# Microsoft Azure Speech-to-Text

> Publicly sourced profile assembled by Optimly, in the Optimly AI Brand Index. Last refreshed 2026-10-04.

- **Business Profile:** https://optimly.ai/brand/microsoft-azure-speech-to-text
- **Dataset:** https://optimly.ai/brand/microsoft-azure-speech-to-text.json
- **Markdown:** https://optimly.ai/brand/microsoft-azure-speech-to-text/llms.txt
- **Official website:** https://microsoft.com
- **Slug:** microsoft-azure-speech-to-text
- **Categories:** ai-machine-learning, cloud-infrastructure, communications-cpaas, customer-support-cx-software, data-analytics-business-intelligence, developer-tools

## Overview

- **Tagline:** Deep integration with the Microsoft enterprise ecosystem and industry-leading compliance/security certifications.
Source: Brand's website (https://microsoft.com) · 2026-10-04

- **Description:** Microsoft Azure Speech-to-Text is a cloud-based service that uses advanced deep learning to convert audio streams into text. It is part of the Azure AI Services suite and supports both real-time transcription and batch processing for various enterprise use cases.
Source: Brand's website (https://microsoft.com) · 2026-10-04

## Offerings

- **Core capabilities:**
  - Real-time Speech-to-Text API
  - Batch Transcription
  - Custom Speech (Custom Models)
  - Speaker Recognition.
Source: Brand's website (https://microsoft.com) · 2026-10-04

- **Pricing:** Usage-based
Source: Brand's website (https://microsoft.com) · 2026-10-04

## Audience

- **Target industry:** Enterprise, Healthcare, Finance, Customer Support, Media.
Source: Brand's website (https://microsoft.com) · 2026-10-04

## Landscape

- **Competitors:**
  - Google Cloud Speech-to-Text
  - Amazon Transcribe
  - OpenAI Whisper (via API)
  - IBM Watson Speech to Text
Source: Brand's website (https://microsoft.com) · 2026-10-04

Page last updated 2026-10-17.