Product
Azure Speech
by Microsoft
- 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/
- Categories
- AI Voice / Text-to-Speech (TTS)
Description
Speech service supporting text-to-speech synthesis.
AI-native score
How ready this product is for agents to use, on a 0–100 scale across four weighted dimensions. Security is one of them, so a high score is not a substitute for your own security or vendor-risk review. How is this scored?
Unrated. Only 23% of the scored decision fields are researched, so the grade is held until more are confirmed. The breakdown below shows what's been scored.
| Component | Raw | Weight | Contribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Integration | 0/10 | 35% | 0.0 |
| Trust | 2/6 | 30% | 10.0 |
| Portability | 4/4 | 20% | 20.0 |
| Security | 0/4 | 15% | 0.0 |
Signals that fired
- Trust: Zero data retention (available, +1) ; Verified trust center (+1)
- Portability: Open standards (+1) ; Standard protocol access (+1) ; No proprietary-SDK lock-in (+1) ; Self-hostable (+1)
Signals not researched
These gaps cover the fields used in the AI-native score.
- Integration surfaces: llms.txt, WebMCP, Headless signup, MCP servers, Agent2Agent (A2A) servers, Native connectors, API specs, Command-line interfaces, Agent skills, Developer kits
- Trust & data policy: Multi-factor authentication, No generative AI training, Hard budget caps, Sandbox environment, Data export, Data import, Documented provider swap, Open source
- Security & compliance: Compliance certifications, Access controls
Trust & data policy
- Trust center
- Vendor trust center
- Zero data retention
- Available
- Open standards
- Yes
- Standard protocol access
- Yes
- No proprietary-SDK lock-in
- Yes
- Self-hostable
- Yes
- Self-hosting guide
- https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/speech-service/speech-container-howto
Not yet researched Multi-factor authentication, No generative AI training, Hard budget caps, Sandbox environment, Data export, Data import, Documented provider swap, Open source
What it does
Jobs to be done
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View 3 productsSynthesize speech from text
Turn text into spoken audio with synthesized voices.
Offers
Free F0
Free
Real-time speech-to-text allowance: 5 audio hours free per month.
No recorded price in this currency
Reviews
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Catalog activity
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Unrated · 23% researched. Grade withheld until more fields are verified.