Azure Speech in Foundry Tools Skill

This skill provides expert guidance for Azure Speech in Foundry Tools. Covers troubleshooting, best practices, decision making, limits & quotas, security, configuration, integrations & coding patterns, and deployment. It combines local quick-reference content with remote documentation fetching capabilities.

How to Use This Skill

IMPORTANT for Agent: Use the Category Index below to locate relevant sections. For categories with line ranges (e.g., L35-L120), use read_file with the specified lines. For categories with file links (e.g., [security.md](security.md)), use read_file on the linked reference file

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This skill requires network access to fetch documentation content:

Preferred: Use mcp_microsoftdocs:microsoft_docs_fetch with query string from=learn-agent-skill. Returns Markdown.
Fallback: Use fetch_webpage with query string from=learn-agent-skill&accept=text/markdown. Returns Markdown.

Category Index

Category	Lines	Description
Troubleshooting	L36-L44	Diagnosing and fixing common Azure Speech issues across TTS, STT, SDK, containers, CRL compatibility, and retrieving session/transcription IDs for support.
Best Practices	L45-L62	Best practices for audio/video prep, custom voice/avatar training, latency and memory tuning, accuracy boosts (phrases/keywords), reliability (CRL, backups), and Voice Live handling/evaluation
Decision Making	L63-L76	Guidance on choosing voice/agent options and step-by-step migrations between Speech APIs (STT, TTS, custom voice, Long Audio, intent) and evaluating devices or custom voice tiers.
Limits & Quotas	L77-L83	Managing custom speech/voice model lifecycles and deployments, plus quotas, rate limits, and capacity constraints for Azure Speech workloads.
Security	L84-L96	Securing Azure AI Speech: auth (Entra, RBAC), network isolation (VNet, Private Link, sovereign clouds), encryption/BYOK, BYOS storage, and consent/compliance for personal/professional voice.
Configuration	L97-L129	Configuring Azure Speech behavior: recognition, TTS, avatars, Voice Live, containers, logging, storage, SSML, audio devices/streams, language/diarization, and batch/pro voice settings.
Integrations & Coding Patterns	L130-L161	Patterns and APIs for integrating Azure Speech and Voice Live with apps, agents, telephony, TTS/translation, SSML, avatars, and real-time/REST/WebSocket workflows.
Deployment	L162-L173	Deploying and running Azure Speech services (STT, TTS, language ID) via containers, Kubernetes/Helm, and batch APIs, including custom models and on-premises setups.

Troubleshooting

Topic	URL
Resolve common Azure Speech text-to-speech issues	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/speech-service/faq-tts
Retrieve Speech to text session and transcription IDs for support	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/speech-service/how-to-get-speech-session-id
Resolve common Azure Speech in Foundry issues	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/speech-service/known-issues
Troubleshoot Azure Speech containers deployment issues	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/speech-service/speech-container-faq
Diagnose and fix common Azure Speech SDK issues	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/speech-service/troubleshooting

Best Practices

Topic	URL
Prepare and locate audio data for batch transcription	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/speech-service/batch-transcription-audio-data
Create high-quality human-labeled speech transcriptions	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/speech-service/how-to-custom-speech-human-labeled-transcriptions
Prepare training data for professional custom voice	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/speech-service/how-to-custom-voice-training-data
Apply best practices to reduce Speech synthesis latency	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/speech-service/how-to-lower-speech-synthesis-latency
Track and manage Azure Speech SDK memory usage	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/speech-service/how-to-track-speech-sdk-memory-usage
Handle interrupted responses in Voice Live chat history	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/speech-service/how-to-voice-live-auto-truncation
Evaluate Voice Live agents with Foundry harness	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/speech-service/how-to-voice-live-evaluate
Use phrase lists to improve Azure Speech accuracy	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/speech-service/improve-accuracy-phrase-list
Apply keyword recognition design and accuracy guidelines	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/speech-service/keyword-recognition-guidelines
Mitigate Azure AI Speech SDK CRL compatibility issue	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/speech-service/migrate-to-sdk-1-48-2
Record high-quality samples for custom voice training	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/speech-service/record-custom-voice-samples
Back up and recover custom Speech and Voice resources	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/speech-service/resiliency-and-recovery-plan
Design microphone arrays optimized for Speech SDK	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/speech-service/speech-sdk-microphone
Prepare high-quality video samples for custom avatars	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/speech-service/text-to-speech-avatar/custom-avatar-record-video-samples

Decision Making

Topic	URL
Evaluate custom voice lite before professional voice	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/speech-service/custom-neural-voice-lite
Evaluate device suitability for embedded speech models	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/speech-service/embedded-speech-performance-evaluations
Migrate Speech to text REST API from v3.2 to 2024-11-15	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/speech-service/migrate-2024-11-15
Migrate Speech to text REST API 2024-11-15 to 2025-10-15	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/speech-service/migrate-2025-10-15
Migrate from retired Speech intent recognition to Language or OpenAI	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/speech-service/migrate-intent-recognition
Migrate from Long Audio API to Batch synthesis	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/speech-service/migrate-to-batch-synthesis
Migrate from v3 text-to-speech to custom voice REST API	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/speech-service/migrate-to-custom-voice-api
Migrate Speech-to-text REST from v3.0 to v3.1	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/speech-service/migrate-v3-0-to-v3-1
Migrate Speech to text REST API v3.1 to v3.2	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/speech-service/migrate-v3-1-to-v3-2
Choose and configure Voice Live real-time agents	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/speech-service/voice-live

Limits & Quotas

Topic	URL
Manage custom speech model and endpoint lifecycle	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/speech-service/how-to-custom-speech-model-and-endpoint-lifecycle
Deploy professional voice models to custom endpoints	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/speech-service/professional-voice-deploy-endpoint
Review quotas and limits for Azure Speech workloads	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/speech-service/speech-services-quotas-and-limits

Security

Topic	URL
Configure BYOS storage for Azure Speech resources	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/speech-service/bring-your-own-storage-speech-resource
Configure Microsoft Entra auth for Azure AI Speech	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/speech-service/how-to-configure-azure-ad-auth
Configure consent and compliance for personal voice	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/speech-service/personal-voice-create-consent
Add and manage voice talent consent for professional voice	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/speech-service/professional-voice-create-consent
Assign Azure RBAC roles for Speech resources	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/speech-service/role-based-access-control
Configure Speech service in Azure sovereign clouds	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/speech-service/sovereign-clouds
Manage Speech service data-at-rest encryption and keys	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/speech-service/speech-encryption-of-data-at-rest
Secure Speech service with Virtual Network service endpoints	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/speech-service/speech-service-vnet-service-endpoint
Secure Azure AI Speech with Private Link endpoints	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/speech-service/speech-services-private-link

Configuration

Topic	URL
Configure Batch synthesis properties for text-to-speech	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/speech-service/batch-synthesis-properties
Check status and retrieve batch transcription results	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/speech-service/batch-transcription-get
Configure BYOS storage for Speech to text	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/speech-service/bring-your-own-storage-speech-resource-speech-to-text
Configure language ID and diarization in Azure Speech	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/speech-service/configure-language-identification-diarization
Define UPS phonetic pronunciations for Speech to text	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/speech-service/customize-pronunciation
Configure OpenSSL on Linux for Azure Speech SDK	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/speech-service/how-to-configure-openssl-linux
Control and monitor Speech SDK service connections	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/speech-service/how-to-control-connections
Configure post-processing options for Azure speech recognition	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/speech-service/how-to-post-processing
Configure real-time speech recognition with Azure Speech	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/speech-service/how-to-recognize-speech
Select and configure audio input devices in Speech SDK	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/speech-service/how-to-select-audio-input-devices
Use visemes for facial animation with Speech service	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/speech-service/how-to-speech-synthesis-viseme
Configure Speech SDK audio input streams	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/speech-service/how-to-use-audio-input-streams
Configure compressed audio input for Speech SDK and CLI	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/speech-service/how-to-use-codec-compressed-audio-input-streams
Enable and configure Speech SDK diagnostic logging	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/speech-service/how-to-use-logging
Configure interim responses for Voice Live latency	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/speech-service/how-to-voice-live-interim-response
Configure OpenTelemetry tracing for Voice Live SDK	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/speech-service/how-to-voice-live-telemetry
Configure audio and transcription logging for Speech recognition	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/speech-service/logging-audio-transcription
Upload and validate training datasets for professional voice	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/speech-service/professional-voice-create-training-set
Configure Azure Speech text-to-speech avatar options	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/speech-service/quickstarts/get-started-text-to-speech-avatar
Use correct Azure Speech regional endpoints and IDs	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/speech-service/regions
Configure Azure Speech containers runtime settings	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/speech-service/speech-container-configuration
Configure Redis cache for speech diarization containers	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/speech-service/speech-container-speech-to-text-diarization-cache
Control speech output using SSML configuration	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/speech-service/speech-synthesis-markup
Configure pronunciation with SSML phonemes and lexicons	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/speech-service/speech-synthesis-markup-pronunciation
Structure SSML documents and events for Speech	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/speech-service/speech-synthesis-markup-structure
Configure Speech CLI datastore search order and files	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/speech-service/spx-data-store-configuration
Configure output destinations for Speech CLI results	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/speech-service/spx-output-options
Configure batch synthesis properties for TTS avatars	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/speech-service/text-to-speech-avatar/batch-synthesis-avatar-properties
Configure language support for Voice Live API	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/speech-service/voice-live-language-support

Integrations & Coding Patterns

Topic	URL
Integrate Speech service with call center telephony	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/speech-service/call-center-telephony-integration
Call Azure Speech fast transcription API in Foundry	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/speech-service/fast-transcription-create
Use Speech SDK APIs to handle recognition results	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/speech-service/get-speech-recognition-results
Integrate custom models with Voice Live BYOM	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/speech-service/how-to-bring-your-own-model
Implement text-to-speech synthesis with Speech SDK	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/speech-service/how-to-speech-synthesis
Implement speech translation with Azure Speech SDK	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/speech-service/how-to-translate-speech
Integrate Voice Live with Foundry Agent Service	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/speech-service/how-to-voice-agent-integration
Implement function calling in Voice Live sessions	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/speech-service/how-to-voice-live-function-calling
Integrate Voice Live with Foundry hosted agents	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/speech-service/how-to-voice-live-hosted-agent-integration
Connect MCP servers to Voice Live sessions	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/speech-service/how-to-voice-live-mcp-server
Add proactive greeting messages to Voice Live agents	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/speech-service/how-to-voice-live-proactive-messages
Integrate Azure Speech with Azure OpenAI chat	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/speech-service/openai-speech
Integrate personal voice speaker profiles in apps	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/speech-service/personal-voice-how-to-use
Use Power Automate connector for Speech batch transcription	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/speech-service/power-automate-batch-transcription
Use Speech to text REST API endpoints and parameters	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/speech-service/rest-speech-to-text
Call Azure Speech-to-text short audio REST API	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/speech-service/rest-speech-to-text-short
Call Speech text to speech REST API endpoints	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/speech-service/rest-text-to-speech
Use SSML phonetic alphabets with Azure Speech	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/speech-service/speech-ssml-phonetic-sets
Use SSML to customize Azure Speech voices	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/speech-service/speech-synthesis-markup-voice
Generate Speech service REST clients from Swagger	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/speech-service/swagger-documentation
Control text to speech avatar gestures with SSML	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/speech-service/text-to-speech-avatar/avatar-gestures-with-ssml
Implement real-time text-to-speech avatar streaming	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/speech-service/text-to-speech-avatar/real-time-synthesis-avatar
Integrate advanced Voice Live features via API	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/speech-service/voice-live-api-reference-2025-10-01
Integrate with preview Voice Live API 2026-01-01	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/speech-service/voice-live-api-reference-2026-01-01-preview
Integrate with Voice Live API 2026-04-10	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/speech-service/voice-live-api-reference-2026-04-10
Use preview Voice Live API 2026-06-01	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/speech-service/voice-live-api-reference-2026-06-01-preview
Use Voice Live WebSocket API events and models	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/speech-service/voice-live-api-reference-2026-07-15
Use Voice Live WebSocket and WebRTC events	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/speech-service/voice-live-how-to

Deployment

Topic	URL
Use Batch synthesis API for long-form text-to-speech	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/speech-service/batch-synthesis
Deploy custom speech models and endpoints	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/speech-service/how-to-custom-speech-deploy-model
Run custom speech to text containers with Docker	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/speech-service/speech-container-cstt
Deploy fast transcription speech containers on-premises	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/speech-service/speech-container-ft
Deploy and run Speech containers with Docker	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/speech-service/speech-container-howto
Run Speech containers on Kubernetes with Helm	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/speech-service/speech-container-howto-on-premises
Deploy language identification containers with Docker	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/speech-service/speech-container-lid
Deploy neural text to speech containers with Docker	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/speech-service/speech-container-ntts
Deploy speech-to-text containers with Docker	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/speech-service/speech-container-stt

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