You have to use the API, but if that's fine with you, it's definitely worth it.
You have to use the API, but if that's fine with you, it's definitely worth it.
There is some rather annoying process to setup an account with resource groups etc required but it does give you 500k free characters, or you can just abuse the free demo applet on the website without signing in (may need to clear cookies and reload once in a while), and just tape the audio that comes out.
I had very good luck with some of the Azure voices to create a YouTube video. My favourite right now is Sara (US English), because in testing she sounds the most emotionally natural.
Interestingly, if you choose a voice from another language, and ask it to speak English, sometimes it will replicate a non-native accent, which I found somewhat amusing