Azure AI Speech
radarMicrosoft speech-to-text, TTS, and translation APIs — boring, regional, and actually contractable.
Visit azure.microsoft.com →> **Azure AI Speech** — radar > Verified 2026-08-26 > Limitation: Radar: we did not re-price the meter this week — open the Azure calculator. > > https://noemium.com/tools/azure-speech/Add to kitOpen in NoemiumFact-check this radar listing for Azure AI Speech (audio). Noemium has not issued a verdict. Evidence tier: radar. Limitations: - Radar: we did not re-price the meter this week — open the Azure calculator. - Enterprise procurement is the feature; indie UX is not. Receipts: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/products/ai-foundry/tools/speech https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/ai-services/speech-service/ Last verified: 2026-08-26 Confirm the project still exists, the URL is canonical, and the limitations are still true. Do not invent a ship/skip stamp.
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Microsoft speech-to-text, TTS, and translation APIs — boring, regional, and actually contractable.
Radar · no verdict. Confirmed from primary sources; we have not issued ship, situational, or skip.
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No price move in this repo yet.
Known limitations
- Radar: we did not re-price the meter this week — open the Azure calculator.
- Enterprise procurement is the feature; indie UX is not.
Facts
- pricing
- paid1
- price note
- Azure meter; free trial credits exist on new accounts
- free tier
- yes — paid to keep using
- open source
- no
- api
- yes
- self-host
- no
- category
- audio
- evidence
- radar
Sources
- 1azure.microsoft.com/en-us/products/ai-foundry/tools/speech[snapshot]
- 2learn.microsoft.com/azure/ai-services/speech-service/[snapshot]
No source, no number.
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Azure AI Speech | radar | paid | no | no |
| Deepgram | ship | freemium | no | no |
| ElevenLabs | ship | freemium | no | no |
| Suno | ship | freemium | no | no |
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