Precision diarization, real-time transcription, and a new audio playground.

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Mistral AI released Voxtral Transcribe 2, featuring two speech-to-text models: Voxtral Mini Transcribe V2 for batch processing and Voxtral Realtime for live applications with sub-200ms latency. Both models support 13 languages, speaker diarization, and word-level timestamps. Voxtral Realtime is open-source under Apache 2.0 license. The models achieve state-of-the-art accuracy at $0.003-0.006 per minute, outperforming competitors like GPT-4o mini and Gemini 2.5 Flash on price-performance. Key features include context biasing for domain-specific vocabulary, support for audio up to 3 hours, and GDPR/HIPAA compliance. A new audio playground in Mistral Studio enables instant testing.

Voxtral transcribes at the speed of sound.