1---
2name: azure-ai
3description: "Use for Azure AI: Search, Speech, OpenAI, Document Intelligence. Helps with search, vector/hybrid search, speech-to-text, text-to-speech, transcription, OCR. WHEN: AI Search, query search, vector search, hybrid search, semantic search, speech-to-text, text-to-speech, transcribe, OCR, convert text to speech."
4license: MIT
5metadata:
6  author: Microsoft
7  version: "1.1.1"
8---
9 
10# Azure AI Services
11 
12## Services
13 
14| Service | Use When | MCP Tools | CLI |
15|---------|----------|-----------|-----|
16| AI Search | Full-text, vector, hybrid search | `azure__search` | `az search` |
17| Speech | Speech-to-text, text-to-speech | `azure__speech` | - |
18| OpenAI | GPT models, embeddings, DALL-E | - | `az cognitiveservices` |
19| Document Intelligence | Form extraction, OCR | - | - |
20 
21## MCP Server (Preferred)
22 
23When Azure MCP is enabled:
24 
25### AI Search
26- `azure__search` with command `search_index_list` - List search indexes
27- `azure__search` with command `search_index_get` - Get index details
28- `azure__search` with command `search_query` - Query search index
29 
30### Speech
31- `azure__speech` with command `speech_transcribe` - Speech to text
32- `azure__speech` with command `speech_synthesize` - Text to speech
33 
34**If Azure MCP is not enabled:** Run `/azure:setup` or enable via `/mcp`.
35 
36## AI Search Capabilities
37 
38| Feature | Description |
39|---------|-------------|
40| Full-text search | Linguistic analysis, stemming |
41| Vector search | Semantic similarity with embeddings |
42| Hybrid search | Combined keyword + vector |
43| AI enrichment | Entity extraction, OCR, sentiment |
44 
45## Speech Capabilities
46 
47| Feature | Description |
48|---------|-------------|
49| Speech-to-text | Real-time and batch transcription |
50| Text-to-speech | Neural voices, SSML support |
51| Speaker diarization | Identify who spoke when |
52| Custom models | Domain-specific vocabulary |
53 
54## SDK Quick References
55 
56For programmatic access to these services, see the condensed SDK guides:
57 
58- **AI Search**: [Python](references/sdk/azure-search-documents-py.md) | [TypeScript](references/sdk/azure-search-documents-ts.md) | [.NET](references/sdk/azure-search-documents-dotnet.md)
59- **OpenAI**: [.NET](references/sdk/azure-ai-openai-dotnet.md)
60- **Vision**: [Python](references/sdk/azure-ai-vision-imageanalysis-py.md) | [Java](references/sdk/azure-ai-vision-imageanalysis-java.md)
61- **Transcription**: [Python](references/sdk/azure-ai-transcription-py.md)
62- **Translation**: [Python](references/sdk/azure-ai-translation-text-py.md) | [TypeScript](references/sdk/azure-ai-translation-ts.md)
63- **Document Intelligence**: [.NET](references/sdk/azure-ai-document-intelligence-dotnet.md) | [TypeScript](references/sdk/azure-ai-document-intelligence-ts.md)
64- **Content Safety**: [Python](references/sdk/azure-ai-contentsafety-py.md) | [TypeScript](references/sdk/azure-ai-contentsafety-ts.md) | [Java](references/sdk/azure-ai-contentsafety-java.md)
65 
66## Service Details
67 
68For deep documentation on specific services:
69 
70- AI Search indexing and queries -> [Azure AI Search documentation](https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/search/search-what-is-azure-search)
71- Speech transcription patterns -> [Azure AI Speech documentation](https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/ai-services/speech-service/overview)
72