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