Azure Speech at Build 2026: Powering Voice Agents with Real-Time and Life-like Experiences (opens in new tab)

Voice is rapidly becoming the default interface for AI. At Build 2026, Azure Speech in Foundry Tools is making it dramatically easier to ship production-grade voice experiences that feel real, responsive, and global. From agentic, low-latency Voice Live experiences built natively into Microsoft Foundry Agent, to a new generation of LLM powered Speech to text and Text to speech voices - every layer of the Speech stack is getting faster, more expressive, and more customizable. With a new unifie...