second time improve clarity, consistency, and tone in speech quickstart

Qi Ding · Qi Ding · commit 8e214719daec · 2025-05-14T14:57:59.000-07:00
diff --git a/articles/ai-services/speech-service/includes/common/environment-variables-resourcekey-endpoint.md b/articles/ai-services/speech-service/includes/common/environment-variables-resourcekey-endpoint.md
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ ms.date: 8/11/2024
 ms.author: eur
 ---
 
-You need to authenticate your application to access Azure AI services. This article shows you how to use environment variables to store your credentials. You can then access the environment variables from your code to authenticate your application. For production, use a more secure way to store and access your credentials. 
+You need to authenticate your application to access Azure AI services. This article shows you how to use environment variables to store your credentials. You can then access the environment variables from your code to authenticate your application. For production, use a more secure way to store and access your credentials.
 
 [!INCLUDE [Azure key vault](~/reusable-content/ce-skilling/azure/includes/ai-services/security/microsoft-entra-id-akv-expanded.md)]
 
diff --git a/articles/ai-services/speech-service/includes/quickstarts/speech-translation-basics/python.md b/articles/ai-services/speech-service/includes/quickstarts/speech-translation-basics/python.md
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ ms.author: eur
 ## Set up the environment
 
 The Speech SDK for Python is available as a [Python Package Index (PyPI) module](https://pypi.org/project/azure-cognitiveservices-speech/). The Speech SDK for Python is compatible with Windows, Linux, and macOS. 
-- Install the [Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2015, 2017, 2019, and 2022](/cpp/windows/latest-supported-vc-redist?view=msvc-170&preserve-view=true) for your platform. Restart your machine if this is your first time installing the package.
+- Install the [Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2015, 2017, 2019, and 2022](/cpp/windows/latest-supported-vc-redist?view=msvc-170&preserve-view=true) for your platform. Restart your machine if this is your first installation of the package.
 - Use the x64 target architecture on Linux.
 
 Install a version of [Python from 3.7 or later](https://www.python.org/downloads/). First check the [SDK installation guide](../../../quickstarts/setup-platform.md?pivots=programming-language-python) for any more requirements 
diff --git a/articles/ai-services/speech-service/includes/quickstarts/stt-diarization/cpp.md b/articles/ai-services/speech-service/includes/quickstarts/stt-diarization/cpp.md
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ Follow these steps to create a console application and install the Speech SDK.
 
 1. To change the speech recognition language, replace `en-US` with another [supported language](/azure/cognitive-services/speech-service/supported-languages). For example, `es-ES` for Spanish (Spain). The default language is `en-US` if you don't specify a language. For details about how to identify one of multiple languages that might be spoken, see [language identification](/azure/cognitive-services/speech-service/language-identification).
 
-1. [Build and run](/cpp/build/vscpp-step-2-build) your application to start conversation transcription:
+1. To start conversation transcription, [Build and run](/cpp/build/vscpp-step-2-build) your application:
 
    > [!IMPORTANT]
    > Make sure that you set the `SPEECH_KEY` and `ENDPOINT` [environment variables](#set-environment-variables). If you don't set these variables, the sample fails with an error message.
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ Speaker ID=Guest-2
 Speakers are identified as Guest-1, Guest-2, and so on, depending on the number of speakers in the conversation.
 
 > [!NOTE]
-> You might see `Speaker ID=Unknown` in some of the early intermediate results when the speaker is not yet identified. Without intermediate diarization results (if you don't set the `PropertyId::SpeechServiceResponse_DiarizeIntermediateResults` property to "true"), the speaker ID is always "Unknown".
+> You might see `Speaker ID=Unknown` in some of the early intermediate results when the speaker isn't yet identified. Without intermediate diarization results (if you don't set the `PropertyId::SpeechServiceResponse_DiarizeIntermediateResults` property to "true"), the speaker ID is always "Unknown."
 
 ## Clean up resources
 
diff --git a/articles/ai-services/speech-service/includes/quickstarts/stt-diarization/csharp.md b/articles/ai-services/speech-service/includes/quickstarts/stt-diarization/csharp.md
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ TRANSCRIBED: Text=That's exciting. Let me try it right now. Speaker ID=Guest-2
 Speakers are identified as Guest-1, Guest-2, and so on, depending on the number of speakers in the conversation. 
 
 > [!NOTE]
-> You might see `Speaker ID=Unknown` in some of the early intermediate results when the speaker is not yet identified. Without intermediate diarization results (if you don't set the `PropertyId.SpeechServiceResponse_DiarizeIntermediateResults` property to "true"), the speaker ID is always "Unknown".
+> You might see `Speaker ID=Unknown` in some of the early intermediate results when the speaker isn't yet identified. Without intermediate diarization results (if you don't set the `PropertyId.SpeechServiceResponse_DiarizeIntermediateResults` property to "true"), the speaker ID is always "Unknown."
 
 ## Clean up resources
 
diff --git a/articles/ai-services/speech-service/includes/quickstarts/stt-diarization/java.md b/articles/ai-services/speech-service/includes/quickstarts/stt-diarization/java.md
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ TRANSCRIBED: Text=That's exciting. Let me try it right now. Speaker ID=Guest-2
 Speakers are identified as Guest-1, Guest-2, and so on, depending on the number of speakers in the conversation.
 
 > [!NOTE]
-> You might see `Speaker ID=Unknown` in some of the early intermediate results when the speaker is not yet identified. Without intermediate diarization results (if you don't set the `PropertyId.SpeechServiceResponse_DiarizeIntermediateResults` property to "true"), the speaker ID is always "Unknown".
+> You might see `Speaker ID=Unknown` in some of the early intermediate results when the speaker isn't yet identified. Without intermediate diarization results (if you don't set the `PropertyId.SpeechServiceResponse_DiarizeIntermediateResults` property to "true"), the speaker ID is always "Unknown."
 
 ## Clean up resources
 
diff --git a/articles/ai-services/speech-service/includes/quickstarts/stt-diarization/python.md b/articles/ai-services/speech-service/includes/quickstarts/stt-diarization/python.md
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ ms.author: eur
 
 The Speech SDK for Python is available as a [Python Package Index (PyPI) module](https://pypi.org/project/azure-cognitiveservices-speech/). The Speech SDK for Python is compatible with Windows, Linux, and macOS.
 
-- You must install the [Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2015, 2017, 2019, and 2022](/cpp/windows/latest-supported-vc-redist?view=msvc-170&preserve-view=true) for your platform. Installing this package for the first time might require a restart.
-- On Linux, you must use the x64 target architecture.
+- Install the [Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2015, 2017, 2019, and 2022](/cpp/windows/latest-supported-vc-redist?view=msvc-170&preserve-view=true) for your platform. Restart your machine if this is your first installation of the package.
+- Use the x64 target architecture on Linux.
 
 Install a version of [Python from 3.7 or later](https://www.python.org/downloads/). First check the [SDK installation guide](../../../quickstarts/setup-platform.md?pivots=programming-language-python) for any more requirements. 
 
@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ TRANSCRIBED:
 Speakers are identified as Guest-1, Guest-2, and so on, depending on the number of speakers in the conversation.
 
 > [!NOTE]
-> You might see `Speaker ID=Unknown` in some of the early intermediate results when the speaker is not yet identified. Without intermediate diarization results (if you don't set the `PropertyId.SpeechServiceResponse_DiarizeIntermediateResults` property to "true"), the speaker ID is always "Unknown".
+> You might see `Speaker ID=Unknown` in some of the early intermediate results when the speaker isn't yet identified. Without intermediate diarization results (if you don't set the `PropertyId.SpeechServiceResponse_DiarizeIntermediateResults` property to "true"), the speaker ID is always "Unknown."
 
 ## Clean up resources
 
diff --git a/articles/ai-services/speech-service/includes/quickstarts/text-to-speech-basics/cpp.md b/articles/ai-services/speech-service/includes/quickstarts/text-to-speech-basics/cpp.md
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ Follow these steps to create a console application and install the Speech SDK.
 
    All neural voices are multilingual and fluent in their own language and English. For example, if the input text in English is *I'm excited to try text to speech* and you set `es-ES-ElviraNeural`, the text is spoken in English with a Spanish accent. If the voice doesn't speak the language of the input text, the Speech service doesn't output synthesized audio.
 
-1. [Build and run your new console application](/cpp/build/vscpp-step-2-build) to start speech synthesis to the default speaker.
+1. To start speech synthesis to the default speaker, [Build and run your new console application](/cpp/build/vscpp-step-2-build).
 
    > [!IMPORTANT]
    > Make sure that you set the `SPEECH_KEY` and `ENDPOINT` [environment variables](#set-environment-variables). If you don't set these variables, the sample fails with an error message.
