Develop a speech agent with the Azure Speech MCP server

  • Module
  • 6 Units
Intermediate
AI Engineer
Developer
Microsoft Foundry
Azure AI Speech

Learn how to build an AI agent that uses the Azure Speech MCP server to perform speech-to-text and text-to-speech tasks.

Learning objectives

After completing this module, you'll be able to:

  • Describe the Azure Speech MCP server and the speech capabilities it exposes.
  • Explain how MCP enables dynamic tool discovery and selection by AI agents.
  • Set up Azure Blob Storage for audio file input and output.
  • Connect the Azure Speech MCP server to an agent in Microsoft Foundry.
  • Build a Python client application that invokes an agent to perform speech tasks.

Prerequisites

Before starting this module, you should:

  • Be familiar with Azure services and the Microsoft Foundry portal.
  • Have experience deploying generative AI models in Microsoft Foundry.
  • Have some familiarity with Python programming.
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