What is Azure Speech?
Azure Speech adds speech processing to applications.
Who is Azure Speech for?
Teams evaluating software that adds speech processing to applications. Evaluate speech recognition and speech synthesis against the intended deployment, access controls and operating responsibilities.
Azure Speech features
The core capabilities to consider for your workflow.
- Speech recognition
- Speech synthesis
- Speech translation
Azure Speech pricing
Service and plan pricing
Review current Microsoft pricing for the selected product, users and deployment. Include applicable subscriptions, capacity, compute, storage, requests, network transfer and supporting services; the chargeable units depend on this product.
Calculate the cost of your quote →Free access & evaluation
Cloud credits, trials and free usage allowances have eligibility and service limits. Check current terms for the region and workload; do not assume ongoing production use is free.
Before you choose Azure Speech
Is the requirement hosted model inference, a local application, an AI gateway or agent development tooling?
Which models, data connections, usage charges, deployment controls and export options are included?
Confirm service availability in the required region and the permissions, quotas and connected services needed for the intended deployment.
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Azure Speech FAQs
Does Azure Speech have a free plan?
Cloud credits, trials and free usage allowances have eligibility and service limits. Check current terms for the region and workload; do not assume ongoing production use is free.
Who is Azure Speech for?
Teams evaluating software that adds speech processing to applications. Evaluate speech recognition and speech synthesis against the intended deployment, access controls and operating responsibilities.
What should I compare before buying?
Check the tier that contains your essential features, confirm plan limits and compare the total quote with your own expected usage.