AI Text to Speech Tools
PRODUCT OVERVIEW
Azure Speech in Foundry Tools (formerly Azure AI Speech) is a Microsoft Azure service that gives developers prebuilt, customizable, multilingual speech AI models. It provides APIs and SDKs for speech-to-text, text-to-speech, speech translation, and speaker recognition, with SDKs in several programming languages including C#, C++, and Java. Teams use it to build conversational AI, post-call analytics, video summarization, and voice-first agents, and it is positioned as part of the Foundry toolkit for agentic AI applications. Access is through an Azure account with pay-as-you-go consumption or a free Azure trial of up to 30 days.
Sign up for an Azure account with pay-as-you-go billing or start the free Azure trial of up to 30 days.
Provision an Azure Speech resource in the Azure portal or through Microsoft Foundry to obtain access for your application.
Use the speech-to-text, text-to-speech, translation, or speaker recognition APIs through SDKs such as C#, C++, or Java.
Conversational AI experiences
Post-call analytics
Video summarization
Voice-first agents in Microsoft Foundry
It is the Microsoft Azure service, formerly called Azure AI Speech, that provides APIs for speech-to-text, text-to-speech, translation, and speaker recognition.
No. The service still offers the same capabilities, such as speech recognition, text-to-speech, and translation, but is now positioned within the Foundry toolkit.
It supports speech to text, text to speech, and speech translation, offered through SDKs in several programming languages including C#, C++, and Java.
The documented SDKs include C#, C++, and Java.
It is billed through Azure consumption-based pricing, where you pay only for the resources you use; per-unit rates are listed on the Speech Services pricing page.
Yes. You can start with an Azure account using pay-as-you-go billing or try Azure free for up to 30 days.
Documented examples include conversational AI, post-call analytics, video summarization, and voice-first agents built in Microsoft Foundry.
Speech supports an ever-growing set of languages; the current list is linked from the official Azure Speech page.
Azure Speech is billed through Azure consumption-based pricing; a free Azure trial of up to 30 days is available. Specific per-unit rates are listed on the Speech Services pricing page.
Consumption-based Azure billing where you pay only for the cloud resources you use and scale as you grow.
A time-limited free Azure trial for evaluating services before moving to paid consumption.
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