diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 15c19fe..e2cb7cd 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -41,6 +41,9 @@ Set from the tray menu, or via files / env vars:
 
 - **Model** — `model.txt` / `BLURT_TRANSCRIPTION_MODEL`. For lowest latency use
   `openai/whisper-large-v3-turbo` (OpenRouter, served by Groq).
+  To use [Microsoft MAI-Transcribe 2](https://openrouter.ai/microsoft/mai-transcribe-2),
+  select **OpenRouter: MAI-Transcribe 2** from the tray menu or set
+  `BLURT_TRANSCRIPTION_MODEL=microsoft/mai-transcribe-2`. Requires an OpenRouter API key.
 - **Language** — `language.txt` / `BLURT_TRANSCRIPTION_LANGUAGE` (`en`, `de`).
 - **Input device** — tray menu (persisted by name in `device.txt` /
   `BLURT_INPUT_DEVICE`). Pick an explicit mic: PortAudio device indices shift
diff --git a/blurt.py b/blurt.py
index 1cc3564..61db04f 100644
--- a/blurt.py
+++ b/blurt.py
@@ -67,6 +67,11 @@ TRANSCRIPTION_MODELS = [
         "OpenRouter: gpt-4o-transcribe",
         "openrouter",
     ),
+    (
+        "microsoft/mai-transcribe-2",
+        "OpenRouter: MAI-Transcribe 2",
+        "openrouter",
+    ),
     (
         "mistralai/voxtral-small-24b-2507-stt",
         "OpenRouter: voxtral-small-24b (LLM-based)",