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Azure AI Speech offers a removed option that drops all profanity from the recognition result.
Checked against its source on October 16, 2026
In the source's own words
“which removes all profanity from the result”
Speech to text REST API for short audio, Microsoft Learn (Azure AI Speech), n.d., profanity parameter.
Open the original- What it measures
- The third option, raw, returns profanity unchanged.
- What it does not show
- Option of the cloud API. A removed word leaves a gap in the sentence, which can change the meaning of what was said.