Azure Cognitive Services Speech (now Azure AI Speech) is a suite of speech processing capabilities provided by Microsoft Azure. It enables developers to integrate speech-to-text, text-to-speech, speech translation, and speaker recognition into their applications.
Brand Authority Index (BAI): 92/100
Archetype: Challenger
Category: Cloud Computing
Part of: Microsoft
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Last analyzed: April 11, 2026
Founded: 2016
Headquarters: Redmond, WA