OpenAI Releases Three Realtime Audio Models: GPT-Realtime-2, GPT-Realtime-Translate, and GPT-Realtime-Whisper in the Realtime API

MarkTechPost / 5/8/2026

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Key Points

  • OpenAI has released three new purpose-built realtime audio models—GPT-Realtime-2, GPT-Realtime-Translate, and GPT-Realtime-Whisper—available via its Realtime API.
  • GPT-Realtime-2 is aimed at enabling realtime voice reasoning agents.
  • GPT-Realtime-Translate supports speech translation across 70+ languages for live, interactive translation use cases.
  • GPT-Realtime-Whisper focuses on streaming transcription, allowing developers to transcribe speech in real time.

Three purpose-built audio models expand what developers can build with live voice: reasoning agents, speech translation across 70+ languages, and streaming transcription.

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