audio content creation tool refresh

Author: eric-urban

articles/ai-services/speech-service/how-to-audio-content-creation.md

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ author: eric-urban
 manager: nitinme
 ms.service: azure-ai-speech
 ms.topic: how-to
-ms.date: 2/7/2025
+ms.date: 7/31/2025
 ms.author: eur
 ---
 
@@ -23,52 +23,31 @@ The tool is based on [Speech Synthesis Markup Language (SSML)](speech-synthesis-
 
 You have easy access to a broad portfolio of [languages and voices](language-support.md?tabs=tts). These voices include state-of-the-art standard voices and your custom voice, if you built one.
 
-## Get started
+## Prerequisites
 
-The Audio Content Creation tool in Speech Studio is free to access, but you pay for Speech service usage. To work with the tool, you need to sign in with an Azure account and create a Speech resource. 
-
-The next sections cover how to create an Azure account and get a Speech resource.
-
-### Step 1: Create an Azure account
-
-To work with Audio Content Creation, you need a [Microsoft account](https://account.microsoft.com/account) and an [Azure account](https://azure.microsoft.com/free/ai/). 
-
-[The Azure portal](https://portal.azure.com/) is the centralized place for you to manage your Azure account. You can create the Speech resource, manage the product access, and monitor everything from simple web apps to complex cloud deployments.
-
-### Step 2: Create a Speech resource
-
-After you sign up for the Azure account, you need to create a Speech resource in your Azure account to access Speech services. Create a Speech resource on the [Azure portal](https://portal.azure.com/#create/Microsoft.CognitiveServicesSpeechServices). For more information, see [Create an AI Foundry resource](../multi-service-resource.md?pivots=azportal).
-
-It takes a few moments to deploy your new Speech resource. After the deployment is complete, you can start using the Audio Content Creation tool.
+- An active Azure subscription. [Create one for free](https://azure.microsoft.com/free/ai-services).
+- Permission to create resources in your subscription.
+- A Speech resource. Create one in the [Azure portal](https://portal.azure.com/#create/Microsoft.CognitiveServicesSpeechServices) or [Speech Studio](https://aka.ms/speechstudio).
 
 > [!NOTE]
-> If you plan to use neural voices, make sure that you create your resource in [a region that supports neural voices](regions.md#regions).
-
-### Step 3: Sign in to Audio Content Creation with your Azure account and Speech resource
+> The [AI Foundry resource type](../multi-service-resource.md) isn't supported in Speech Studio. 
 
-1. After you get the Azure account and the Speech resource, sign in to [Speech Studio](https://aka.ms/speechstudio/), and then select **Audio Content Creation**.
-    
-1. Select the Azure subscription and the Speech resource you want to work with, and then select **Use resource**. 
+Sign in with your Azure account to use the Audio Content Creation tool. The tool is free to access; you pay only for Speech service usage.
 
-The next time you sign in to Audio Content Creation, you're linked directly to the audio work files under the current Speech resource. You can check your Azure subscription details and status in the [Azure portal](https://portal.azure.com/).  
-
-If you don't have an available Speech resource and you're the owner or admin of an Azure subscription, you can create a Speech resource in Speech Studio by selecting **Create a new resource**. 
-
-If you have a user role for a certain Azure subscription, you might not have permissions to create a new Speech resource. To get access, contact your admin. 
-
-To switch your Speech resource at any time, select **Settings** at the top of the page.
-
-To switch directories, select **Settings** or go to your profile. 
-
-## Use the tool
+## Use the Audio Content Creation tool
 
 The following diagram displays the process for fine-tuning the text to speech outputs. 
 
 :::image type="content" source="media/audio-content-creation/audio-content-creation-diagram.jpg" alt-text="Diagram of the sequence of steps for fine-tuning text to speech outputs.":::
 
-Each step in the preceding diagram is described here:
+To use the Audio Content Creation tool, do the following:
 
-1. Choose the Speech resource you want to work with.
+1. Sign in to [Speech Studio](https://aka.ms/speechstudio/), and then select **Audio Content Creation**.
+
+1. Select the Azure subscription and the Speech resource you want to work with, and then select **Use resource**. 
+
+   > [!NOTE]
+   > If you're returning to Audio Content Creation, you can select a different Speech resource that you want to work with. Go to your account settings at the top right corner of the page.
 
 1. [Create an audio tuning file](#create-an-audio-tuning-file) by using plain text or SSML scripts. Enter or upload your content into Audio Content Creation.
 1. Choose the voice and the language for your script content. Audio Content Creation includes all of the [standard text to speech voices](language-support.md?tabs=tts). You can use standard voices or a custom voice.