.54 an hour

TL;DR

• On 1 October Microsoft AI launched MAI-Transcribe-2-Streaming, which transcribes 60 languages live and, by Microsoft's figure, shows its first partial text in a little over 100 ms.
• Its introductory price is $0.54 per hour of audio through the end of the year, and two new voice models cost $22 and $15 per 1M characters.
• Microsoft says it ranks first for streaming accuracy on Artificial Analysis; the speed and listening-test figures are Microsoft's own.