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I am testing an azure cognitive services speech. Pricing tier is free (f0). I followed instructions for creating instance and service. It is listed as Cognitive services, API type: speech
I am getting error code= 1 : ErrorDetails=WebSocket upgrade failed: Authentication error (401). Please check subscription information
This is pointing to either subscriptionkey or service region. I am using a C++ console sdk sample from https://github.com/Azure-Samples/cognitive-services-speech-sdk/tree/master/samples/cpp/windows/console
I am targeting the SpeechContinuousRecognitionWithFile() from SpeechRecognitionSamples ( option 1 then option 3). I only replaced key and region on this method.
I tried with two different regions in different instances: northeurope and westus. I tried three different keys. None worked.
I verified the subscription using this on powershell
$FetchTokenHeader = @{
'Content-type'='application/x-www-form-urlencoded';
'Content-Length'= '0';
'Ocp-Apim-Subscription-Key' = 'YOUR_SUBSCRIPTION_KEY'
}
$OAuthToken = Invoke-RestMethod -Method POST -Uri https://westus.api.cognitive.microsoft.com/sts/v1.0/issueToken
-Headers $FetchTokenHeader
$OAuthToken
Any idea on what to check is very much appreciated.
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Hi, thanks for reaching out. The error is most likely due to invalid endpoint for your region/service or issues with your subscription key. Please go to Azure portal > speech resource > resource management > Keys and Endpoint to confirm your authentication details.
Thank you for replying. The key used in the code matches that in the portal, as well as the region. I verified the keys using powershell as I pointed out. I even created a second set of keys, which also triggered the error. The code is not using endpoint. This is the code:
// Replace with your own subscription key and service region (e.g., "westus").
auto config2 = SpeechConfig::FromSubscription("MySubscriptionKey","westus");
// Creates a speech recognizer using file as audio input.
// Replace with your own audio file name.
auto audioInput = AudioConfig::FromWavFileInput("whatstheweatherlike.wav");
auto recognizer = SpeechRecognizer::FromConfig(config2, audioInput);
I had no issues running the speech recognition sample. Make sure you enter your subscription key and region throughout the code by using "find and replace". That should hopefully resolve the issue. Otherwise, it may be an issue with your subscription in which case you may need to contact Azure Support to investigate further.
OK, so I replaced the key and region in ALL the methods and it worked.
I thought it would be enough to replace "YourSubscriptionKey","Region) only on the method I wanted to test but no.
Thanks to GiftA-MFST