Microsoft MAI Models Reach Vercel AI Gateway With Voice and Transcription Options
Microsoft's MAI models are now available through Vercel AI Gateway, creating another integration path for developers building AI features in Vercel-based applications. A prominent example is MAI-Voice-2.1 , a Microsoft AI text-to-speech model that Vercel describes as high-fidelity and expressive, with support for 23 languages. The development matters because it brings Microsoft-developed models…
Microsoft's MAI (Microsoft AI) models are now accessible via Vercel AI Gateway, offering developers an additional integration route for incorporating AI features into Vercel-based applications. One notable example is MAI-Voice-2.1, a high-fidelity, expressive text-to-speech model that supports 23 languages. This development allows developers to access Microsoft-developed models within Vercel's model-access layer, streamlining the process of model selection and application deployment.
Developers can explore and utilize eligible MAI models through the gateway alongside Vercel's AI tooling. The input price for MAI-Voice-2.1 is $22 per 1 million characters, which can help teams estimate costs for features like narration, spoken responses, accessibility, or multilingual audio in customer-facing products.
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