Is it possible to adjust the Content Filter for Azure AI TTS Services?

Question

Currently experiencing an issue with Azure AI TTS services. It appears that it is censoring content (used via the Azure AI service API).

For example, if it tries to say:

Bubba's perks from the game DBD are Barbecue & Chili, Franklin's Demise and Knockout.

It censors/bans the phrase "BBQ & Chili" and will not say the sentence. There are other instances where this is occurring as well.

Is there some sort of Content Filter that we can adjust for the TTS speech service to allow for certain words in this type of context?

Answer 1

@Syrehn Welcome to Microsoft Q&A Forum, Thank you for posting your query here!

I understand that you are experiencing an issue with Azure AI TTS services where it appears to be censoring content used via the Azure AI service API. You are looking for a way to adjust the content filter for the TTS speech service to allow for certain words in this type of context.

Avoiding / Updating the content filtering option isn't available for this scenario. However, I tried to use the same above sentence Bubba's perks from the game DBD are Barbecue & Chili, Franklin's Demise and Knockout. and I am able to make the speech service say the entire sentence without filtering any words.

I also tried it from the Azure Speech Studio, REST API and also using the Microsoft.CognitiveServices.Speech SDK. They all work as expected and able to pronounce all the phrase including Barbecue & Chili . May I know how did you try the TTS service for the above sentence ?

Action Plan:

Could you please open the Speech Studio portal and then try the Audio Content Creation feature ?

Then click on the New --> Text file:

Enter the concerned Text sentence, Select the Voice and Standard as Default. Then click on the Play button

More info about audio creation feature is here.

If you want to try it using the SDK, here is the sample code.

Hope this helps. Please let me know if you have any queries or concerns. I would be happy to help.

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