Microsoft provides additional options to their hosted speech service, including running the speech service locally ("on prem") in a Docker container or using their private link service.

Docker container

To use a Docker container, select the Use Azure Docker container (on-prem) option when creating a Microsoft speech service in the jambonz portal and supply the URLs for TTS (https) and STT (wss). The subscription key is optional but can be supplied if your environment requires it.

For private link, also select the Use Azure Docker container (on-prem) option.

  • For TTS, enter the URL in the form of
https://<private-link>.cognitiveservices.azure.com/tts/cognitiveservices/v1
  • for STT enter the URL in the form of
wss://<private link>.cognitiveservices.azure.com/stt/speech/recognition/conversation/cognitiveservices/v1