How to get permissions to [New], [Upload], [Export] in Audio Content Creation (Speech Studio)

Alex Francis 0 Reputation points
2026-08-25T14:22:26.4266667+00:00

In Audio Content Creation (Speech Studio), there is a message in yellow that says "You don't have operation permissions to [New], [Upload], [Export] according to the level of access you've assigned for the resource <x>"

But I have the Cognitive Services Speech User role, so I'm not sure what's missing.

I would like to be able to test TTS strings (including SSML) on different voices, using the GUI (not in batch mode).

I don't understand what I need to do.

Azure Role-based access control
Azure Role-based access control

An Azure service that provides fine-grained access management for Azure resources, enabling you to grant users only the rights they need to perform their jobs.

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    2026-08-25T14:22:40.6166667+00:00

    Cognitive Services Speech User is a read-only Speech role for projects and resources. The role table states:

    • Cognitive Services Speech User: View only access to data, models, and endpoints, with access to speech transcription and synthesis APIs.
    • Cognitive Services Speech Contributor: View, create, edit, and delete access to data, models, and endpoints, with access to speech transcription and synthesis APIs.

    That matches the yellow banner: New, Upload, and Export are write operations, so a Speech User role is not enough.

    What is needed:

    1. In Azure portal, open the Speech resource used by Audio Content Creation.
    2. Go to Access control (IAM).
    3. Add a role assignment for Cognitive Services Speech Contributor on that Speech resource.
    4. Sign in again to Audio Content Creation, or refresh and reselect the resource.

    Important role note for Speech resources:

    • Generic Owner and Contributor roles do not provide Speech data-plane access.
    • Microsoft recommends using roles that contain Speech in the name for Speech service scenarios.

    If the goal is only to preview TTS and test SSML in the GUI, Audio Content Creation supports:

    • entering plain text or SSML
    • choosing voice and language
    • selecting content and using Play to preview synthesis output
    • saving and exporting tuned audio

    If the correct role is already assigned and the resource still does not appear correctly in Audio Content Creation, verify that the correct Speech resource is selected in the tool settings and, if applicable, switch to the correct directory from the account profile.

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  2. Alex Francis 0 Reputation points
    2026-08-25T14:38:34.6433333+00:00

    I assigned myself the Cognitive Services Speech Contributor role and it still didn't work. The current resource is correct and the correct directory is displayed.

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