Language and voice support for the Speech service
Language support varies by Speech service functionality. The following tables summarize language support for Speech-to-Text, Text-to-Speech, Speech translation and Speaker Recognition service offerings.
Speech-to-Text
Both the Microsoft Speech SDK and the REST API support the following languages (locales).
To improve accuracy, customization is available for some languages and baseline model versions by uploading Audio + Human-labeled Transcripts, Plain Text, Structured Text, and Pronunciation. By default, Plain Text customization is supported for all available baseline models. To learn more about customization, see Get started with Custom Speech.
| Language | Locale (BCP-47) | Customizations | Language identification | Pronunciation assessment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic (Algeria) | ar-DZ |
Plain Text | ||
| Arabic (Bahrain), modern standard | ar-BH |
Plain Text | ||
| Arabic (Egypt) | ar-EG |
Plain Text | Yes | |
| Arabic (Iraq) | ar-IQ |
Plain Text | ||
| Arabic (Israel) | ar-IL |
Plain Text | ||
| Arabic (Jordan) | ar-JO |
Plain Text | ||
| Arabic (Kuwait) | ar-KW |
Plain Text | ||
| Arabic (Lebanon) | ar-LB |
Plain Text | ||
| Arabic (Libya) | ar-LY |
Plain Text | ||
| Arabic (Morocco) | ar-MA |
Plain Text | ||
| Arabic (Oman) | ar-OM |
Plain Text | ||
| Arabic (Qatar) | ar-QA |
Plain Text | ||
| Arabic (Saudi Arabia) | ar-SA |
Plain Text | ||
| Arabic (Palestinian Authority) | ar-PS |
Plain Text | ||
| Arabic (Syria) | ar-SY |
Plain Text | ||
| Arabic (Tunisia) | ar-TN |
Plain Text | ||
| Arabic (United Arab Emirates) | ar-AE |
Plain Text | ||
| Arabic (Yemen) | ar-YE |
Plain Text | ||
| Bulgarian (Bulgaria) | bg-BG |
Plain Text | ||
| Catalan (Spain) | ca-ES |
Plain Text Pronunciation |
Yes | |
| Chinese (Cantonese, Traditional) | zh-HK |
Plain Text | Yes | |
| Chinese (Mandarin, Simplified) | zh-CN |
Plain Text | Yes | Yes |
| Chinese (Taiwanese Mandarin) | zh-TW |
Plain Text | Yes | |
| Croatian (Croatia) | hr-HR |
Plain Text Pronunciation |
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| Czech (Czech) | cs-CZ |
Plain Text Pronunciation |
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| Danish (Denmark) | da-DK |
Plain Text Pronunciation |
Yes | |
| Dutch (Netherlands) | nl-NL |
Plain Text Pronunciation |
Yes | |
| English (Australia) | en-AU |
Plain Text Pronunciation |
Yes | |
| English (Canada) | en-CA |
Plain Text Pronunciation |
Yes | |
| English (Ghana) | en-GH |
Plain Text Pronunciation |
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| English (Hong Kong) | en-HK |
Plain Text Pronunciation |
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| English (India) | en-IN |
Plain Text Structured Text (20210907) Pronunciation |
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| English (Ireland) | en-IE |
Plain Text Pronunciation |
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| English (Kenya) | en-KE |
Plain Text Pronunciation |
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| English (New Zealand) | en-NZ |
Plain Text Pronunciation |
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| English (Nigeria) | en-NG |
Plain Text Pronunciation |
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| English (Philippines) | en-PH |
Plain Text Pronunciation |
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| English (Singapore) | en-SG |
Plain Text Pronunciation |
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| English (South Africa) | en-ZA |
Plain Text Pronunciation |
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| English (Tanzania) | en-TZ |
Plain Text Pronunciation |
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| English (United Kingdom) | en-GB |
Audio (20201019) Plain Text Structured Text (20210906) Pronunciation |
Yes | Yes |
| English (United States) | en-US |
Audio (20201019, 20210223) Plain Text Structured Text (20211012) Pronunciation |
Yes | Yes |
| Estonian(Estonia) | et-EE |
Plain Text Pronunciation |
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| Filipino (Philippines) | fil-PH |
Plain Text Pronunciation |
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| Finnish (Finland) | fi-FI |
Plain Text Pronunciation |
Yes | |
| French (Canada) | fr-CA |
Audio (20201015) Plain Text Structured Text (20210908) Pronunciation |
Yes | |
| French (France) | fr-FR |
Audio (20201015) Plain Text Structured Text (20210908) Pronunciation |
Yes | |
| French (Switzerland) | fr-CH |
Plain Text Pronunciation |
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| German (Austria) | de-AT |
Plain Text Pronunciation |
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| German (Switzerland) | de-CH |
Plain Text Pronunciation |
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| German (Germany) | de-DE |
Audio (20201127) Plain Text Structured Text (20210831) Pronunciation |
Yes | |
| Greek (Greece) | el-GR |
Plain Text | Yes | |
| Gujarati (Indian) | gu-IN |
Plain Text | ||
| Hebrew (Israel) | he-IL |
Plain Text | ||
| Hindi (India) | hi-IN |
Plain Text | Yes | |
| Hungarian (Hungary) | hu-HU |
Plain Text Pronunciation |
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| Indonesian (Indonesia) | id-ID |
Plain Text Pronunciation |
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| Irish (Ireland) | ga-IE |
Plain Text Pronunciation |
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| Italian (Italy) | it-IT |
Audio (20201016) Plain Text Pronunciation |
Yes | |
| Japanese (Japan) | ja-JP |
Plain Text | Yes | |
| Kannada (India) | kn-IN |
Plain Text | ||
| Korean (Korea) | ko-KR |
Audio (20201015) Plain Text |
Yes | |
| Latvian (Latvia) | lv-LV |
Plain Text Pronunciation |
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| Lithuanian (Lithuania) | lt-LT |
Plain Text Pronunciation |
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| Malay (Malaysia) | ms-MY |
Plain Text | ||
| Maltese (Malta) | mt-MT |
Plain Text | ||
| Marathi (India) | mr-IN |
Plain Text | ||
| Norwegian (Bokmål, Norway) | nb-NO |
Plain Text | Yes | |
| Persian (Iran) | fa-IR |
Plain Text | ||
| Polish (Poland) | pl-PL |
Plain Text Pronunciation |
Yes | |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | pt-BR |
Audio (20201015) Plain Text Pronunciation |
Yes | |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | pt-PT |
Plain Text Pronunciation |
Yes | |
| Romanian (Romania) | ro-RO |
Plain Text Pronunciation |
Yes | |
| Russian (Russia) | ru-RU |
Plain Text | Yes | |
| Slovak (Slovakia) | sk-SK |
Plain Text Pronunciation |
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| Slovenian (Slovenia) | sl-SI |
Plain Text Pronunciation |
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| Spanish (Argentina) | es-AR |
Plain Text Pronunciation |
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| Spanish (Bolivia) | es-BO |
Plain Text Pronunciation |
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| Spanish (Chile) | es-CL |
Plain Text Pronunciation |
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| Spanish (Colombia) | es-CO |
Plain Text Pronunciation |
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| Spanish (Costa Rica) | es-CR |
Plain Text Pronunciation |
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| Spanish (Cuba) | es-CU |
Plain Text Pronunciation |
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| Spanish (Dominican Republic) | es-DO |
Plain Text Pronunciation |
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| Spanish (Ecuador) | es-EC |
Plain Text Pronunciation |
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| Spanish (El Salvador) | es-SV |
Plain Text Pronunciation |
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| Spanish (Equatorial Guinea) | es-GQ |
Plain Text | ||
| Spanish (Guatemala) | es-GT |
Plain Text Pronunciation |
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| Spanish (Honduras) | es-HN |
Plain Text Pronunciation |
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| Spanish (Mexico) | es-MX |
Plain Text Structured Text (20210908) Pronunciation |
Yes | |
| Spanish (Nicaragua) | es-NI |
Plain Text Pronunciation |
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| Spanish (Panama) | es-PA |
Plain Text Pronunciation |
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| Spanish (Paraguay) | es-PY |
Plain Text Pronunciation |
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| Spanish (Peru) | es-PE |
Plain Text Pronunciation |
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| Spanish (Puerto Rico) | es-PR |
Plain Text Pronunciation |
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| Spanish (Spain) | es-ES |
Audio (20201015) Plain Text Structured Text (20210908) Pronunciation |
Yes | |
| Spanish (Uruguay) | es-UY |
Plain Text Pronunciation |
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| Spanish (USA) | es-US |
Plain Text Pronunciation |
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| Spanish (Venezuela) | es-VE |
Plain Text Pronunciation |
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| Swahili (Kenya) | sw-KE |
Plain Text | ||
| Swedish (Sweden) | sv-SE |
Plain Text Pronunciation |
Yes | |
| Tamil (India) | ta-IN |
Plain Text | ||
| Telugu (India) | te-IN |
Plain Text | ||
| Thai (Thailand) | th-TH |
Plain Text | Yes | |
| Turkish (Turkey) | tr-TR |
Plain Text | ||
| Vietnamese (Vietnam) | vi-VN |
Plain Text |
Text-to-Speech
Both the Microsoft Speech SDK and REST APIs support these neural voices, each of which supports a specific language and dialect, identified by locale. You can also get a full list of languages and voices supported for each specific region/endpoint through the voices list API.
Important
Pricing varies for Prebuilt Neural Voice (referred as Neural on the pricing page) and Custom Neural Voice (referred as Custom Neural on the pricing page). Please visit the Pricing page for additional information.
Prebuilt neural voices
Below table lists out the prebuilt neural voices supported in each language. You can try the demo and hear the voices here.
Note
Prebuilt neural voices are created from samples that use a 24 khz sample rate. All voices can upsample or downsample to other sample rates when synthesizing.
| Language | Locale | Gender | Voice name | Style support |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afrikaans (South Africa) | af-ZA |
Female | af-ZA-AdriNeural New |
General |
| Afrikaans (South Africa) | af-ZA |
Male | af-ZA-WillemNeural New |
General |
| Amharic (Ethiopia) | am-ET |
Female | am-ET-MekdesNeural New |
General |
| Amharic (Ethiopia) | am-ET |
Male | am-ET-AmehaNeural New |
General |
| Arabic (Algeria) | ar-DZ |
Female | ar-DZ-AminaNeural New |
General |
| Arabic (Algeria) | ar-DZ |
Male | ar-DZ-IsmaelNeural New |
General |
| Arabic (Bahrain) | ar-BH |
Female | ar-BH-LailaNeural New |
General |
| Arabic (Bahrain) | ar-BH |
Male | ar-BH-AliNeural New |
General |
| Arabic (Egypt) | ar-EG |
Female | ar-EG-SalmaNeural |
General |
| Arabic (Egypt) | ar-EG |
Male | ar-EG-ShakirNeural |
General |
| Arabic (Iraq) | ar-IQ |
Female | ar-IQ-RanaNeural New |
General |
| Arabic (Iraq) | ar-IQ |
Male | ar-IQ-BasselNeural New |
General |
| Arabic (Jordan) | ar-JO |
Female | ar-JO-Sana Neural New |
General |
| Arabic (Jordan) | ar-JO |
Male | ar-JO-Taim Neural New |
General |
| Arabic (Kuwait) | ar-KW |
Female | ar-KW-NouraNeural New |
General |
| Arabic (Kuwait) | ar-KW |
Male | ar-KW-FahedNeural New |
General |
| Arabic (Libya) | ar-LY |
Female | ar-LY-ImanNeural New |
General |
| Arabic (Libya) | ar-LY |
Male | ar-LY-OmarNeural New |
General |
| Arabic (Morocco) | ar-MA |
Female | ar-MA-MounaNeural New |
General |
| Arabic (Morocco) | ar-MA |
Male | ar-MA-JamalNeural New |
General |
| Arabic (Qatar) | ar-QA |
Female | ar-QA-AmalNeural New |
General |
| Arabic (Qatar) | ar-QA |
Male | ar-QA-MoazNeural New |
General |
| Arabic (Saudi Arabia) | ar-SA |
Female | ar-SA-ZariyahNeural |
General |
| Arabic (Saudi Arabia) | ar-SA |
Male | ar-SA-HamedNeural |
General |
| Arabic (Syria) | ar-SY |
Female | ar-SY-AmanyNeural New |
General |
| Arabic (Syria) | ar-SY |
Male | ar-SY-LaithNeural New |
General |
| Arabic (Tunisia) | ar-TN |
Female | ar-TN-ReemNeural New |
General |
| Arabic (Tunisia) | ar-TN |
Male | ar-TN-HediNeural New |
General |
| Arabic (United Arab Emirates) | ar-AE |
Female | ar-AE-FatimaNeural New |
General |
| Arabic (United Arab Emirates) | ar-AE |
Male | ar-AE-HamdanNeural New |
General |
| Arabic (Yemen) | ar-YE |
Female | ar-YE-MaryamNeural New |
General |
| Arabic (Yemen) | ar-YE |
Male | ar-YE-SalehNeural New |
General |
| Bangla (Bangladesh) | bn-BD |
Female | bn-BD-NabanitaNeural New |
General |
| Bangla (Bangladesh) | bn-BD |
Male | bn-BD-PradeepNeural New |
General |
| Bulgarian (Bulgaria) | bg-BG |
Female | bg-BG-KalinaNeural |
General |
| Bulgarian (Bulgaria) | bg-BG |
Male | bg-BG-BorislavNeural |
General |
| Burmese (Myanmar) | my-MM |
Female | my-MM-NilarNeural New |
General |
| Burmese (Myanmar) | my-MM |
Male | my-MM-ThihaNeural New |
General |
| Catalan (Spain) | ca-ES |
Female | ca-ES-AlbaNeural |
General |
| Catalan (Spain) | ca-ES |
Female | ca-ES-JoanaNeural |
General |
| Catalan (Spain) | ca-ES |
Male | ca-ES-EnricNeural |
General |
| Chinese (Cantonese, Traditional) | zh-HK |
Female | zh-HK-HiuGaaiNeural |
General |
| Chinese (Cantonese, Traditional) | zh-HK |
Female | zh-HK-HiuMaanNeural |
General |
| Chinese (Cantonese, Traditional) | zh-HK |
Male | zh-HK-WanLungNeural |
General |
| Chinese (Mandarin, Simplified) | zh-CN |
Female | zh-CN-XiaohanNeural |
General, multiple styles available using SSML |
| Chinese (Mandarin, Simplified) | zh-CN |
Female | zh-CN-XiaomoNeural |
General, multiple role-play and styles available using SSML |
| Chinese (Mandarin, Simplified) | zh-CN |
Female | zh-CN-XiaoruiNeural |
Senior voice, multiple styles available using SSML |
| Chinese (Mandarin, Simplified) | zh-CN |
Female | zh-CN-XiaoxiaoNeural |
General, multiple voice styles available using SSML |
| Chinese (Mandarin, Simplified) | zh-CN |
Female | zh-CN-XiaoxuanNeural |
General, multiple role-play and styles available using SSML |
| Chinese (Mandarin, Simplified) | zh-CN |
Female | zh-CN-XiaoyouNeural |
Child voice, optimized for story narrating |
| Chinese (Mandarin, Simplified) | zh-CN |
Male | zh-CN-YunxiNeural |
General, multiple styles available using SSML |
| Chinese (Mandarin, Simplified) | zh-CN |
Male | zh-CN-YunyangNeural |
Optimized for news reading, multiple voice styles available using SSML |
| Chinese (Mandarin, Simplified) | zh-CN |
Male | zh-CN-YunyeNeural |
Optimized for story narrating |
| Chinese (Taiwanese Mandarin) | zh-TW |
Female | zh-TW-HsiaoChenNeural |
General |
| Chinese (Taiwanese Mandarin) | zh-TW |
Female | zh-TW-HsiaoYuNeural |
General |
| Chinese (Taiwanese Mandarin) | zh-TW |
Male | zh-TW-YunJheNeural |
General |
| Croatian (Croatia) | hr-HR |
Female | hr-HR-GabrijelaNeural |
General |
| Croatian (Croatia) | hr-HR |
Male | hr-HR-SreckoNeural |
General |
| Czech (Czech) | cs-CZ |
Female | cs-CZ-VlastaNeural |
General |
| Czech (Czech) | cs-CZ |
Male | cs-CZ-AntoninNeural |
General |
| Danish (Denmark) | da-DK |
Female | da-DK-ChristelNeural |
General |
| Danish (Denmark) | da-DK |
Male | da-DK-JeppeNeural |
General |
| Dutch (Belgium) | nl-BE |
Female | nl-BE-DenaNeural |
General |
| Dutch (Belgium) | nl-BE |
Male | nl-BE-ArnaudNeural |
General |
| Dutch (Netherlands) | nl-NL |
Female | nl-NL-ColetteNeural |
General |
| Dutch (Netherlands) | nl-NL |
Female | nl-NL-FennaNeural |
General |
| Dutch (Netherlands) | nl-NL |
Male | nl-NL-MaartenNeural |
General |
| English (Australia) | en-AU |
Female | en-AU-NatashaNeural |
General |
| English (Australia) | en-AU |
Male | en-AU-WilliamNeural |
General |
| English (Canada) | en-CA |
Female | en-CA-ClaraNeural |
General |
| English (Canada) | en-CA |
Male | en-CA-LiamNeural |
General |
| English (Hongkong) | en-HK |
Female | en-HK-YanNeural |
General |
| English (Hongkong) | en-HK |
Male | en-HK-SamNeural |
General |
| English (India) | en-IN |
Female | en-IN-NeerjaNeural |
General |
| English (India) | en-IN |
Male | en-IN-PrabhatNeural |
General |
| English (Ireland) | en-IE |
Female | en-IE-EmilyNeural |
General |
| English (Ireland) | en-IE |
Male | en-IE-ConnorNeural |
General |
| English (Kenya) | en-KE |
Female | en-KE-AsiliaNeural New |
General |
| English (Kenya) | en-KE |
Male | en-KE-ChilembaNeural New |
General |
| English (New Zealand) | en-NZ |
Female | en-NZ-MollyNeural |
General |
| English (New Zealand) | en-NZ |
Male | en-NZ-MitchellNeural |
General |
| English (Nigeria) | en-NG |
Female | en-NG-EzinneNeural New |
General |
| English (Nigeria) | en-NG |
Male | en-NG-AbeoNeural New |
General |
| English (Philippines) | en-PH |
Female | en-PH-RosaNeural |
General |
| English (Philippines) | en-PH |
Male | en-PH-JamesNeural |
General |
| English (Singapore) | en-SG |
Female | en-SG-LunaNeural |
General |
| English (Singapore) | en-SG |
Male | en-SG-WayneNeural |
General |
| English (South Africa) | en-ZA |
Female | en-ZA-LeahNeural |
General |
| English (South Africa) | en-ZA |
Male | en-ZA-LukeNeural |
General |
| English (Tanzania) | en-TZ |
Female | en-TZ-ImaniNeural New |
General |
| English (Tanzania) | en-TZ |
Male | en-TZ-ElimuNeural New |
General |
| English (United Kingdom) | en-GB |
Female | en-GB-LibbyNeural |
General |
| English (United Kingdom) | en-GB |
Female | en-GB-SoniaNeural |
General |
| English (United Kingdom) | en-GB |
Female | en-GB-MiaNeural Retired on 30 October 2021, see below |
General |
| English (United Kingdom) | en-GB |
Male | en-GB-RyanNeural |
General |
| English (United States) | en-US |
Female | en-US-AmberNeural |
General |
| English (United States) | en-US |
Female | en-US-AriaNeural |
General, multiple voice styles available using SSML |
| English (United States) | en-US |
Female | en-US-AshleyNeural |
General |
| English (United States) | en-US |
Female | en-US-CoraNeural |
General |
| English (United States) | en-US |
Female | en-US-ElizabethNeural |
General |
| English (United States) | en-US |
Female | en-US-JennyNeural |
General, multiple voice styles available using SSML |
| English (United States) | en-US |
Female | en-US-MichelleNeural |
General |
| English (United States) | en-US |
Female | en-US-MonicaNeural |
General |
| English (United States) | en-US |
Female | en-US-SaraNeural |
General, multiple voice styles available using SSML |
| English (United States) | en-US |
Kid | en-US-AnaNeural |
General |
| English (United States) | en-US |
Male | en-US-BrandonNeural |
General |
| English (United States) | en-US |
Male | en-US-ChristopherNeural |
General |
| English (United States) | en-US |
Male | en-US-EricNeural |
General |
| English (United States) | en-US |
Male | en-US-GuyNeural |
General, multiple voice styles available using SSML |
| English (United States) | en-US |
Male | en-US-JacobNeural |
General |
| Estonian (Estonia) | et-EE |
Female | et-EE-AnuNeural |
General |
| Estonian (Estonia) | et-EE |
Male | et-EE-KertNeural |
General |
| Filipino (Philippines) | fil-PH |
Female | fil-PH-BlessicaNeural New |
General |
| Filipino (Philippines) | fil-PH |
Male | fil-PH-AngeloNeural New |
General |
| Finnish (Finland) | fi-FI |
Female | fi-FI-NooraNeural |
General |
| Finnish (Finland) | fi-FI |
Female | fi-FI-SelmaNeural |
General |
| Finnish (Finland) | fi-FI |
Male | fi-FI-HarriNeural |
General |
| French (Belgium) | fr-BE |
Female | fr-BE-CharlineNeural |
General |
| French (Belgium) | fr-BE |
Male | fr-BE-GerardNeural |
General |
| French (Canada) | fr-CA |
Female | fr-CA-SylvieNeural |
General |
| French (Canada) | fr-CA |
Male | fr-CA-AntoineNeural |
General |
| French (Canada) | fr-CA |
Male | fr-CA-JeanNeural |
General |
| French (France) | fr-FR |
Female | fr-FR-DeniseNeural |
General |
| French (France) | fr-FR |
Male | fr-FR-HenriNeural |
General |
| French (Switzerland) | fr-CH |
Female | fr-CH-ArianeNeural |
General |
| French (Switzerland) | fr-CH |
Male | fr-CH-FabriceNeural |
General |
| Galician (Spain) | gl-ES |
Female | gl-ES-SabelaNeural New |
General |
| Galician (Spain) | gl-ES |
Male | gl-ES-RoiNeural New |
General |
| German (Austria) | de-AT |
Female | de-AT-IngridNeural |
General |
| German (Austria) | de-AT |
Male | de-AT-JonasNeural |
General |
| German (Germany) | de-DE |
Female | de-DE-KatjaNeural |
General |
| German (Germany) | de-DE |
Male | de-DE-ConradNeural |
General |
| German (Switzerland) | de-CH |
Female | de-CH-LeniNeural |
General |
| German (Switzerland) | de-CH |
Male | de-CH-JanNeural |
General |
| Greek (Greece) | el-GR |
Female | el-GR-AthinaNeural |
General |
| Greek (Greece) | el-GR |
Male | el-GR-NestorasNeural |
General |
| Gujarati (India) | gu-IN |
Female | gu-IN-DhwaniNeural |
General |
| Gujarati (India) | gu-IN |
Male | gu-IN-NiranjanNeural |
General |
| Hebrew (Israel) | he-IL |
Female | he-IL-HilaNeural |
General |
| Hebrew (Israel) | he-IL |
Male | he-IL-AvriNeural |
General |
| Hindi (India) | hi-IN |
Female | hi-IN-SwaraNeural |
General |
| Hindi (India) | hi-IN |
Male | hi-IN-MadhurNeural |
General |
| Hungarian (Hungary) | hu-HU |
Female | hu-HU-NoemiNeural |
General |
| Hungarian (Hungary) | hu-HU |
Male | hu-HU-TamasNeural |
General |
| Indonesian (Indonesia) | id-ID |
Female | id-ID-GadisNeural |
General |
| Indonesian (Indonesia) | id-ID |
Male | id-ID-ArdiNeural |
General |
| Irish (Ireland) | ga-IE |
Female | ga-IE-OrlaNeural |
General |
| Irish (Ireland) | ga-IE |
Male | ga-IE-ColmNeural |
General |
| Italian (Italy) | it-IT |
Female | it-IT-ElsaNeural |
General |
| Italian (Italy) | it-IT |
Female | it-IT-IsabellaNeural |
General |
| Italian (Italy) | it-IT |
Male | it-IT-DiegoNeural |
General |
| Japanese (Japan) | ja-JP |
Female | ja-JP-NanamiNeural |
General |
| Japanese (Japan) | ja-JP |
Male | ja-JP-KeitaNeural |
General |
| Javanese (Indonesia) | jv-ID |
Female | jv-ID-SitiNeural New |
General |
| Javanese (Indonesia) | jv-ID |
Male | jv-ID-DimasNeural New |
General |
| Khmer (Cambodia) | km-KH |
Female | km-KH-SreymomNeural New |
General |
| Khmer (Cambodia) | km-KH |
Male | km-KH-PisethNeural New |
General |
| Korean (Korea) | ko-KR |
Female | ko-KR-SunHiNeural |
General |
| Korean (Korea) | ko-KR |
Male | ko-KR-InJoonNeural |
General |
| Latvian (Latvia) | lv-LV |
Female | lv-LV-EveritaNeural |
General |
| Latvian (Latvia) | lv-LV |
Male | lv-LV-NilsNeural |
General |
| Lithuanian (Lithuania) | lt-LT |
Female | lt-LT-OnaNeural |
General |
| Lithuanian (Lithuania) | lt-LT |
Male | lt-LT-LeonasNeural |
General |
| Malay (Malaysia) | ms-MY |
Female | ms-MY-YasminNeural |
General |
| Malay (Malaysia) | ms-MY |
Male | ms-MY-OsmanNeural |
General |
| Maltese (Malta) | mt-MT |
Female | mt-MT-GraceNeural |
General |
| Maltese (Malta) | mt-MT |
Male | mt-MT-JosephNeural |
General |
| Marathi (India) | mr-IN |
Female | mr-IN-AarohiNeural |
General |
| Marathi (India) | mr-IN |
Male | mr-IN-ManoharNeural |
General |
| Norwegian (Bokmål, Norway) | nb-NO |
Female | nb-NO-IselinNeural |
General |
| Norwegian (Bokmål, Norway) | nb-NO |
Female | nb-NO-PernilleNeural |
General |
| Norwegian (Bokmål, Norway) | nb-NO |
Male | nb-NO-FinnNeural |
General |
| Persian (Iran) | fa-IR |
Female | fa-IR-DilaraNeural New |
General |
| Persian (Iran) | fa-IR |
Male | fa-IR-FaridNeural New |
General |
| Polish (Poland) | pl-PL |
Female | pl-PL-AgnieszkaNeural |
General |
| Polish (Poland) | pl-PL |
Female | pl-PL-ZofiaNeural |
General |
| Polish (Poland) | pl-PL |
Male | pl-PL-MarekNeural |
General |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | pt-BR |
Female | pt-BR-FranciscaNeural |
General, multiple voice styles available using SSML |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | pt-BR |
Male | pt-BR-AntonioNeural |
General |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | pt-PT |
Female | pt-PT-FernandaNeural |
General |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | pt-PT |
Female | pt-PT-RaquelNeural |
General |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | pt-PT |
Male | pt-PT-DuarteNeural |
General |
| Romanian (Romania) | ro-RO |
Female | ro-RO-AlinaNeural |
General |
| Romanian (Romania) | ro-RO |
Male | ro-RO-EmilNeural |
General |
| Russian (Russia) | ru-RU |
Female | ru-RU-DariyaNeural |
General |
| Russian (Russia) | ru-RU |
Female | ru-RU-SvetlanaNeural |
General |
| Russian (Russia) | ru-RU |
Male | ru-RU-DmitryNeural |
General |
| Slovak (Slovakia) | sk-SK |
Female | sk-SK-ViktoriaNeural |
General |
| Slovak (Slovakia) | sk-SK |
Male | sk-SK-LukasNeural |
General |
| Slovenian (Slovenia) | sl-SI |
Female | sl-SI-PetraNeural |
General |
| Slovenian (Slovenia) | sl-SI |
Male | sl-SI-RokNeural |
General |
| Somali (Somalia) | so-SO |
Female | so-SO-UbaxNeural New |
General |
| Somali (Somalia) | so-SO |
Male | so-SO-MuuseNeural New |
General |
| Spanish (Argentina) | es-AR |
Female | es-AR-ElenaNeural |
General |
| Spanish (Argentina) | es-AR |
Male | es-AR-TomasNeural |
General |
| Spanish (Bolivia) | es-BO |
Female | es-BO-SofiaNeural New |
General |
| Spanish (Bolivia) | es-BO |
Male | es-BO-MarceloNeural New |
General |
| Spanish (Chile) | es-CL |
Female | es-CL-CatalinaNeural New |
General |
| Spanish (Chile) | es-CL |
Male | es-CL-LorenzoNeural New |
General |
| Spanish (Colombia) | es-CO |
Female | es-CO-SalomeNeural |
General |
| Spanish (Colombia) | es-CO |
Male | es-CO-GonzaloNeural |
General |
| Spanish (Costa Rica) | es-CR |
Female | es-CR-MariaNeural New |
General |
| Spanish (Costa Rica) | es-CR |
Male | es-CR-JuanNeural New |
General |
| Spanish (Cuba) | es-CU |
Female | es-CU-BelkysNeural New |
General |
| Spanish (Cuba) | es-CU |
Male | es-CU-ManuelNeural New |
General |
| Spanish (Dominican Republic) | es-DO |
Female | es-DO-RamonaNeural New |
General |
| Spanish (Dominican Republic) | es-DO |
Male | es-DO-EmilioNeural New |
General |
| Spanish (Ecuador) | es-EC |
Female | es-EC-AndreaNeural New |
General |
| Spanish (Ecuador) | es-EC |
Male | es-EC-LuisNeural New |
General |
| Spanish (El Salvador) | es-SV |
Female | es-SV-LorenaNeural New |
General |
| Spanish (El Salvador) | es-SV |
Male | es-SV-RodrigoNeural New |
General |
| Spanish (Equatorial Guinea) | es-GQ |
Female | es-GQ-TeresaNeural New |
General |
| Spanish (Equatorial Guinea) | es-GQ |
Male | es-GQ-JavierNeural New |
General |
| Spanish (Guatemala) | es-GT |
Female | es-GT-MartaNeural New |
General |
| Spanish (Guatemala) | es-GT |
Male | es-GT-AndresNeural New |
General |
| Spanish (Honduras) | es-HN |
Female | es-HN-KarlaNeural New |
General |
| Spanish (Honduras) | es-HN |
Male | es-HN-CarlosNeural New |
General |
| Spanish (Mexico) | es-MX |
Female | es-MX-DaliaNeural |
General |
| Spanish (Mexico) | es-MX |
Male | es-MX-JorgeNeural |
General |
| Spanish (Nicaragua) | es-NI |
Female | es-NI-YolandaNeural New |
General |
| Spanish (Nicaragua) | es-NI |
Male | es-NI-FedericoNeural New |
General |
| Spanish (Panama) | es-PA |
Female | es-PA-MargaritaNeural New |
General |
| Spanish (Panama) | es-PA |
Male | es-PA-RobertoNeural New |
General |
| Spanish (Paraguay) | es-PY |
Female | es-PY-TaniaNeural New |
General |
| Spanish (Paraguay) | es-PY |
Male | es-PY-MarioNeural New |
General |
| Spanish (Peru) | es-PE |
Female | es-PE-CamilaNeural New |
General |
| Spanish (Peru) | es-PE |
Male | es-PE-AlexNeural New |
General |
| Spanish (Puerto Rico) | es-PR |
Female | es-PR-Karina Neural New |
General |
| Spanish (Puerto Rico) | es-PR |
Male | es-PR-Victor Neural New |
General |
| Spanish (Spain) | es-ES |
Female | es-ES-ElviraNeural |
General |
| Spanish (Spain) | es-ES |
Male | es-ES-AlvaroNeural |
General |
| Spanish (Uruguay) | es-UY |
Female | es-UY-ValentinaNeural New |
General |
| Spanish (Uruguay) | es-UY |
Male | es-UY-MateoNeural New |
General |
| Spanish (US) | es-US |
Female | es-US-PalomaNeural |
General |
| Spanish (US) | es-US |
Male | es-US-AlonsoNeural |
General |
| Spanish (Venezuela) | es-VE |
Female | es-VE-PaolaNeural New |
General |
| Spanish (Venezuela) | es-VE |
Male | es-VE-SebastianNeural New |
General |
| Sundanese (Indonesia) | su-ID |
Female | su-ID-TutiNeural New |
General |
| Sundanese (Indonesia) | su-ID |
Male | su-ID-JajangNeural New |
General |
| Swahili (Kenya) | sw-KE |
Female | sw-KE-ZuriNeural |
General |
| Swahili (Kenya) | sw-KE |
Male | sw-KE-RafikiNeural |
General |
| Swahili (Tanzania) | sw-TZ |
Female | sw-TZ-RehemaNeural New |
General |
| Swahili (Tanzania) | sw-TZ |
Male | sw-TZ-DaudiNeural New |
General |
| Swedish (Sweden) | sv-SE |
Female | sv-SE-HilleviNeural |
General |
| Swedish (Sweden) | sv-SE |
Female | sv-SE-SofieNeural |
General |
| Swedish (Sweden) | sv-SE |
Male | sv-SE-MattiasNeural |
General |
| Tamil (India) | ta-IN |
Female | ta-IN-PallaviNeural |
General |
| Tamil (India) | ta-IN |
Male | ta-IN-ValluvarNeural |
General |
| Tamil (Singapore) | ta-SG |
Female | ta-SG-VenbaNeural New |
General |
| Tamil (Singapore) | ta-SG |
Male | ta-SG-AnbuNeural New |
General |
| Tamil (Sri Lanka) | ta-LK |
Female | ta-LK-SaranyaNeural New |
General |
| Tamil (Sri Lanka) | ta-LK |
Male | ta-LK-KumarNeural New |
General |
| Telugu (India) | te-IN |
Female | te-IN-ShrutiNeural |
General |
| Telugu (India) | te-IN |
Male | te-IN-MohanNeural |
General |
| Thai (Thailand) | th-TH |
Female | th-TH-AcharaNeural |
General |
| Thai (Thailand) | th-TH |
Female | th-TH-PremwadeeNeural |
General |
| Thai (Thailand) | th-TH |
Male | th-TH-NiwatNeural |
General |
| Turkish (Turkey) | tr-TR |
Female | tr-TR-EmelNeural |
General |
| Turkish (Turkey) | tr-TR |
Male | tr-TR-AhmetNeural |
General |
| Ukrainian (Ukraine) | uk-UA |
Female | uk-UA-PolinaNeural |
General |
| Ukrainian (Ukraine) | uk-UA |
Male | uk-UA-OstapNeural |
General |
| Urdu (India) | ur-IN |
Female | ur-IN-GulNeural New |
General |
| Urdu (India) | ur-IN |
Male | ur-IN-SalmanNeural New |
General |
| Urdu (Pakistan) | ur-PK |
Female | ur-PK-UzmaNeural |
General |
| Urdu (Pakistan) | ur-PK |
Male | ur-PK-AsadNeural |
General |
| Uzbek (Uzbekistan) | uz-UZ |
Female | uz-UZ-MadinaNeural New |
General |
| Uzbek (Uzbekistan) | uz-UZ |
Male | uz-UZ-SardorNeural New |
General |
| Vietnamese (Vietnam) | vi-VN |
Female | vi-VN-HoaiMyNeural |
General |
| Vietnamese (Vietnam) | vi-VN |
Male | vi-VN-NamMinhNeural |
General |
| Welsh (United Kingdom) | cy-GB |
Female | cy-GB-NiaNeural |
General |
| Welsh (United Kingdom) | cy-GB |
Male | cy-GB-AledNeural |
General |
| Zulu (South Africa) | zu-ZA |
Female | zu-ZA-ThandoNeural New |
General |
| Zulu (South Africa) | zu-ZA |
Male | zu-ZA-ThembaNeural New |
General |
Important
The English (United Kingdom) voice en-GB-MiaNeural retired on 30 October 2021. All service requests to en-GB-MiaNeural now will be re-directed to en-GB-SoniaNeural automatically since 30 October 2021.
If you are using container Neural TTS, please download and deploy the latest version, starting from 30 October 2021, all requests with previous versions will be rejected.
Prebuilt neural voices in preview
Below neural voices are in public preview.
| Language | Locale | Gender | Voice name | Style support |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English (United States) | en-US |
Female | en-US-JennyMultilingualNeural New |
General，multi-lingual capabilities available using SSML |
| Chinese (Mandarin, Simplified) | zh-CN |
Female | zh-CN-XiaochenNeural New |
Optimized for spontaneous conversation |
| Chinese (Mandarin, Simplified) | zh-CN |
Female | zh-CN-XiaoyanNeural New |
Optimized for customer service |
| Chinese (Mandarin, Simplified) | zh-CN |
Female | zh-CN-XiaoshuangNeural New |
Child voice，optimized for child story and chat; multiple voice styles available using SSML |
| Chinese (Mandarin, Simplified) | zh-CN |
Female | zh-CN-XiaoqiuNeural New |
Optimized for narrating |
Important
Voices in public preview are only available in 3 service regions: East US, West Europe and Southeast Asia.
Tip
en-US-JennyNeuralMultilingual supports multiple languages. Check the voices list API for supported languages list.
For more information about regional availability, see regions.
To learn how you can configure and adjust neural voices, such as Speaking Styles, see Speech Synthesis Markup Language.
Important
The en-US-JessaNeural voice has changed to en-US-AriaNeural. If you were using "Jessa" before, convert over to "Aria".
Tip
You can continue to use the full service name mapping like "Microsoft Server Speech Text to Speech Voice (en-US, ChristopherNeural)" in your speech synthesis requests.
Custom neural voice
Custom neural voice lets you create synthetic voices that are rich in speaking styles. You can create a unique brand voice in multiple languages and styles by using a small set of recording data.
Select the right locale that matches the training data you have to train a custom neural voice model. For example, if the recording data you have is spoken in English with a British accent, select en-GB.
With the cross-lingual feature (preview), you can transfer you custom neural voice model to speak a second language. For example, with the zh-CN data, you can create a voice that speaks en-AU or any of the languages marked 'yes' in the 'cross-lingual' column below.
| Language | Locale | Cross-lingual (preview) |
|---|---|---|
| Arabic (Egypt) | ar-EG |
No |
| Bulgarian (Bulgaria) | bg-BG |
No |
| Chinese (Mandarin, Simplified) | zh-CN |
Yes |
| Chinese (Mandarin, Simplified), English bilingual | zh-CN bilingual |
Yes |
| Chinese (Taiwanese Mandarin) | zh-TW |
No |
| Czech (Czech) | cs-CZ |
No |
| Dutch (Netherlands) | nl-NL |
No |
| English (Australia) | en-AU |
Yes |
| English (Canada) | en-CA |
No |
| English (India) | en-IN |
No |
| English (Ireland) | en-IE |
No |
| English (United Kingdom) | en-GB |
Yes |
| English (United States) | en-US |
Yes |
| French (Canada) | fr-CA |
Yes |
| French (France) | fr-FR |
Yes |
| German (Austria) | de-AT |
No |
| German (Germany) | de-DE |
Yes |
| Hungarian (Hungary) | hu-HU |
No |
| Italian (Italy) | it-IT |
Yes |
| Japanese (Japan) | ja-JP |
Yes |
| Korean (Korea) | ko-KR |
Yes |
| Norwegian (Bokmål, Norway) | nb-NO |
No |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | pt-BR |
Yes |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | pt-PT |
No |
| Russian (Russia) | ru-RU |
Yes |
| Slovak (Slovakia) | sk-SK |
No |
| Spanish (Mexico) | es-MX |
Yes |
| Spanish (Spain) | es-ES |
Yes |
| Turkish (Turkey) | tr-TR |
No |
| Vietnamese (Vietnam) | vi-VN |
No |
Speech translation
The Speech Translation API supports different languages for speech-to-speech and speech-to-text translation. The source language must always be from the Speech-to-text language table. The available target languages depend on whether the translation target is speech or text. You may translate incoming speech into any of the supported languages. A subset of languages are available for speech synthesis.
Text languages
| Text language | Language code |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | af |
| Albanian | sq |
| Amharic | am |
| Arabic | ar |
| Armenian | hy |
| Assamese | as |
| Azerbaijani | az |
| Bangla | bn |
| Bosnian (Latin) | bs |
| Bulgarian | bg |
| Cantonese (Traditional) | yue |
| Catalan | ca |
| Chinese (Literary) | lzh |
| Chinese Simplified | zh-Hans |
| Chinese Traditional | zh-Hant |
| Croatian | hr |
| Czech | cs |
| Danish | da |
| Dari | prs |
| Dutch | nl |
| English | en |
| Estonian | et |
| Fijian | fj |
| Filipino | fil |
| Finnish | fi |
| French | fr |
| French (Canada) | fr-ca |
| German | de |
| Greek | el |
| Gujarati | gu |
| Haitian Creole | ht |
| Hebrew | he |
| Hindi | hi |
| Hmong Daw | mww |
| Hungarian | hu |
| Icelandic | is |
| Indonesian | id |
| Inuktitut | iu |
| Irish | ga |
| Italian | it |
| Japanese | ja |
| Kannada | kn |
| Kazakh | kk |
| Khmer | km |
| Klingon | tlh-Latn |
| Klingon (plqaD) | tlh-Piqd |
| Korean | ko |
| Kurdish (Central) | ku |
| Kurdish (Northern) | kmr |
| Lao | lo |
| Latvian | lv |
| Lithuanian | lt |
| Malagasy | mg |
| Malay | ms |
| Malayalam | ml |
| Maltese | mt |
| Maori | mi |
| Marathi | mr |
| Myanmar | my |
| Nepali | ne |
| Norwegian | nb |
| Odia | or |
| Pashto | ps |
| Persian | fa |
| Polish | pl |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | pt |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | pt-pt |
| Punjabi | pa |
| Queretaro Otomi | otq |
| Romanian | ro |
| Russian | ru |
| Samoan | sm |
| Serbian (Cyrillic) | sr-Cyrl |
| Serbian (Latin) | sr-Latn |
| Slovak | sk |
| Slovenian | sl |
| Spanish | es |
| Swahili | sw |
| Swedish | sv |
| Tahitian | ty |
| Tamil | ta |
| Telugu | te |
| Thai | th |
| Tigrinya | ti |
| Tongan | to |
| Turkish | tr |
| Ukrainian | uk |
| Urdu | ur |
| Vietnamese | vi |
| Welsh | cy |
| Yucatec Maya | yua |
Speaker Recognition
Speaker recognition is mostly language agnostic. We built a universal model for text-independent speaker recognition by combining various data sources from multiple languages. We have tuned and evaluated the model on the languages and locales that appear in the following table. See the overview for additional information on Speaker Recognition.
| Language | Locale (BCP-47) | Text-dependent verification | Text-independent verification | Text-independent identification |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English (US) | en-US |
yes | yes | yes |
| Chinese (Mandarin, simplified) | zh-CN |
n/a | yes | yes |
| English (Australia) | en-AU |
n/a | yes | yes |
| English (Canada) | en-CA |
n/a | yes | yes |
| English (India) | en-IN |
n/a | yes | yes |
| English (UK) | en-GB |
n/a | yes | yes |
| French (Canada) | fr-CA |
n/a | yes | yes |
| French (France) | fr-FR |
n/a | yes | yes |
| German (Germany) | de-DE |
n/a | yes | yes |
| Italian | it-IT |
n/a | yes | yes |
| Japanese | ja-JP |
n/a | yes | yes |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | pt-BR |
n/a | yes | yes |
| Spanish (Mexico) | es-MX |
n/a | yes | yes |
| Spanish (Spain) | es-ES |
n/a | yes | yes |
Custom Keyword and Keyword Verification
The following table outlines supported languages for Custom Keyword and Keyword Verification.
| Language | Locale (BCP-47) | Custom Keyword | Keyword Verification |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chinese (Mandarin, Simplified) | zh-CN | Yes | Yes |
| English (United States) | en-US | Yes | Yes |
| Japanese (Japan) | ja-JP | No | Yes |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | pt-BR | No | Yes |