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Model infoModelsSnapshot: 15 Oct 2026

Microsoft AI / MAI-Voice

MAI-Voice-1

The first MAI speech-synthesis model, with English speech, voice prompting and sentence-level delivery controls. Its original API card is retained separately from later multilingual releases.

previewClosed weightsText-to-speech
Official documentation (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 14 Oct 2026
11 of 22 specification fields collected
Output formatsMP3, WAV, OpusSee specification notes below
Languages1 listedFull language list in specifications
Input billingSee ratesAzure Speech
Output billingSee ratesPublished units and conditions below

Specifications

Provider-documented facts. “Not collected” means we have not verified that field yet, not that the feature is unsupported.

Context / input limit
Not collected
Maximum input tokens
Not collected
Maximum output
Not collected
Reasoning
Not collected
Tool calling
Not collected
Structured output
Not collected
Streaming
Not collected
Batch processing
SupportedSource for Batch processing (opens in a new tab)

The original card lists asynchronous batch synthesis; present endpoint eligibility and discounts are unverified.

Fine-tuning
Not collected
Parameters
Not collected
Knowledge cutoff
Not collected
Context caching
Not collected
Model revision
2025-12-18Source for Model revision (opens in a new tab)

Catalog version, not initial announcement date.

Input file formats
Plain text, SSMLSource for Input file formats (opens in a new tab)
Output formats
MP3, WAV, OpusSource for Output formats (opens in a new tab)

Examples in the model card, not an exhaustive codec list.

Voice cloning
SupportedSource for Voice cloning (opens in a new tab)

Requires gated approval, consent recording and a personal voice profile.

Voice reference requirements
A short reference clip, up to 120 seconds, per the April 2026 card.Source for Voice reference requirements (opens in a new tab)
Voice controls
Emotion and tone at sentence or turn level.Source for Voice controls (opens in a new tab)

Access & pricing

Prices belong to an endpoint and billing tier. A provider listing does not guarantee access for every account or region.

API model ID
Not collected

Version-specific prebuilt voice names were not verified.

Access
Original card: POST /cognitiveservices/v1 with SSML, Speech SDK or asynchronous batch synthesis. Exact currently supported selectors are unresolved.
Regions
April 2026 card: Central US, Japan West and Sweden Central. Current expansion not verified.

Prices retain their published currencies and billing units below.

Published billing units · original currency · observed 14 Oct 2026
CategoryUsageRateUnit
Historical pricingSpeech synthesis1$22.001M characters

Rate conditions

  1. USD price published in the April 2026 model card. Current standalone Voice 1 billing and batch adjustments were not reverified.
Pricing source (opens in a new tab)

Data & enterprise terms

Model-specific retention and training-use policy not collected.

Caching

Caching can reuse earlier input processing. Availability, lifetime and billing depend on the endpoint. A cache hit still generates a new response.

01 / INITIAL INPUTProcess & retain

The system processes eligible input and retains reusable state.

02 / LATER REQUESTCheck available state

Reuse depends on matching input, session state and the cache policy.

03 / CACHE HITReuse & generate

Reusing state can reduce repeated work. Any charges follow the billing rules below.

Azure Speech

Not verified

No endpoint-specific cache contract verified for this version.

How it works
Not collected
Minimum reusable input
Not collected
Lifetime & refresh
Not collected
How to enable it
Not collected
Usage fields
Not collected
Billing rules
Not collected
Limits & data boundaries
Not collected

No verified cache rate for this endpoint. An empty rate is not a zero charge.

Caching reviewed 14 Oct 2026

What the measurements say

No benchmark observations have been added for this model. We do not turn a vendor description into a performance score.

Latency and throughput depend on the host, request size, reasoning settings and load. There is no measured speed or global usage figure in this record.

The record behind the model

Why it is included

Microsoft documents this as its internally developed MAI model, distributed through hosted Microsoft products or services. The reviewed materials provide no downloadable weights for this named model. Public Phi and MAI-DS-R1 families are not included by inference.

Classification evidence (opens in a new tab)

Sources reviewed