{
  "id": 11262847,
  "title": "Microsoft MAI Models Reach Vercel AI Gateway With Voice and Transcription Options",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/01/microsoft-mai-models-reach-vercel-ai-gateway-with-voice-and",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-10-01T19:30:30.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dev.to",
    "slug": "dev-to",
    "url": "https://dev.to/alifar/microsoft-mai-models-reach-vercel-ai-gateway-with-voice-and-transcription-options-5dlj"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "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.",
  "summary": "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…",
  "key_points": [
    "Microsoft MAI models now available via Vercel AI Gateway",
    "MAI-Voice-2.1 supports 23 languages for text-to-speech",
    "$22 input price per 1 million characters for MAI-Voice-2.1"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}