Merge pull request #6546 from eric-urban/eur/speech-freshness-august

Speech and audio freshness for August

Author: prmerger-automator[bot]

articles/ai-foundry/openai/audio-completions-quickstart.md

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ description: Walkthrough on how to get started with audio generation using Azure
 manager: nitinme
 ms.service: azure-ai-openai
 ms.topic: how-to
-ms.date: 5/23/2025
+ms.date: 8/13/2025
 author: eric-urban
 ms.author: eur
 ms.custom: references_regions

articles/ai-foundry/openai/includes/whisper-python.md

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ ms.date: 3/19/2024
 - An Azure subscription. You can [create one for free](https://azure.microsoft.com/free/cognitive-services?azure-portal=true).
 - An Azure OpenAI resource with a speech to text model deployed in a [supported region](../concepts/models.md?tabs=standard-audio#standard-deployment-regional-models-by-endpoint). For more information, see [Create a resource and deploy a model with Azure OpenAI](../how-to/create-resource.md).
 - [Python 3.8 or later](https://www.python.org)
-- The following Python library: os
+- The `os` Python library.
 
 ## Set up
 

articles/ai-foundry/openai/text-to-speech-quickstart.md

@@ -1,21 +1,21 @@
 ---
 title: 'Text to speech with Azure OpenAI in Azure AI Foundry Models'
 titleSuffix: Azure OpenAI
-description: Use the Azure OpenAI for text to speech with OpenAI voices.
+description: Use Azure OpenAI for text to speech with OpenAI voices.
 manager: nitinme
 ms.service: azure-ai-openai
 ms.topic: quickstart
-ms.date: 5/23/2025
+ms.date: 8/13/2025
 ms.reviewer: eur
 ms.author: eur
 author: eric-urban
 recommendations: false
 zone_pivot_groups: programming-languages-rest-js-cs
 ---
 
-# Quickstart: Text to speech with the Azure OpenAI in Azure AI Foundry Models
+# Quickstart: Text to speech with Azure OpenAI in Azure AI Foundry Models
 
-In this quickstart, you use the Azure OpenAI for text to speech with OpenAI voices.  
+In this quickstart, you use Azure OpenAI for text to speech with OpenAI voices.  
 
 The available voices are: `alloy`, `echo`, `fable`, `onyx`, `nova`, and `shimmer`. For more information, see [Azure OpenAI reference documentation for text to speech](./reference.md#text-to-speech-preview).
 

articles/ai-foundry/openai/whisper-quickstart.md

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ manager: nitinme
 ms.service: azure-ai-openai
 ms.custom: devx-track-python
 ms.topic: quickstart
-ms.date: 5/23/2025
+ms.date: 8/13/2025
 ms.reviewer: eur
 ms.author: eur
 author: eric-urban

articles/ai-services/speech-service/custom-speech-overview.md

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ author: eric-urban
 manager: nitinme
 ms.service: azure-ai-speech
 ms.topic: overview
-ms.date: 2/25/2025
+ms.date: 8/13/2025
 ms.author: eur
 ms.custom: references_regions
 ---
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ With custom speech, you can upload your own data, test and train a custom model,
 
 Here's more information about the sequence of steps shown in the previous diagram:
 
-1. [Create a project](how-to-custom-speech-create-project.md) and choose a model. Use a <a href="https://portal.azure.com/#create/Microsoft.CognitiveServicesAIFoundry" title="Create an AI Foundry resource for Speech" target="_blank">Speech resource</a> that you create in the Azure portal. If you train a custom model with audio data, select a service resource in a region with dedicated hardware for training audio data. For more information, see footnotes in the [regions](regions.md#regions) table.
+1. [Create a project](how-to-custom-speech-create-project.md) and choose a model. If you train a custom model with audio data, select a service resource in a region with dedicated hardware for training audio data. For more information, see footnotes in the [regions](regions.md#regions) table.
 
 1. [Upload test data](./how-to-custom-speech-upload-data.md). Upload test data to evaluate the speech to text offering for your applications, tools, and products.
 

articles/ai-services/speech-service/how-to-configure-azure-ad-auth.md

@@ -6,29 +6,29 @@ author: eric-urban
 manager: nitinme
 ms.service: azure-ai-speech
 ms.topic: how-to
-ms.date: 2/7/2025
+ms.date: 8/13/2025
 ms.author: eur
 zone_pivot_groups: programming-languages-set-two
 ms.custom: devx-track-azurepowershell, devx-track-extended-java, devx-track-python, devx-track-azurecli
 ---
 
 # Microsoft Entra authentication with the Speech SDK
 
-When using the Speech SDK to access the Speech service, there are three authentication methods available: service keys, a key-based token, and Microsoft Entra ID. This article describes how to configure an AI Foundry resource for Speech and create a Speech SDK configuration object to use Microsoft Entra ID for authentication.
+When using the Speech SDK to access the Speech service, there are three authentication methods available: service keys, a key-based token, and Microsoft Entra ID. This article describes how to configure an AI Foundry resource and create a Speech SDK configuration object to use Microsoft Entra ID for authentication.
 
 This article shows how to use Microsoft Entra authentication with the Speech SDK. You learn how to:
 
 > [!div class="checklist"]
 >
-> - Create an AI Foundry resource for Speech
+> - Create an AI Foundry resource
 > - Configure the Speech resource for Microsoft Entra authentication
 > - Get a Microsoft Entra access token
 > - Create the appropriate SDK configuration object.
 
 To learn more about Microsoft Entra access tokens, including token lifetime, visit [Access tokens in the Microsoft identity platform](/azure/active-directory/develop/access-tokens).
 
-## Create an AI Foundry resource for Speech
-To create an AI Foundry resource for Speech in the [Azure portal](https://portal.azure.com), see [this quickstart](~/articles/ai-services/multi-service-resource.md?pivots=azportal).
+## Create an AI Foundry resource
+To create an AI Foundry resource in the [Azure portal](https://portal.azure.com), see [this quickstart](~/articles/ai-services/multi-service-resource.md?pivots=azportal).
 
 <a name='configure-the-speech-resource-for-azure-ad-authentication'></a>
 
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ You need your Speech resource ID to make SDK calls using Microsoft Entra authent
 To get the resource ID in the Azure portal:
 
 1. Go to the [Azure portal](https://portal.azure.com/) and sign in to your Azure account.
-1. Select an AI Foundry resource for Speech.
+1. Select an AI Foundry resource.
 1. In the **Resource Management** group on the left pane, select **Properties**.
 1. Copy the **Resource ID**
 

articles/ai-services/speech-service/openai-voices.md

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ author: eric-urban
 ms.author: eur
 manager: nitinme
 ms.reviewer: eur
-ms.date: 2/22/2025
+ms.date: 8/13/2025
 ms.service: azure-ai-speech
 ms.topic: overview
 ms.custom: