Azure Speech Service
converts spoken audio into text. Sometimes called "ASR" (automatic speech recognition). Deepgram, AssemblyAI.fact-checked, all required fields present, publicly visiblereal-time
speech.dev has not published an operational assessment for this entry yet. Facts below are source-linked where available.
Overview
- Publisher
- Microsoft
- Lab
- azure-speech
- Last updated
- 2026-05-23
- Modality
- converts spoken audio into text. Sometimes called "ASR" (automatic speech recognition). Deepgram, AssemblyAI.
a voice model trained on multiple languages. Quality varies enormously by language — "supports 40 languages" may be great in 3 and mediocre in the other 37.
multilingual
Pricing
Rate tiers
Real-time standard
Per minute · $0.0167 per minute
$1/hour
Batch standard
Per minute · $0.003 per minute
$0.18/hour
Real-time custom
Per minute · $0.02 per minute
$1.20/hour
- Default billing model
- Per minute
- Headline rate
- $0.0167 per minute
Last verified May 23, 2026
Technical
- Streaming
- Supported · bidirectional
- Hosting
- saas-vendor-cloud
- Self-hostable
- No
API access
WSS
API endpoints
wsshttps
SDK languages
python, typescript, csharp, java
Regions (vendor buckets)
Macro areas as published by the vendor (often broad; not a country list).
Compliance (vendor-published)
FedRAMP ModerateGDPR DPAHIPAA BAAISO 27001PCI DSSSOC 2 Type II
Suggest an update
Facts-layer corrections only — source URLs required. Opens a GitHub issue; a maintainer runs the content agent after triage. Not for operational notes.
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