General Availability: Custom Neural Voice, a Text-to-Speech capability within Speech Service

Announcing Custom Neural Voice, now available in general availability. It is important to note that although Custom Neural Voice is GA from a technological standpoint, interested [customers must apply](https://aka.ms/customneural) and be approved to use it. Alternatively, developers can add text-to-speech (TTS) capabilities to their apps quickly by creating an Azure Speech instance and selecting from a rich choice of over 200 voices, including [129 neural voices](https://nam06.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdocs.microsoft.com%2Fen-us%2Fazure%2Fcognitive-services%2Fspeech-service%2Flanguage-support%23neural-voices&data=04%7C01%7Cwmendoza%40microsoft.com%7C68f676a1366349b1fe1a08d887704bb8%7C72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7C1%7C0%7C637408263841622128%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=8lKFPjlZXg61bWl7%2FNHfLysUWkeeeLxRKubo%2FKZrQAI%3D&reserved=0) and [77 standard voices](https://nam06.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdocs.microsoft.com%2Fen-us%2Fazure%2Fcognitive-services%2Fspeech-service%2Flanguage-support%23standard-voices&data=04%7C01%7Cwmendoza%40microsoft.com%7C68f676a1366349b1fe1a08d887704bb8%7C72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7C1%7C0%7C637408263841632126%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=6c1SLCWJpDcCMmnn57kjefN2bwfFPc0DtOaJ9Ufh9Jk%3D&reserved=0) across 54 languages/locales. * [Apply to build your own Custom Neural Voice](https://aka.ms/customneural) * [Learn how customers are transforming experiences with custom voice fonts](https://aka.ms/CNVGATechBlog) * [Get started with Azure TTS API](https://nam06.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdocs.microsoft.com%2Fen-us%2Fazure%2Fcognitive-services%2Fspeech-service%2Findex-text-to-speech&data=04%7C01%7Cwmendoza%40microsoft.com%7C68f676a1366349b1fe1a08d887704bb8%7C72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7C1%7C0%7C637408263841632126%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=18RFzM23Cuj3BSfJnLIJqok5mWDTCwczGeAdQpzqq5g%3D&reserved=0). * [Apply to build a custom voice font](https://aka.ms/customneural). * [Use existing voice fonts](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cognitive-services/speech-service/index-text-to-speech). * [Learn more about responsible AI best practices](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cognitive-services/speech-service/concepts-gating-overview). * [Learn more](https://aka.ms/CNVGATechBlog). * Azure Cognitive Services * Features * [ Azure Cognitive Services](https://azure.microsoft.com/en-gb/products/cognitive-services/)