Azure Brian voice degraded, monotonous

Peter Mwansa 0 Reputation points
2025-01-14T11:32:36.34+00:00

I have been using Brian's voiceover since it was introduced. It was better before until somewhere around April 2024. It lost life and became monotonous, especially after the introduction of Brian Multilingual. I waited expecting the voice quality might be fixed. But hasn't. Will the voice quality be fixed or it's just on my end?

Azure AI Speech
Azure AI Speech
An Azure service that integrates speech processing into apps and services.
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  1. santoshkc 12,420 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
    2025-01-15T10:33:01.6633333+00:00

    Hi @Peter Mwansa,

    Thank you for reaching out to Microsoft Q&A forum!

    The changes in the "Brian" voice are due to Azure AI Speech updates that introduced multilingual support and altered voice characteristics. While these updates aimed to improve quality, some users have found the voice to be more monotonous. Additionally, Azure retired the Standard Voice, encouraging a shift to Neural Voices.

    If the changes affect your use case, submit feedback via the Azure Feedback Forum. Here's the link to the Azure Feedback Forum: Post idea · Community (azure.com). Additionally, review and test the new voice models and styles to see if they align with your needs.

    For more info, see: Azure AI Speech Release notes and consider exploring alternative voices or settings.

    I hope you understand. Do let us know if you any further queries.


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