Azure AI Speech Studio
Description
️ Tool name: 🖼 Azure AI Speech Studio (Foundry Tools)
Tool category: 🔖
Text to speech / Speech to text
Voice cloning
Automation and intelligent agents
Integrations and APIs
️ What does this tool offer? ✏
Azure AI Speech Studio is Microsoft's cloud-based creative lab for developing speech technologies. The platform offers comprehensive solutions including speech-to-text conversion with amazing accuracy, and text-to-speech conversion using more than 400 neural voices in 140 languages. In 2026, advanced video translation features and personal voice cloning were integrated, requiring only a 60-second voice sample to create a digital copy that matches the user's voice.
What does it actually offer based on user experience? ⭐
Organizations consider this tool to be the "most reliable and secure" due to Microsoft's strict privacy standards. In fact, the Pronunciation Assessment feature is considered the best in the world for teachers and students. However, non-technical users find the Azure control panel a little complicated, and costs can quickly add up when using Real-time features in large projects.
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Yes, it includes advancedautomation such as automatic call summarization, automatic language recognition, live streaming translation, and automated creation of AI avatars whose voices are automatically synchronized with lip movements.
Pricing model (2026): 💰
Pay-as-you-go with a permanent free tier (Free Tier F0).
🆓 Free Tier F0 Details:
Speech to Text: 5 hours of free audio per month.
Text to Speech: Half a million free characters per month (Neural Voices).
Publishing: Ability to host one custom model.
Welcome credit: $200 for new users to try advanced services for 30 days.
Paid plan details (2026 pricing examples): 💳
Standard Speech to Text: Approximately $1 per hour of audio (real-time).
Standard Text to Speech: Approximately $15 per million characters (for neural voices).
Neural HD Voices: Approximately $30 per million characters (for high-quality, emotional voices).
Video translation: Starting at $5 per hour of video input, up to $20 for outputs with personalized voices.
How to access the tool: 🧭
Through the Speech Studio web portal, or integrate it programmatically via Speech SDK in Windows, macOS, and mobile applications.
Trial link or official website: 🔗 https://speech.microsoft.com/