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Azure AI Speech
Text-to-speech in Microsoft's Azure AI Speech service, with standard, HD and custom voices
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Pricing
| Model | Pay-as-you-go, per character | Pay-as-you-go, per character |
| Starting Price | $4.00 per 1 million characters (Standard) | Not stated on the page we checked |
| Has Free Version | ||
| Plan Summary | Standard $4.00 per 1M charactersNeural $16.00 per 1M charactersLong-Form $100.00 per 1M charactersGenerative $30 per 1M characters | Free (F0) Neural: 0.5 million characters a monthPaid rates per 1M characters: dollar amounts not stated on the page we checked |
Other Specifications
| Product Type | Text-to-SpeechAPI | Text-to-SpeechAPI |
Language Support
| Languages Supported | over 40 languages and language variants (vendor figure) | 100+ languages and locales (standard voices, Microsoft Learn) |
Voice Quality
| Quality Rating | Not stated on the page we checked | Not stated on the page we checked |
| Tonal Description | Voice types listed: Standard, Neural, Long-Form and Generative | Standard neural voices, HD voices, custom and personal voices |
Voice Count
| Total Voices | 100+ | Not stated on the page we checked |
| Categories | Male and female voices | Standard neural, HD, custom, personal |
Ease of Use
| Usability Rating | Developer-oriented (API) | Developer-oriented (SDK, REST) |
| User Experience | Not stated on the page we checked | Audio Content Creation tool in Speech Studio for no-code use |
Integrations
| API Availability | Yes, API service | Yes, Speech SDK, REST API and batch synthesis API |
| Platform Integrations | N/A | N/A |
Use Cases
| Primary Use Cases | N/A | Chatbots and voice assistantsAudiobooksIn-car navigation |
| Applications | Not stated on the page we checked | As listed on Microsoft Learn |
Text to Speech Features
| SSML Support | ||
| API Access | ||
| Multi Language | ||
| Emotional Impulse | N/A | N/A |
| Voice Cloning | N/A |
Character/Word Limits
| Plan Limits | Per-character billing | Per-character billing; Chinese characters count as two |
| Monthly Limit | Free: Standard 5M, Neural 1M, Long-Form 500K, Generative 100K characters a month (see free tier terms) | Free (F0) Neural: 0.5 million characters a month |
Commercial Rights
| Included | N/A | N/A |
| Licensing Terms | Stored audio can be used for redistribution, analysis, archiving or any other use case at no extra cost; other commercial terms not stated on the page we checked | Not stated on the page we checked |
File Formats
| Supported Formats | MP3OGG | N/A |
| Export Options | MP3, OGG and other standard audio formats | Formats not stated on the page we checked; models available at 24 kHz and 48 kHz |
Customer Support
| Support Channels | N/A | N/A |
| Priority Support | N/A | N/A |
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