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articles/ai-services/speech-service/includes/release-notes/release-notes-tts.md

@@ -7,6 +7,12 @@ ms.author: eur
 ms.custom: references_regions
 ---
 
+### June 2024 release
+
+#### Text to speech avatar
+
+- Text to speech avatar now supports the following regions: Southeast Asia, North Europe, West Europe, Sweden Central, South Central US, and West US 2. For more information, see [Speech service regions](../../regions.md#speech-service).
+
 ### May 2024 release
 
 #### Personal voice (GA)
@@ -42,7 +48,7 @@ Personal voice is now generally available. With personal voice, you can get AI g
 #### Text to speech avatar
 
 - Removed dependency on [Azure Communication Services (ACS) TURN](/azure/communication-services/quickstarts/relay-token) for real-time avatar. The [sample code](https://github.com/Azure-Samples/cognitive-services-speech-sdk/tree/master/samples/js/browser/avatar) has been updated accordingly to reflect this change.
-- Published text to speech avatar pricing. For more details, see the [pricing page](https://azure.microsoft.com/pricing/details/cognitive-services/speech-services/). Note that avatar pricing will only be visible for service regions where the feature is available, including West US 2, West Europe, and Southeast Asia.
+- Published text to speech avatar pricing. For more details, see the [pricing page](https://azure.microsoft.com/pricing/details/cognitive-services/speech-services/). Note that avatar pricing will only be visible for service [regions](../../regions.md#speech-service) where the feature is available.
 
 ### February 2024 release
 

articles/ai-services/speech-service/regions.md

@@ -39,12 +39,12 @@ The following regions are supported for Speech service features such as speech t
 | Asia Pacific  | Japan West           | `japanwest` <sup>3</sup>                |
 | Asia Pacific  | Korea Central        | `koreacentral` <sup>2</sup>             |
 | Canada        | Canada Central       | `canadacentral` <sup>1</sup>            |
-| Europe        | North Europe         | `northeurope` <sup>1,2,4,5,7</sup>      |
+| Europe        | North Europe         | `northeurope` <sup>1,2,4,5,7,10</sup>      |
 | Europe        | West Europe          | `westeurope` <sup>1,2,4,5,7,9,10</sup>     |
 | Europe        | France Central       | `francecentral`                         |
 | Europe        | Germany West Central | `germanywestcentral`                    |
 | Europe        | Norway East          | `norwayeast`                            |
-| Europe        | Sweden Central       | `swedencentral`<sup>8</sup>             |
+| Europe        | Sweden Central       | `swedencentral`<sup>8,10</sup>             |
 | Europe        | Switzerland North    | `switzerlandnorth` <sup>6</sup>         |
 | Europe        | Switzerland West     | `switzerlandwest` <sup>3</sup>          |
 | Europe        | UK South             | `uksouth` <sup>1,2,4,7</sup>            |
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ The following regions are supported for Speech service features such as speech t
 | US            | East US              | `eastus` <sup>1,2,4,5,7,9,11</sup>         |
 | US            | East US 2            | `eastus2` <sup>1,2,4,5</sup>            |
 | US            | North Central US     | `northcentralus` <sup>4,6</sup>         |
-| US            | South Central US     | `southcentralus` <sup>1,2,4,5,6,7</sup> |
+| US            | South Central US     | `southcentralus` <sup>1,2,4,5,6,7,10</sup> |
 | US            | West Central US      | `westcentralus` <sup>3,5</sup>          |
 | US            | West US              | `westus` <sup>2,5</sup>                 |
 | US            | West US 2            | `westus2` <sup>1,2,4,5,7,10</sup>          |

articles/ai-services/speech-service/text-to-speech-avatar/avatar-gestures-with-ssml.md

@@ -35,17 +35,31 @@ In this example, the avatar will start waving their hand at the left after the w
 
 :::image type="content" source="./media/gesture.png" alt-text="Screenshot of displaying the prebuilt avatar waving their hand at the left." lightbox="./media/gesture.png":::
 
-## Supported pre-built avatar characters, styles, and gestures
+## Supported prebuilt avatar characters, styles, and gestures
 
 The full list of prebuilt avatar supported gestures provided here can also be found in the text to speech avatar portal.
 
 |  Characters | Styles | Gestures | 
 |------------|-------------------|-----------------------------|
+| Harry | business | 123<br>calm-down<br>come-on<br>five-star-reviews<br>good<br>hello<br>introduce<br>invite<br>thanks<br>welcome |
+| Harry | casual | 123<br>come-on<br>five-star-reviews<br>gong-xi-fa-cai<br>good<br>happy-new-year<br>hello<br>please<br>welcome |
+| Harry | youthful | 123<br>come-on<br>down<br>five-star<br>good<br>hello<br>invite<br>show-right-up-down<br>welcome |
+| Jeff | business | 123<br>come-on<br>five-star-reviews<br>hands-up<br>here<br>meddle<br>please2<br>show<br>silence<br>thanks |
+| Jeff | formal | 123<br>come-on<br>five-star-reviews<br>lift<br>please<br>silence<br>thanks<br>very-good |
 | Lisa| casual-sitting | numeric1-left-1<br>numeric2-left-1<br>numeric3-left-1<br>thumbsup-left-1<br>show-front-1<br>show-front-2<br>show-front-3<br>show-front-4<br>show-front-5<br>think-twice-1<br>show-front-6<br>show-front-7<br>show-front-8<br>show-front-9              | 
 |    Lisa         | graceful-sitting  | wave-left-1<br>wave-left-2<br>thumbsup-left<br>show-left-1<br>show-left-2<br>show-left-3<br>show-left-4<br>show-left-5<br>show-right-1<br>show-right-2<br>show-right-3<br>show-right-4<br>show-right-5       | 
 |   Lisa          | graceful-standing |                             | 
 |    Lisa         | technical-sitting | wave-left-1<br>wave-left-2<br>show-left-1<br>show-left-2<br>point-left-1<br>point-left-2<br>point-left-3<br>point-left-4<br>point-left-5<br>point-left-6<br>show-right-1<br>show-right-2<br>show-right-3<br>point-right-1<br>point-right-2<br>point-right-3<br>point-right-4<br>point-right-5<br>point-right-6                      |
-|    Lisa         | technical-standing |                             | 
+|    Lisa         | technical-standing | 
+| Lori | casual | 123-left<br>a-little<br>beg<br>calm-down<br>come-on<br>five-star-reviews<br>good<br>hello<br>open<br>please<br>thanks |
+| Lori | graceful | 123-left<br>applaud<br>come-on<br>introduce<br>nod<br>please<br>show-left<br>show-right<br>thanks<br>welcome |
+| Lori | formal | 123<br>come-on<br>come-on-left<br>down<br>five-star<br>good<br>hands-triangle<br>hands-up<br>hi<br>hopeful<br>thanks |
+| Max | business | a-little-bit<br>click-the-link<br>display-number<br>encourage-1<br>encourage-2<br>five-star-praise<br>front-right<br>good-01<br>good-02<br>introduction-to-products-1<br>introduction-to-products-2<br>introduction-to-products-3<br>left<br>lower-left<br>number-one<br>press-both-hands-down-1<br>press-both-hands-down-2<br>push-forward<br>raise-ones-hand<br>right<br>say-hi<br>shrug-ones-shoulders<br>slide-from-left-to-right<br>slide-to-the-left<br>thanks<br>the-front<br>top-middle-and-bottom-left<br>top-middle-and-bottom-right<br>upper-left<br>upper-right<br>welcome |
+| Max | casual | a-little-bit<br>applaud<br>click-the-link<br>display-number<br>encourage-1<br>encourage-2<br>five-star-praise<br>front-left<br>good-1<br>good-2<br>hello<br>introduction-to-products-1<br>introduction-to-products-2<br>introduction-to-products-3<br>introduction-to-products-4<br>left<br>length<br>nodding<br>number-one<br>press-both-hands-down<br>raise-ones-hand<br>right<br>right-front<br>shrug-ones-shoulders<br>slide-from-left-to-right<br>slide-to-the-left<br>thanks<br>the-front<br>upper-left<br>upper-right<br>welcome |
+| Max | formal | a-little-bit<br>click-the-link<br>display-number<br>encourage-1<br>encourage-2<br>five-star-praise<br>front-left<br>front-right<br>good-1<br>good-2<br>introduction-to-products-1<br>introduction-to-products-2<br>introduction-to-products-3<br>left<br>lower-left<br>lower-right<br>press-both-hands-down<br>push-forward<br>right<br>say-hi<br>shrug-ones-shoulders<br>slide-from-left-to-right<br>slide-to-the-left<br>the-front<br>top-middle-and-bottom-right<br>upper-left<br>upper-right |
+| Meg | formal | a-little-bit<br>click-the-link<br>display-number<br>encourage-1<br>encourage-2<br>five-star-praise<br>front-left<br>front-right<br>good-1<br>good-2<br>hands-forward<br>introduction-to-products-1<br>introduction-to-products-2<br>introduction-to-products-3<br>left<br>number-one<br>press-both-hands-down-1<br>press-both-hands-down-2<br>right<br>say-hi<br>shrug-ones-shoulders<br>slide-from-left-to-right<br>the-front<br>upper-left<br>upper-right |
+| Meg | casual | a-little-bit<br>click-the-link<br>cross-hand<br>display-number<br>encourage-1<br>encourage-2<br>five-star-praise<br>front-left<br>front-right<br>good-1<br>good-2<br>handclap<br>introduction-to-products-1<br>introduction-to-products-2<br>introduction-to-products-3<br>left<br>length<br>lower-left<br>lower-right<br>number-one<br>press-both-hands-down<br>right<br>say-hi<br>shrug-ones-shoulders<br>slide-from-right-to-left<br>slide-to-the-left<br>spread-hands<br>the-front<br>top-middle-and-bottom-left<br>top-middle-and-bottom-right<br>upper-left<br>upper-right |
+| Meg | business | a-little-bit<br>encourage-1<br>encourage-2<br>five-star-praise<br>front-left<br>front-right<br>good-1<br>good-2<br>introduction-to-products-1<br>introduction-to-products-2<br>introduction-to-products-3<br>left<br>length<br>number-one<br>press-both-hands-down-1<br>press-both-hands-down-2<br>raise-ones-hand<br>right<br>say-hi<br>shrug-ones-shoulders<br>slide-from-left-to-right<br>slide-to-the-left<br>spread-hands<br>thanks<br>the-front<br>upper-left |
 
 Only the `casual-sitting` style is supported via the real-time text to speech API. Gestures are only supported with the batch synthesis API and aren't supported via the real-time API.      
 

articles/ai-services/speech-service/text-to-speech-avatar/batch-synthesis-avatar-properties.md

@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ The following table describes the avatar properties.
 
 | Property  | Description |
 |------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
-| avatarConfig.talkingAvatarCharacter      | The character name of the talking avatar.<br/><br/>The supported avatar characters can be found [here](avatar-gestures-with-ssml.md#supported-pre-built-avatar-characters-styles-and-gestures).<br/><br/>This property is required.|
-| avatarConfig.talkingAvatarStyle          | The style name of the talking avatar.<br/><br/>The supported avatar styles can be found [here](avatar-gestures-with-ssml.md#supported-pre-built-avatar-characters-styles-and-gestures).<br/><br/>This property is required for prebuilt avatar, and optional for customized avatar.|
+| avatarConfig.talkingAvatarCharacter      | The character name of the talking avatar.<br/><br/>The supported avatar characters can be found [here](avatar-gestures-with-ssml.md#supported-prebuilt-avatar-characters-styles-and-gestures).<br/><br/>This property is required.|
+| avatarConfig.talkingAvatarStyle          | The style name of the talking avatar.<br/><br/>The supported avatar styles can be found [here](avatar-gestures-with-ssml.md#supported-prebuilt-avatar-characters-styles-and-gestures).<br/><br/>This property is required for prebuilt avatar, and optional for customized avatar.|
 | avatarConfig.customized                  | A bool value indicating whether the avatar to be used is customized avatar or not. True for customized avatar, and false for prebuilt avatar.<br/><br/>This property is optional, and the default value is `false`.|
 | avatarConfig.videoFormat                 | The format for output video file, could be mp4 or webm.<br/><br/>The `webm` format is required for transparent background.<br/><br/>This property is optional, and the default value is mp4.|
 | avatarConfig.videoCodec                  | The codec for output video, could be h264, hevc or vp9.<br/><br/>Vp9 is required for transparent background. The synthesis speed will be slower with vp9 codec, as vp9 encoding is slower.<br/><br/>This property is optional, and the default value is hevc.|

articles/ai-services/speech-service/text-to-speech-avatar/batch-synthesis-avatar.md

@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ To submit a batch synthesis request, construct the HTTP POST request body follow
 - Set the required `inputKind` property.
 - If the `inputKind` property is set to `PlainText`, you must also set the `voice` property in the `synthesisConfig`. In the example below, the `inputKind` is set to `SSML`, so the `speechSynthesis` isn't set.
 - Set the required `SynthesisId` property. Choose a unique `SynthesisId` for the same speech resource. The `SynthesisId` can be a string of 3 to 64 characters, including letters, numbers, '-', or '_', with the condition that it must start and end with a letter or number.
-- Set the required `talkingAvatarCharacter` and `talkingAvatarStyle` properties. You can find supported avatar characters and styles [here](./avatar-gestures-with-ssml.md#supported-pre-built-avatar-characters-styles-and-gestures).
+- Set the required `talkingAvatarCharacter` and `talkingAvatarStyle` properties. You can find supported avatar characters and styles [here](./avatar-gestures-with-ssml.md#supported-prebuilt-avatar-characters-styles-and-gestures).
 - Optionally, you can set the `videoFormat`, `backgroundColor`, and other properties. For more information, see [batch synthesis properties](batch-synthesis-avatar-properties.md).
 
 > [!NOTE]

articles/ai-services/speech-service/text-to-speech-avatar/real-time-synthesis-avatar.md

@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ The default voice is the first voice returned per locale from the [voice list AP
 
 ## Select avatar character and style
 
-The supported avatar characters and styles can be found [here](avatar-gestures-with-ssml.md#supported-pre-built-avatar-characters-styles-and-gestures).
+The supported avatar characters and styles can be found [here](avatar-gestures-with-ssml.md#supported-prebuilt-avatar-characters-styles-and-gestures).
 
 The following code snippet shows how to set avatar character and style:
 

articles/ai-services/speech-service/text-to-speech-avatar/what-is-text-to-speech-avatar.md

@@ -72,11 +72,11 @@ Sample code for text to speech avatar is available on [GitHub](https://github.co
 
 - When utilizing the text-to-speech avatar feature, charges will be incurred based on the minutes of video output. However, with the real-time avatar, charges are based on the minutes of avatar activation, irrespective of whether the avatar is actively speaking or remaining silent. To optimize costs for real-time avatar usage, refer to the provided tips in the [sample code](https://github.com/Azure-Samples/cognitive-services-speech-sdk/tree/master/samples/js/browser/avatar#chat-sample) (search "Use Local Video for Idle").
 - Throughout an avatar real-time session or batch content creation, the text-to-speech, speech-to-text, Azure OpenAI, or other Azure services are charged separately.
-- For more information, see [Speech service pricing](https://azure.microsoft.com/pricing/details/cognitive-services/speech-services/). Note that avatar pricing will only be visible for service regions where the feature is available, including West US 2, West Europe, and Southeast Asia.
+- For more information, see [Speech service pricing](https://azure.microsoft.com/pricing/details/cognitive-services/speech-services/). Note that avatar pricing will only be visible for service regions where the feature is available, including Southeast Asia, North Europe, West Europe, Sweden Central, South Central US, and West US 2.
 
 ## Available locations
 
-The text to speech avatar feature is only available in the following service regions: West US 2, West Europe, and Southeast Asia. 
+The text to speech avatar feature is only available in the following service regions: Southeast Asia, North Europe, West Europe, Sweden Central, South Central US, and West US 2. 
 
 ### Responsible AI 
 

articles/ai-studio/how-to/deploy-jais-models.md

@@ -25,18 +25,24 @@ You can find the JAIS model in the [Model Catalog](model-catalog.md) by filterin
 ### Prerequisites
 
 - An Azure subscription with a valid payment method. Free or trial Azure subscriptions will not work. If you don't have an Azure subscription, create a [paid Azure account](https://azure.microsoft.com/pricing/purchase-options/pay-as-you-go) to begin.
-- An [Azure AI Studio hub](../how-to/create-azure-ai-resource.md).
+- An [Azure AI Studio hub](../how-to/create-azure-ai-resource.md). The serverless API model deployment offering for JAIS is only available with hubs created in these regions:
 
-    > [!IMPORTANT]
-    > For JAIS models, the serverless API model deployment offering is only available with hubs created in East US 2 or Sweden Central region.
+     * East US
+     * East US 2
+     * North Central US
+     * South Central US
+     * West US
+     * West US 3
+     * Sweden Central
 
+    For a list of  regions that are available for each of the models supporting serverless API endpoint deployments, see [Region availability for models in serverless API endpoints](deploy-models-serverless-availability.md).
 - An [AI Studio project](../how-to/create-projects.md) in Azure AI Studio.
 - Azure role-based access controls (Azure RBAC) are used to grant access to operations in Azure AI Studio. To perform the steps in this article, your user account must be assigned the __Azure AI Developer role__ on the resource group. For more information on permissions, see [Role-based access control in Azure AI Studio](../concepts/rbac-ai-studio.md).
 
 
 ### JAIS 30b Chat
 
-JAIS 30b Chat is an auto-regressive bi-lingual LLM for **Arabic** & **English**. The tuned versions use supervised fine-tuning (SFT). The model is finetuned with both Arabic and English prompt-response pairs. The finetuning datasets included a wide range of instructional data across various domains. The model covers a wide range of common tasks including question answering, code generation, and reasoning over textual content. To enhance performance in Arabic, the Core42 team developed an in-house Arabic dataset as well as translating some open-source English instructions into Arabic.
+JAIS 30b Chat is an auto-regressive bi-lingual LLM for **Arabic** & **English**. The tuned versions use supervised fine-tuning (SFT). The model is fine-tuned with both Arabic and English prompt-response pairs. The fine-tuning datasets included a wide range of instructional data across various domains. The model covers a wide range of common tasks including question answering, code generation, and reasoning over textual content. To enhance performance in Arabic, the Core42 team developed an in-house Arabic dataset as well as translating some open-source English instructions into Arabic.
 
 *Context length:* JAIS supports a context length of 8K.
 
@@ -277,3 +283,4 @@ Models deployed as a service with pay-as-you-go billing are protected by [Azure
 
 - [What is Azure AI Studio?](../what-is-ai-studio.md)
 - [Azure AI FAQ article](../faq.yml)
+- [Region availability for models in serverless API endpoints](deploy-models-serverless-availability.md)