Azure AI Speech Studio
Features
- Speech-to-text conversion
- Text-to-speech with over 400 neural voices in 140 languages
- Personal voice cloning from a 60-second sample
- Video translation
- Pronunciation assessment
- Automatic call summarization and language recognition
- Live streaming translation
- AI avatars with voices synchronized to lip movements
- Speech SDK for Windows, macOS and mobile apps
Pricing Details
The 2026 pricing model is based on pay-as-you-go, with a permanent free tier (Free Tier F0) that allows users to try out the platform without any financial commitment. In the free plan, users get 5 hours of speech-to-text conversion per month, half a million characters per month for text-to-speech conversion using Neural Voices, and the ability to host one custom model. New users also receive a $200 welcome credit to try out the advanced services for 30 days. Paid plans include several tiers, such as Standard Speech to Text at approximately $1 per hour of real-time audio, and Standard Text to Speech at approximately $15 per million characters for Neural Voices. Neural HD Voices offers high-quality, emotion-rich voices at around $30 per million characters. Video translation is also available, with prices starting at $5 per hour of video input and up to $20 per hour of output using personal voices, giving users complete flexibility to choose the service that best suits their needs.