How to Create Microsoft Azure Account:
Step 1: Go to the Azure home page.
Step 2: Create new account and afterwards sigin into your Azure Portal under your Profile on the top right corner.
Step 3: Click on Create a resource.
Step 4: Search for keyword: speech and select the first Speech service from Azure.
Step 5: Afterwards, click Create button.
Step 6: Fill in the required information
- Name: Any string to identify this resource
- Subscription: Free Trial (default)
- Location: select Azure region as you prefer. Warning! Not every language/voice is available in all Azure regions, we strongly recommend to consider either US East or West Europe regions.
- Pricing Tier: Free F0 is good for starting only, it has limitation in concurrency, refer to Azure Documentations to get exact numbers. Standard S0 will start billing.
- Resrouce Group: Any string to group your resources.
Step 7: Almost there, on this the next page click on Click here to manage keys.
Step 8: Copy one of the keys.
Step 9: These keys are used to access your Azure TTS Service API. Do not share your keys. Store them securely– for example, using Azure Key Vault. We also recommend regenerating these keys regularly. Only one key is necessary to make an API call. When regenerating the first key, you can use the second key for continued access to the service.
Step 10: Go to Admin Panel, AI Management -> AI Settings, and enter API Key for Azure, make sure you select proper Azure Region as shown in the previous step with your key.
