Azure Speech Service

intermediate
ai & ml
Enhanced Content

Definition

Microsoft's AI service for speech-to-text, text-to-speech, and speech translation. Like having a universal voice assistant that speaks and understands multiple languages.

Real-World Example

Call centers use Speech Service to automatically transcribe customer calls and provide real-time translation.

Cloud Provider Equivalencies

Azure AI Speech bundles speech-to-text, text-to-speech, and speech translation in one service. AWS and GCP provide similar capabilities but often as separate services (Transcribe/Polly/Translate; Speech-to-Text/Text-to-Speech/Translation). OCI offers speech and language AI services; feature parity and language coverage can vary by region and release.

AWS
Amazon Transcribe, Amazon Polly, Amazon Translate
AZ
Azure AI Speech (Speech service in Azure AI Services)
GCP
Cloud Speech-to-Text, Cloud Text-to-Speech, Cloud Translation
OCI
OCI Speech, OCI Language, OCI AI Services (Translation via Language service capabilities where available)

Explore More Cloud Computing Terms