voice live with agents quickstart

Author: eric-urban

articles/ai-services/speech-service/includes/quickstarts/voice-live-agents/ai-foundry.md

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ In this article, you learn how to use voice live with [Azure AI Foundry Agent Se
 ## Prerequisites
 
 - An Azure subscription. <a href="https://azure.microsoft.com/free/ai-services" target="_blank">Create one for free</a>.
-- An [Azure AI Foundry resource](../../../../multi-service-resource.md) created in one of the supported regions. For more information about region availability, see the [Voice Live API overview documentation](../../../voice-live.md).
+- An [Azure AI Foundry resource](../../../../multi-service-resource.md) created in one of the supported regions. For more information about region availability, see the [voice live overview documentation](../../../voice-live.md).
 - An Azure AI Foundry agent created in the [Azure AI Foundry portal](https://ai.azure.com/?cid=learnDocs). For more information about creating an agent, see the [Create an agent quickstart](/azure/ai-foundry/agents/quickstart).
 
 > [!TIP]
@@ -37,17 +37,10 @@ To try out the voice live demo, follow these steps:
 
    :::image type="content" source="../../../media/voice-live/foundry-portal/casual-chat-start.png" alt-text="Screenshot of selecting the casual chat example scenario in the Speech playground." lightbox="../../../media/voice-live/foundry-portal/casual-chat-start.png":::
 
-1. Select **Start** to start chatting with the chat agent.
+1. Select an agent that you configured in the **Agents** playground.
 
-1. Select **End** to end the chat session.
+   :::image type="content" source="../../../media/voice-live/foundry-portal/casual-chat-bring-agent-select.png" alt-text="Screenshot of the option to bring an agent for voice live in the speech playground." lightbox="../../../media/voice-live/foundry-portal/casual-chat-bring-agent-select.png":::
 
-1. Select a new generative AI model from the drop-down list via **Configuration** > **GenAI** > **Generative AI model**. 
+1. Edit other settings as needed, such as the **Voice**, **Speaking rate**, and **Voice activity detection (VAD)**.
 
-   > [!NOTE]
-   > You can also select an agent that you configured in the **Agents** playground.
-
-   :::image type="content" source="../../../media/voice-live/foundry-portal/casual-chat-generative-ai-select.png" alt-text="Screenshot of the casual chat example scenario in the Speech playground." lightbox="../../../media/voice-live/foundry-portal/casual-chat-generative-ai-select.png":::
-
-1. Edit other settings as needed, such as the **Response instructions**, **Voice**, and **Speaking rate**.
-
-1. Select **Start** to start speaking again and select **End** to end the chat session.
+1. Select **Start** to start speaking and select **End** to end the chat session.

articles/ai-services/speech-service/includes/quickstarts/voice-live-agents/python.md

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ In this article, you learn how to use voice live with [Azure AI Foundry Agent Se
 
 - An Azure subscription. <a href="https://azure.microsoft.com/free/ai-services" target="_blank">Create one for free</a>.
 - <a href="https://www.python.org/" target="_blank">Python 3.8 or later version</a>. We recommend using Python 3.10 or later, but having at least Python 3.8 is required. If you don't have a suitable version of Python installed, you can follow the instructions in the [VS Code Python Tutorial](https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/python/python-tutorial#_install-a-python-interpreter) for the easiest way of installing Python on your operating system.
-- An [Azure AI Foundry resource](../../../../multi-service-resource.md) created in one of the supported regions. For more information about region availability, see the [Voice Live API overview documentation](../../../voice-live.md).
+- An [Azure AI Foundry resource](../../../../multi-service-resource.md) created in one of the supported regions. For more information about region availability, see the [voice live overview documentation](../../../voice-live.md).
 - An Azure AI Foundry agent created in the [Azure AI Foundry portal](https://ai.azure.com/?cid=learnDocs). For more information about creating an agent, see the [Create an agent quickstart](/azure/ai-foundry/agents/quickstart).
 
 > [!TIP]

articles/ai-services/speech-service/includes/quickstarts/voice-live-api/ai-foundry.md

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ In this article, you learn how to use voice live with generative AI and Azure AI
 ## Prerequisites
 
 - An Azure subscription. <a href="https://azure.microsoft.com/free/ai-services" target="_blank">Create one for free</a>.
-- An [Azure AI Foundry resource](../../../../multi-service-resource.md) created in one of the supported regions. For more information about region availability, see the [Voice Live API overview documentation](../../../voice-live.md).
+- An [Azure AI Foundry resource](../../../../multi-service-resource.md) created in one of the supported regions. For more information about region availability, see the [voice live overview documentation](../../../voice-live.md).
 
 > [!TIP]
 > To use voice live, you don't need to deploy an audio model with your Azure AI Foundry resource. Voice live is fully managed, and the model is automatically deployed for you. For more information about models availability, see the [voice live overview documentation](../../../voice-live.md).
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ To try out the voice live demo, follow these steps:
 1. Select a new generative AI model from the drop-down list via **Configuration** > **GenAI** > **Generative AI model**. 
 
    > [!NOTE]
-   > You can also select an agent that you configured in the **Agents** playground.
+   > You can also select an agent that you configured in the **Agents** playground. For more information, see the [voice live with Foundry agents quickstart](/azure/ai-services/speech-service/voice-live-agents-quickstart).
 
    :::image type="content" source="../../../media/voice-live/foundry-portal/casual-chat-generative-ai-select.png" alt-text="Screenshot of the casual chat example scenario in the Speech playground." lightbox="../../../media/voice-live/foundry-portal/casual-chat-generative-ai-select.png":::
 

articles/ai-services/speech-service/includes/quickstarts/voice-live-api/python.md

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ In this article, you learn how to use voice live with generative AI and Azure AI
 
 - An Azure subscription. <a href="https://azure.microsoft.com/free/ai-services" target="_blank">Create one for free</a>.
 - <a href="https://www.python.org/" target="_blank">Python 3.8 or later version</a>. We recommend using Python 3.10 or later, but having at least Python 3.8 is required. If you don't have a suitable version of Python installed, you can follow the instructions in the [VS Code Python Tutorial](https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/python/python-tutorial#_install-a-python-interpreter) for the easiest way of installing Python on your operating system.
-- An [Azure AI Foundry resource](../../../../multi-service-resource.md) created in one of the supported regions. For more information about region availability, see the [Voice Live API overview documentation](../../../voice-live.md).
+- An [Azure AI Foundry resource](../../../../multi-service-resource.md) created in one of the supported regions. For more information about region availability, see the [voice live overview documentation](../../../voice-live.md).
 
 > [!TIP]
 > To use voice live, you don't need to deploy an audio model with your Azure AI Foundry resource. Voice live is fully managed, and the model is automatically deployed for you. For more information about models availability, see the [voice live overview documentation](../../../voice-live.md).

articles/ai-services/speech-service/media/voice-live/foundry-portal/casual-chat-bring-agent-select.png

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ author: eric-urban
 ms.author: eur
 ms.service: azure-ai-speech
 ms.topic: how-to
-ms.date: 7/1/2025
+ms.date: 7/31/2025
 ms.custom: references_regions
 # Customer intent: As a developer, I want to learn about the voice live API for real-time voice agents.
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