diff --git a/DCS-SR-ExternalAudio/Audio/AudioGenerator.cs b/DCS-SR-ExternalAudio/Audio/AudioGenerator.cs
index 974e097fc..e2589deba 100644
--- a/DCS-SR-ExternalAudio/Audio/AudioGenerator.cs
+++ b/DCS-SR-ExternalAudio/Audio/AudioGenerator.cs
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@
 using Google.Cloud.TextToSpeech.V1;
 using Grpc.Core;
 
+using Microsoft.CognitiveServices.Speech;
+using Microsoft.CognitiveServices.Speech.Audio;
+using Ciribob.DCS.SimpleRadio.Standalone.Common.Network;
+
 
 namespace Ciribob.DCS.SimpleRadio.Standalone.ExternalAudioClient.Audio
 {
@@ -116,7 +120,7 @@ private byte[] GoogleTTS(string msg)
                     }
                 }
 
-                AudioConfig config = new AudioConfig
+                Google.Cloud.TextToSpeech.V1.AudioConfig config = new Google.Cloud.TextToSpeech.V1.AudioConfig
                 {
                     AudioEncoding = AudioEncoding.Linear16,
                     SampleRateHertz = INPUT_SAMPLE_RATE
@@ -155,14 +159,56 @@ private byte[] GoogleTTS(string msg)
             }
             return new byte[0];
         }
-    
+
+        private async Task<byte[]> AzureTTS(string msg)
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                string[] connstring = opts.AzureCredentials.Split(';');
+                string speechKey = connstring[0];
+                string speechRegion = connstring[1];
+
+                var speechConfig = SpeechConfig.FromSubscription(speechKey, speechRegion);
+                // Set either the `SpeechSynthesisVoiceName` or `SpeechSynthesisLanguage`.
+                //speechConfig.SpeechSynthesisLanguage = "en-US";
+                speechConfig.SpeechSynthesisLanguage = opts.Voice.Substring(0, 5);
+                //speechConfig.SpeechSynthesisVoiceName = "en-US-AvaMultilingualNeural";
+                speechConfig.SpeechSynthesisVoiceName = opts.Voice;
+
+                var speechSynthesizer = new Microsoft.CognitiveServices.Speech.SpeechSynthesizer(speechConfig, null);
+
+                var result = await speechSynthesizer.SpeakTextAsync(msg);
+                var stream = AudioDataStream.FromResult(result);
+
+                var tempFile = Path.GetTempFileName();
+                await stream.SaveToWaveFileAsync(tempFile);
+
+                byte[] bytes = null;
+                using (var reader = new WaveFileReader(tempFile))
+                {
+                    bytes = new byte[reader.Length];
+                    var read = reader.Read(bytes, 0, bytes.Length);
+                    Logger.Info($"Success with Azure TTS - read {read} bytes");
+                }
+
+                //cleanup
+                File.Delete(tempFile);
+
+                return bytes;
+            }
+            catch (Exception ex)
+            {
+                Logger.Error(ex, $"Error with Azure Text to Speech: {ex.Message}");
+            }
+            return new byte[0];
+        }
 
 
         private byte[] LocalTTS(string msg)
         {
             try
             {
-                using (var synth = new SpeechSynthesizer())
+                using (var synth = new System.Speech.Synthesis.SpeechSynthesizer())
                 using (var stream = new MemoryStream())
                 {
                     if (opts.Voice == null || opts.Voice.Length == 0)
@@ -298,6 +344,10 @@ public List<byte[]> GetOpusBytes()
                 {
                     resampledBytes = GoogleTTS(msg);
                 }
+                else if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(opts.AzureCredentials))
+                {
+                    resampledBytes = AzureTTS(msg).GetAwaiter().GetResult();
+                }
                 else
                 {
                     resampledBytes = LocalTTS(msg);
diff --git a/DCS-SR-ExternalAudio/Client/Program.cs b/DCS-SR-ExternalAudio/Client/Program.cs
index 01e00426a..833735df2 100644
--- a/DCS-SR-ExternalAudio/Client/Program.cs
+++ b/DCS-SR-ExternalAudio/Client/Program.cs
@@ -156,6 +156,11 @@ public class Options
                 Required = false)]
             public string GoogleCredentials { get; set; }
 
+            [Option('a', "azureCredentials",
+                HelpText = "Use your Azure AI Speech key and region, separated by semicolon",
+                Required = false)]
+            public string AzureCredentials { get; set; }
+
             [Option('L', "latitude",
                 HelpText = "Latitude of transmission",
                 Required = false, Default = 0.0)]
@@ -272,6 +277,8 @@ private static void HandleParseError(IEnumerable errs)
 
             Console.WriteLine($"Example:\n --text=\"I want any female voice with a German accent \" --freqs=251.0 --modulations=AM --coalition=1 --gender=male --locale=de-DE --googleCredentials=\"C:\\\\folder\\\\credentials.json\" ");
 
+            Console.WriteLine($"Example:\n --text=\"I want any female voice with a German accent \" --freqs=251.0 --modulations=AM --coalition=1 --gender=male --locale=de-DE --googleCredentials=\"xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx;westeurope\" ");
+
 
         }
 
diff --git a/DCS-SR-ExternalAudio/DCS-SR-ExternalAudio.csproj b/DCS-SR-ExternalAudio/DCS-SR-ExternalAudio.csproj
index 56793d64c..7dbc7bbab 100644
--- a/DCS-SR-ExternalAudio/DCS-SR-ExternalAudio.csproj
+++ b/DCS-SR-ExternalAudio/DCS-SR-ExternalAudio.csproj
@@ -116,6 +116,9 @@
     <Reference Include="Microsoft.Bcl.AsyncInterfaces, Version=6.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=cc7b13ffcd2ddd51, processorArchitecture=MSIL">
       <HintPath>..\packages\Microsoft.Bcl.AsyncInterfaces.6.0.0\lib\net461\Microsoft.Bcl.AsyncInterfaces.dll</HintPath>
     </Reference>
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.CognitiveServices.Speech.csharp, Version=1.40.0.28, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=d2e6dcccb609e663, processorArchitecture=MSIL">
+      <HintPath>..\packages\Microsoft.CognitiveServices.Speech.1.40.0\lib\net462\Microsoft.CognitiveServices.Speech.csharp.dll</HintPath>
+    </Reference>
     <Reference Include="Microsoft.Win32.Primitives, Version=4.0.2.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a, processorArchitecture=MSIL">
       <HintPath>..\packages\Microsoft.Win32.Primitives.4.3.0\lib\net46\Microsoft.Win32.Primitives.dll</HintPath>
       <Private>True</Private>
@@ -336,9 +339,11 @@
     <Error Condition="!Exists('..\packages\Grpc.Core.2.46.3\build\net45\Grpc.Core.targets')" Text="$([System.String]::Format('$(ErrorText)', '..\packages\Grpc.Core.2.46.3\build\net45\Grpc.Core.targets'))" />
     <Error Condition="!Exists('..\packages\Fody.2.5.0\build\Fody.targets')" Text="$([System.String]::Format('$(ErrorText)', '..\packages\Fody.2.5.0\build\Fody.targets'))" />
     <Error Condition="!Exists('..\packages\Costura.Fody.1.6.2\build\dotnet\Costura.Fody.targets')" Text="$([System.String]::Format('$(ErrorText)', '..\packages\Costura.Fody.1.6.2\build\dotnet\Costura.Fody.targets'))" />
+    <Error Condition="!Exists('..\packages\Microsoft.CognitiveServices.Speech.1.40.0\build\net462\Microsoft.CognitiveServices.Speech.targets')" Text="$([System.String]::Format('$(ErrorText)', '..\packages\Microsoft.CognitiveServices.Speech.1.40.0\build\net462\Microsoft.CognitiveServices.Speech.targets'))" />
   </Target>
   <Import Project="..\packages\NETStandard.Library.2.0.3\build\netstandard2.0\NETStandard.Library.targets" Condition="Exists('..\packages\NETStandard.Library.2.0.3\build\netstandard2.0\NETStandard.Library.targets')" />
   <Import Project="..\packages\Grpc.Core.2.46.3\build\net45\Grpc.Core.targets" Condition="Exists('..\packages\Grpc.Core.2.46.3\build\net45\Grpc.Core.targets')" />
   <Import Project="..\packages\Fody.2.5.0\build\Fody.targets" Condition="Exists('..\packages\Fody.2.5.0\build\Fody.targets')" />
   <Import Project="..\packages\Costura.Fody.1.6.2\build\dotnet\Costura.Fody.targets" Condition="Exists('..\packages\Costura.Fody.1.6.2\build\dotnet\Costura.Fody.targets')" />
+  <Import Project="..\packages\Microsoft.CognitiveServices.Speech.1.40.0\build\net462\Microsoft.CognitiveServices.Speech.targets" Condition="Exists('..\packages\Microsoft.CognitiveServices.Speech.1.40.0\build\net462\Microsoft.CognitiveServices.Speech.targets')" />
 </Project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/DCS-SR-ExternalAudio/packages.config b/DCS-SR-ExternalAudio/packages.config
index 4c414244c..2479c087e 100644
--- a/DCS-SR-ExternalAudio/packages.config
+++ b/DCS-SR-ExternalAudio/packages.config
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
   <package id="Grpc.Core" version="2.46.3" targetFramework="net48" />
   <package id="Grpc.Core.Api" version="2.48.0" targetFramework="net48" />
   <package id="Microsoft.Bcl.AsyncInterfaces" version="6.0.0" targetFramework="net48" />
+  <package id="Microsoft.CognitiveServices.Speech" version="1.40.0" targetFramework="net48" />
   <package id="Microsoft.NETCore.Platforms" version="6.0.5" targetFramework="net48" />
   <package id="Microsoft.Win32.Primitives" version="4.3.0" targetFramework="net48" />
   <package id="NAudio.Vorbis" version="1.2.0" targetFramework="net48" />