azure-speech-to-text-rest-py
azure-speech-to-text-rest-py is an agent skill published by microsoft, listed under images, audio & video. It lives in the microsoft/skills repository, which has 3,148 GitHub stars and is licensed under MIT; we last read it on 2026-09-16.
This Python library connects to Azure Speech to Text REST API for transcribing short audio files (up to 60 seconds) without requiring the Speech SDK. It needs an Azure API key for authentication.
Install
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npx skills add microsoft/skills
Maintenance
Azure Speech to Text REST API for short audio (Python). Use for simple speech recognition of audio files up to 60 seconds without the Speech SDK. Triggers: "speech to text REST", "short audio transcription", "speech recognition REST API", "STT REST", "recognize speech REST". DO NOT USE FOR: Long audio (>60 seconds), real-time streaming, batch transcription, custom speech models, speech translation. Use Speech SDK or Batch Transcription API instead.
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Common questions about azure-speech-to-text-rest-py
- What does azure-speech-to-text-rest-py do?
- This Python library connects to Azure Speech to Text REST API for transcribing short audio files (up to 60 seconds) without requiring the Speech SDK. It needs an Azure API key for authentication.
- How do I install azure-speech-to-text-rest-py?
- Run npx skills add microsoft/skills. The skills installer reads the repository’s own structure, so it works for any repository of agent skills.
- Who publishes azure-speech-to-text-rest-py?
- microsoft.
- Is azure-speech-to-text-rest-py maintained, and what licence does it use?
- Its repository has 3,148 GitHub stars and its state in our directory is listed. Its last commit we recorded was on 2026-10-25. The repository declares the MIT licence.
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