# Azure Speech

by [Microsoft](/organizations/microsoft/)

- **ID:** `ea75c5b0-89c7-4450-b201-92a5b38225bb`
- **JSON API:** /api/v1/catalog/products/ea75c5b0-89c7-4450-b201-92a5b38225bb/
- **Slug:** azure-speech
- **Product website:** https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/products/ai-services/ai-speech
- **Documentation:** https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/speech-service/
- **Pricing:** https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/cognitive-services/speech-services/
- **Organization website:** https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/
- **Categories:** [AI Voice / Text-to-Speech (TTS)](/categories/ai-voice-text-to-speech-tts/)

## Description

Speech service supporting text-to-speech synthesis.

## AI-native score: Unrated

Available here: [Offers](#offers). Coverage measures research breadth across scored fields.

Research coverage is 23/100. An AI-native grade requires 40/100. The provisional breakdown below shows the AI-native signals recorded so far. The AI-native score measures agent-readiness and is not a substitute for your own security or vendor-risk review. See [methodology](/methodology/) for how coverage and the grade are computed.

| Component | Applies | Raw | Effective weight | Nominal weight | Contribution |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Integration | Yes | 0/10 | 35% | 35% | 0.0 |
| Trust | Yes | 2/6 | 30% | 30% | 10.0 |
| Portability | Yes | 4/4 | 20% | 20% | 20.0 |
| Security | Yes | 0/4 | 15% | 15% | 0.0 |

- **Trust signals:** Zero data retention (available, +1); Verified trust center (+1)
- **Portability signals:** Open standards (+1); Standard protocol access (+1); No proprietary-SDK lock-in (+1); Self-hostable (+1)

## Trust & Data Policy

- **Trust center:** [Vendor trust center](<https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/trust-center>)
- **Zero data retention:** ○ Available
- **Open standards:** ✓ Yes
- **Standard protocol access:** ✓ Yes
- **No proprietary-SDK lock-in:** ✓ Yes
- **Self-hostable:** ✓ Yes
- **Not yet researched:** llms.txt, WebMCP, Headless signup, Multi-factor authentication, No generative AI training, Hard budget caps, Sandbox environment, Data export, Data import, Documented provider swap, Open source
- **Self-hosting guide:** https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/speech-service/speech-container-howto

## Security & Compliance

**Compliance certifications:** Not yet researched.
**Access controls:** Not yet researched.

## Capabilities

No capabilities listed.

## Jobs To Be Done

- **Synthesize speech from text** — Turn text into spoken audio with synthesized voices.

## Offers

**Pricing page:** https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/cognitive-services/speech-services/

### Free F0

- free: Free; payment unknown; commitment unknown
free: Real-time speech-to-text allowance: 5 audio hours free per month.


## Reviews

No approved reviews yet.

## Benchmarks

No benchmarks listed.

## Documentation

The primary documentation link is at the top of this page. No other documentation links listed.

## API Specs

Not yet researched.

## MCP Servers

Not yet researched.

## A2A Servers

Not yet researched.

## Native Connectors

Not yet researched.

## Command-Line Interfaces

Not yet researched.

## Developer Kits

Not yet researched.

## Agent Skills

Not yet researched.
## Other products from Microsoft

- [Azure Language in Foundry Tools](/organizations/microsoft/products/azure-language/) — Unrated.
- [Azure Translator](/organizations/microsoft/products/azure-translator/) — Unrated.
- [Microsoft To Do](/organizations/microsoft/products/microsoft-to-do/) — Unrated.
- [Microsoft Advertising](/organizations/microsoft/products/microsoft-advertising/) — Unrated.


## Related products

- [ElevenLabs](/organizations/elevenlabs/products/elevenlabs/) by ElevenLabs — Tier C. Same job: Synthesize speech from text (Finishes, delegation unknown).
- [Google Cloud Text-to-Speech](/organizations/google/products/google-cloud-text-to-speech/) by Google — Unrated. Same job: Synthesize speech from text (not assessed).


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