Speech AI - Pronunciation, STT & TTS

Connect it to your AI

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http speech-ai https://apim-ai-apis.azure-api.net/mcp/pronunciation/mcp

Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and other apps

Add it as a custom connector with this URL (Streamable HTTP):

https://apim-ai-apis.azure-api.net/mcp/pronunciation/mcp

Cursor, VS Code and other apps (mcp.json)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "speech-ai": {
      "url": "https://apim-ai-apis.azure-api.net/mcp/pronunciation/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Tools it offers

10 tools, as the server itself reported during our check on Oct 31, 2026.

• assess_pronunciationAssess English pronunciation quality from audio. Scores pronunciation at four levels: overall, sentence, word, and phoneme. Each score is 0-100. Phonemes are returned in both IPA and ARPAbet notation. Sub-300ms inference
• check_pronunciation_serviceCheck if the pronunciation assessment service is healthy and ready. Returns: dict with keys: - status (str): 'healthy' or error state - modelLoaded (bool): Whether the scoring model is loaded - version (str): API version
• get_phoneme_inventoryGet the full phoneme inventory supported by the pronunciation scorer. Returns a list of all English phonemes the engine can assess, including ARPAbet symbol, IPA equivalent, example word, and phoneme category (vowel, con
• transcribe_audioTranscribe audio to text with word-level timestamps. Converts spoken English audio into text with optional word-level timestamps and per-word confidence scores. Args: audio_base64: Base64-encoded audio data (WAV, MP3, OG
• check_stt_serviceCheck if the speech-to-text service is healthy and ready. Returns: dict with keys: - status (str): 'healthy' or error state - modelLoaded (bool): Whether the STT model is loaded - version (str): API version
• synthesize_speechGenerate natural speech audio from English text. Produces high-quality speech with 12 English voices. Returns base64-encoded WAV audio (16-bit PCM, 24kHz mono) along with metadata. Available voices: - af_heart (default),
• list_tts_voicesList all available text-to-speech voices with metadata. Returns: dict with keys: - voices (list): Available voices, each with id, name, gender, accent, grade - defaultVoice (str): Default voice ID
• check_tts_serviceCheck if the text-to-speech service is healthy and ready. Returns: dict with keys: - status (str): 'healthy' or error state - modelLoaded (bool): Whether the TTS model is loaded - version (str): API version
• transcribe_audio_proTranscribe audio with Whisper Large V3 Turbo — multilingual STT. Supports 99 languages with automatic language detection, word-level timestamps, per-word confidence scores, and optional speaker diarization (identifies wh
• check_whisper_serviceCheck if the Whisper STT Pro service is healthy and ready. Returns: dict with keys: - status (str): 'healthy' or error state - modelLoaded (bool): Whether the Whisper model is loaded - diarizeLoaded (bool): Whether the d

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