Fact · Dictation on Windows
Microsoft's Azure Speech overview now calls the service Azure Speech in Foundry Tools, which provides speech to text and text to speech through a Microsoft Foundry resource.
Checked against its source on October 16, 2026
In the source's own words
“Azure Speech in Foundry Tools provides speech to text, text to speech, and other capabilities through a Microsoft Foundry resource”
What is Azure Speech? (Microsoft Learn), Microsoft, Microsoft Learn, 2026, Introduction paragraph.
Open the original- What it measures
- Microsoft Learn's overview page for the service. Its title now reads What Is Azure Speech? with Foundry Tools after it, so older articles may use the name Azure AI Speech.
- What it does not show
- Describes the service as Microsoft documents it in 2026. Product names change, so check the current page before you rely on a name in a contract or a code sample.