Azure-Samples · BrianMouncer · Jan 9, 2025 · Jan 9, 2025 · Jan 9, 2025
diff --git a/quickstart/cpp/macos/from-microphone/README.md b/quickstart/cpp/macos/from-microphone/README.md
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ See the [accompanying article](https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/cognitive-servic
 ## Prerequisites
 
 * A subscription key for the Speech service. See [Try the speech service for free](https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/cognitive-services/speech-service/get-started).
-* A Mac with a working microphone.
+* A Mac with a working microphone. See the [Speech SDK installation quickstart](https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/ai-services/speech-service/quickstarts/setup-platform?pivots=programming-language-cpp) for details on system requirements and setup.
 
 ## Build the sample
 

diff --git a/quickstart/cpp/macos/text-to-speech/README.md b/quickstart/cpp/macos/text-to-speech/README.md
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ This sample demonstrates how to synthesize speech with C++ using the Speech SDK
 ## Prerequisites
 
 * A subscription key for the Speech service. See [Try the speech service for free](https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/cognitive-services/speech-service/get-started).
-* A Mac with a working speaker.
+* A Mac with a working speaker. See the [Speech SDK installation quickstart](https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/ai-services/speech-service/quickstarts/setup-platform?pivots=programming-language-cpp) for details on system requirements and setup.
 
 ## Build the sample
 

diff --git a/quickstart/cpp/windows/from-file/README.md b/quickstart/cpp/windows/from-file/README.md
@@ -1,20 +1,18 @@
 # Quickstart: Recognize speech from a file in C++ for Windows
 
 This sample demonstrates how to recognize speech using wave file as an input with C++ using the Speech SDK for Windows.
-See the [accompanying article](https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/cognitive-services/speech-service/quickstarts/speech-to-text-from-microphone?tabs=dotnet%2Cx-android%2CWindows%2Cjava-runtime%2Cwindowsinstall&pivots=programming-language-cpp) on the SDK documentation page which describes how to build corresponding sample from scratch in Visual Studio 2017.
+See the [accompanying article](https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/cognitive-services/speech-service/quickstarts/speech-to-text-from-microphone?tabs=dotnet%2Cx-android%2CWindows%2Cjava-runtime%2Cwindowsinstall&pivots=programming-language-cpp) on the SDK documentation page which describes how to build corresponding sample from scratch in Visual Studio.
 
 ## Prerequisites
 
 * A subscription key for the Speech service. See [Try the speech service for free](https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/cognitive-services/speech-service/get-started).
-* [Microsoft Visual Studio 2017](https://www.visualstudio.com/), Community Edition or higher.
-* The **Desktop development with C++** workload in Visual Studio and the **NuGet package manager** component in Visual Studio.
-  You can enable both in **Tools** \> **Get Tools and Features**, under the **Workloads** and **Individual components** tabs, respectively.
+* A Windows PC with [Microsoft Visual Studio](https://www.visualstudio.com/) installed. See the [Speech SDK installation quickstart](https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/ai-services/speech-service/quickstarts/setup-platform?pivots=programming-language-cpp) for details on system requirements and setup.
 
 ## Build the sample
 
 * **By building this sample you will download the Microsoft Cognitive Services Speech SDK. By downloading you acknowledge its license, see [Speech SDK license agreement](https://aka.ms/csspeech/license).**
 * [Download the sample code to your development PC.](/README.md#get-the-samples)
-* Start Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 and select **File** \> **Open** \> **Project/Solution**.
+* Start Microsoft Visual Studio and select **File** \> **Open** \> **Project/Solution**.
 * Navigate to the folder containing this sample, and select the solution file contained within it.
 * Edit the `helloworld.cpp` source:
   * Replace the string `YourSubscriptionKey` with your own subscription key.

diff --git a/quickstart/cpp/windows/from-file/helloworld/helloworld.vcxproj b/quickstart/cpp/windows/from-file/helloworld/helloworld.vcxproj
@@ -170,12 +170,12 @@
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.targets" />
   <ImportGroup Label="ExtensionTargets">
     <!-- N.B. the .targets extensions must be spelled out here -->
-    <Import Project="..\packages\Microsoft.CognitiveServices.Speech.1.41.1\build\native\Microsoft.CognitiveServices.Speech.targets" Condition="Exists('..\packages\Microsoft.CognitiveServices.Speech.1.41.1\build\native\Microsoft.CognitiveServices.Speech.targets')" />
+    <Import Project="..\packages\Microsoft.CognitiveServices.Speech.1.42.0\build\native\Microsoft.CognitiveServices.Speech.targets" Condition="Exists('..\packages\Microsoft.CognitiveServices.Speech.1.42.0\build\native\Microsoft.CognitiveServices.Speech.targets')" />
   </ImportGroup>
   <Target Name="EnsureNuGetPackageBuildImports" BeforeTargets="PrepareForBuild">
     <PropertyGroup>
       <ErrorText>This project references NuGet package(s) that are missing on this computer. Use NuGet Package Restore to download them.  For more information, see http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=322105. The missing file is {0}.</ErrorText>
     </PropertyGroup>
-    <Error Condition="!Exists('..\packages\Microsoft.CognitiveServices.Speech.1.41.1\build\native\Microsoft.CognitiveServices.Speech.targets')" Text="$([System.String]::Format('$(ErrorText)', '..\packages\Microsoft.CognitiveServices.Speech.1.41.1\build\native\Microsoft.CognitiveServices.Speech.targets'))" />
+    <Error Condition="!Exists('..\packages\Microsoft.CognitiveServices.Speech.1.42.0\build\native\Microsoft.CognitiveServices.Speech.targets')" Text="$([System.String]::Format('$(ErrorText)', '..\packages\Microsoft.CognitiveServices.Speech.1.42.0\build\native\Microsoft.CognitiveServices.Speech.targets'))" />
   </Target>
 </Project>
diff --git a/quickstart/cpp/windows/from-file/helloworld/packages.config b/quickstart/cpp/windows/from-file/helloworld/packages.config
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <packages>
-  <package id="Microsoft.CognitiveServices.Speech" version="1.41.1" targetFramework="native" />
+  <package id="Microsoft.CognitiveServices.Speech" version="1.42.0" targetFramework="native" />
 </packages>
diff --git a/quickstart/cpp/windows/from-microphone/README.md b/quickstart/cpp/windows/from-microphone/README.md
@@ -1,21 +1,18 @@
 # Quickstart: Recognize speech from a microphone in C++ for Windows
 
 This sample demonstrates how to recognize speech with C++ using the Speech SDK for Windows.
-See the [accompanying article](https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/cognitive-services/speech-service/quickstarts/speech-to-text-from-microphone?tabs=dotnet%2Cx-android%2CWindows%2Cjava-runtime%2Cwindowsinstall&pivots=programming-language-cpp) on the SDK documentation page which describes how to build this sample from scratch in Visual Studio 2017.
+See the [accompanying article](https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/cognitive-services/speech-service/quickstarts/speech-to-text-from-microphone?tabs=dotnet%2Cx-android%2CWindows%2Cjava-runtime%2Cwindowsinstall&pivots=programming-language-cpp) on the SDK documentation page which describes how to build this sample from scratch in Visual Studio.
 
 ## Prerequisites
 
 * A subscription key for the Speech service. See [Try the speech service for free](https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/cognitive-services/speech-service/get-started).
-* A Windows PC with a working microphone.
-* [Microsoft Visual Studio 2017](https://www.visualstudio.com/), Community Edition or higher.
-* The **Desktop development with C++** workload in Visual Studio and the **NuGet package manager** component in Visual Studio.
-  You can enable both in **Tools** \> **Get Tools and Features**, under the **Workloads** and **Individual components** tabs, respectively.
+* A Windows PC with a working microphone and [Microsoft Visual Studio](https://www.visualstudio.com/) installed. See the [Speech SDK installation quickstart](https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/ai-services/speech-service/quickstarts/setup-platform?pivots=programming-language-cpp) for details on system requirements and setup.
 
 ## Build the sample
 
 * **By building this sample you will download the Microsoft Cognitive Services Speech SDK. By downloading you acknowledge its license, see [Speech SDK license agreement](https://aka.ms/csspeech/license).**
 * [Download the sample code to your development PC.](/README.md#get-the-samples)
-* Start Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 and select **File** \> **Open** \> **Project/Solution**.
+* Start Microsoft Visual Studio and select **File** \> **Open** \> **Project/Solution**.
 * Navigate to the folder containing this sample, and select the solution file contained within it.
 * Edit the `helloworld.cpp` source:
   * Replace the string `YourSubscriptionKey` with your own subscription key.

diff --git a/quickstart/cpp/windows/from-microphone/helloworld/helloworld.vcxproj b/quickstart/cpp/windows/from-microphone/helloworld/helloworld.vcxproj
@@ -166,12 +166,12 @@
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.targets" />
   <ImportGroup Label="ExtensionTargets">
     <!-- N.B. the .targets extensions must be spelled out here -->
-    <Import Project="..\packages\Microsoft.CognitiveServices.Speech.1.41.1\build\native\Microsoft.CognitiveServices.Speech.targets" Condition="Exists('..\packages\Microsoft.CognitiveServices.Speech.1.41.1\build\native\Microsoft.CognitiveServices.Speech.targets')" />
+    <Import Project="..\packages\Microsoft.CognitiveServices.Speech.1.42.0\build\native\Microsoft.CognitiveServices.Speech.targets" Condition="Exists('..\packages\Microsoft.CognitiveServices.Speech.1.42.0\build\native\Microsoft.CognitiveServices.Speech.targets')" />
   </ImportGroup>
   <Target Name="EnsureNuGetPackageBuildImports" BeforeTargets="PrepareForBuild">
     <PropertyGroup>
       <ErrorText>This project references NuGet package(s) that are missing on this computer. Use NuGet Package Restore to download them.  For more information, see http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=322105. The missing file is {0}.</ErrorText>
     </PropertyGroup>
-    <Error Condition="!Exists('..\packages\Microsoft.CognitiveServices.Speech.1.41.1\build\native\Microsoft.CognitiveServices.Speech.targets')" Text="$([System.String]::Format('$(ErrorText)', '..\packages\Microsoft.CognitiveServices.Speech.1.41.1\build\native\Microsoft.CognitiveServices.Speech.targets'))" />
+    <Error Condition="!Exists('..\packages\Microsoft.CognitiveServices.Speech.1.42.0\build\native\Microsoft.CognitiveServices.Speech.targets')" Text="$([System.String]::Format('$(ErrorText)', '..\packages\Microsoft.CognitiveServices.Speech.1.42.0\build\native\Microsoft.CognitiveServices.Speech.targets'))" />
   </Target>
 </Project>
diff --git a/quickstart/cpp/windows/from-microphone/helloworld/packages.config b/quickstart/cpp/windows/from-microphone/helloworld/packages.config
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <packages>
-  <package id="Microsoft.CognitiveServices.Speech" version="1.41.1" targetFramework="native" />
+  <package id="Microsoft.CognitiveServices.Speech" version="1.42.0" targetFramework="native" />
 </packages>
diff --git a/quickstart/cpp/windows/intent-recognition/README.md b/quickstart/cpp/windows/intent-recognition/README.md
@@ -5,16 +5,13 @@ This sample demonstrates how to recognize intent with C++ using the Speech SDK f
 ## Prerequisites
 
 * A LUIS account. You can get one for free through the [LUIS portal](https://www.luis.ai/home).
-* A Windows PC with a working microphone.
-* [Microsoft Visual Studio 2017](https://www.visualstudio.com/), Community Edition or higher.
-* The **Desktop development with C++** workload in Visual Studio and the **NuGet package manager** component in Visual Studio.
-  You can enable both in **Tools** \> **Get Tools and Features**, under the **Workloads** and **Individual components** tabs, respectively.
+* A Windows PC with a working microphone and [Microsoft Visual Studio](https://www.visualstudio.com/) installed. See the [Speech SDK installation quickstart](https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/ai-services/speech-service/quickstarts/setup-platform?pivots=programming-language-cpp) for details on system requirements and setup.
 
 ## Build the sample
 
 * **By building this sample you will download the Microsoft Cognitive Services Speech SDK. By downloading you acknowledge its license, see [Speech SDK license agreement](https://aka.ms/csspeech/license).**
 * [Download the sample code to your development PC.](/README.md#get-the-samples)
-* Start Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 and select **File** \> **Open** \> **Project/Solution**.
+* Start Microsoft Visual Studio and select **File** \> **Open** \> **Project/Solution**.
 * Navigate to the folder containing this sample, and select the solution file contained within it.
 * Edit the `helloworld.cpp` source:
   * Replace the string `YourLanguageUnderstandingSubscriptionKey` with your own LUIS endpoint key.

diff --git a/quickstart/cpp/windows/intent-recognition/helloworld/helloworld.vcxproj b/quickstart/cpp/windows/intent-recognition/helloworld/helloworld.vcxproj
@@ -166,12 +166,12 @@
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.targets" />
   <ImportGroup Label="ExtensionTargets">
     <!-- N.B. the .targets extensions must be spelled out here -->
-    <Import Project="..\packages\Microsoft.CognitiveServices.Speech.1.41.1\build\native\Microsoft.CognitiveServices.Speech.targets" Condition="Exists('..\packages\Microsoft.CognitiveServices.Speech.1.41.1\build\native\Microsoft.CognitiveServices.Speech.targets')" />
+    <Import Project="..\packages\Microsoft.CognitiveServices.Speech.1.42.0\build\native\Microsoft.CognitiveServices.Speech.targets" Condition="Exists('..\packages\Microsoft.CognitiveServices.Speech.1.42.0\build\native\Microsoft.CognitiveServices.Speech.targets')" />
   </ImportGroup>
   <Target Name="EnsureNuGetPackageBuildImports" BeforeTargets="PrepareForBuild">
     <PropertyGroup>
       <ErrorText>This project references NuGet package(s) that are missing on this computer. Use NuGet Package Restore to download them.  For more information, see http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=322105. The missing file is {0}.</ErrorText>
     </PropertyGroup>
-    <Error Condition="!Exists('..\packages\Microsoft.CognitiveServices.Speech.1.41.1\build\native\Microsoft.CognitiveServices.Speech.targets')" Text="$([System.String]::Format('$(ErrorText)', '..\packages\Microsoft.CognitiveServices.Speech.1.41.1\build\native\Microsoft.CognitiveServices.Speech.targets'))" />
+    <Error Condition="!Exists('..\packages\Microsoft.CognitiveServices.Speech.1.42.0\build\native\Microsoft.CognitiveServices.Speech.targets')" Text="$([System.String]::Format('$(ErrorText)', '..\packages\Microsoft.CognitiveServices.Speech.1.42.0\build\native\Microsoft.CognitiveServices.Speech.targets'))" />
   </Target>
 </Project>
diff --git a/quickstart/cpp/windows/intent-recognition/helloworld/packages.config b/quickstart/cpp/windows/intent-recognition/helloworld/packages.config
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <packages>
-  <package id="Microsoft.CognitiveServices.Speech" version="1.41.1" targetFramework="native" />
+  <package id="Microsoft.CognitiveServices.Speech" version="1.42.0" targetFramework="native" />
 </packages>
diff --git a/quickstart/cpp/windows/multi-device-conversation/README.md b/quickstart/cpp/windows/multi-device-conversation/README.md
@@ -1,20 +1,17 @@
 # Quickstart: Multi-Device Conversation, C++ (Windows) - Speech Service
 
 In this quickstart, you'll learn how to create a new multi-device conversation or join an existing one with C++ using the Speech SDK for Windows.
-See the [accompanying article](https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/cognitive-services/Speech-Service/quickstarts/multi-device-conversation?pivots=programming-language-cpp) on the SDK documentation page which describes how to build this sample from scratch in Visual Studio 2017.
+See the [accompanying article](https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/cognitive-services/Speech-Service/quickstarts/multi-device-conversation?pivots=programming-language-cpp) on the SDK documentation page which describes how to build this sample from scratch in Visual Studio.
 
 ## Prerequisites
 
 * A subscription key for the Speech service. See [Try the speech service for free](https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/cognitive-services/speech-service/get-started).
-* A Windows PC with a working microphone.
-* [Microsoft Visual Studio 2017](https://www.visualstudio.com/), Community Edition or higher.
-* The **Desktop development with C++** workload in Visual Studio and the **NuGet package manager** component in Visual Studio.
-  You can enable both in **Tools** \> **Get Tools and Features**, under the **Workloads** and **Individual components** tabs, respectively.
+* A Windows PC with a working microphone and [Microsoft Visual Studio](https://www.visualstudio.com/) installed. See the [Speech SDK installation quickstart](https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/ai-services/speech-service/quickstarts/setup-platform?pivots=programming-language-cpp) for details on system requirements and setup.
 
 ## Build the sample
 
 * **By building this sample you will download the Microsoft Cognitive Services Speech SDK. By downloading you acknowledge its license, see [Speech SDK license agreement](https://aka.ms/csspeech/license).**
-* Start Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 and select **File** \> **Open** \> **Project/Solution**.
+* Start Microsoft Visual Studio and select **File** \> **Open** \> **Project/Solution**.
 * Navigate to the folder containing this sample, and select the solution file contained within it.
 * Edit the `helloworld.cpp` source:
   * Replace the string `YourSubscriptionKey` with your own subscription key.

diff --git a/quickstart/cpp/windows/multi-device-conversation/helloworld/helloworld.vcxproj b/quickstart/cpp/windows/multi-device-conversation/helloworld/helloworld.vcxproj
@@ -158,12 +158,12 @@
   </ItemGroup>
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.targets" />
   <ImportGroup Label="ExtensionTargets">
-    <Import Project="..\packages\Microsoft.CognitiveServices.Speech.1.41.1\build\native\Microsoft.CognitiveServices.Speech.targets" Condition="Exists('..\packages\Microsoft.CognitiveServices.Speech.1.41.1\build\native\Microsoft.CognitiveServices.Speech.targets')" />
+    <Import Project="..\packages\Microsoft.CognitiveServices.Speech.1.42.0\build\native\Microsoft.CognitiveServices.Speech.targets" Condition="Exists('..\packages\Microsoft.CognitiveServices.Speech.1.42.0\build\native\Microsoft.CognitiveServices.Speech.targets')" />
   </ImportGroup>
   <Target Name="EnsureNuGetPackageBuildImports" BeforeTargets="PrepareForBuild">
     <PropertyGroup>
       <ErrorText>This project references NuGet package(s) that are missing on this computer. Use NuGet Package Restore to download them.  For more information, see http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=322105. The missing file is {0}.</ErrorText>
     </PropertyGroup>
-    <Error Condition="!Exists('..\packages\Microsoft.CognitiveServices.Speech.1.41.1\build\native\Microsoft.CognitiveServices.Speech.targets')" Text="$([System.String]::Format('$(ErrorText)', '..\packages\Microsoft.CognitiveServices.Speech.1.41.1\build\native\Microsoft.CognitiveServices.Speech.targets'))" />
+    <Error Condition="!Exists('..\packages\Microsoft.CognitiveServices.Speech.1.42.0\build\native\Microsoft.CognitiveServices.Speech.targets')" Text="$([System.String]::Format('$(ErrorText)', '..\packages\Microsoft.CognitiveServices.Speech.1.42.0\build\native\Microsoft.CognitiveServices.Speech.targets'))" />
   </Target>
 </Project>
diff --git a/quickstart/cpp/windows/multi-device-conversation/helloworld/packages.config b/quickstart/cpp/windows/multi-device-conversation/helloworld/packages.config
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <packages>
-  <package id="Microsoft.CognitiveServices.Speech" version="1.41.1" targetFramework="native" />
+  <package id="Microsoft.CognitiveServices.Speech" version="1.42.0" targetFramework="native" />
 </packages>
diff --git a/quickstart/cpp/windows/speaker-recognition/README.md b/quickstart/cpp/windows/speaker-recognition/README.md
@@ -7,15 +7,13 @@ In this quickstart, you'll learn how to do speaker recognition, including creati
 ## Prerequisites
 
 * A subscription key for the Speech service. See [Try the speech service for free](https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/cognitive-services/speech-service/get-started).
-* [Microsoft Visual Studio 2019](https://www.visualstudio.com/), Community Edition or higher.
-* The **Desktop development with C++** workload in Visual Studio and the **NuGet package manager** component in Visual Studio.
-  You can enable both in **Tools** \> **Get Tools and Features**, under the **Workloads** and **Individual components** tabs, respectively.
+* A Windows PC with [Microsoft Visual Studio](https://www.visualstudio.com/) installed. See the [Speech SDK installation quickstart](https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/ai-services/speech-service/quickstarts/setup-platform?pivots=programming-language-cpp) for details on system requirements and setup.
 
 ## Build the sample
 
 * **By building this sample you will download the Microsoft Cognitive Services Speech SDK. By downloading you acknowledge its license, see [Speech SDK license agreement](https://aka.ms/csspeech/license).**
 * [Download the sample code to your development PC.](/README.md#get-the-samples)
-* Start Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 and select **File** \> **Open** \> **Project/Solution**.
+* Start Microsoft Visual Studio and select **File** \> **Open** \> **Project/Solution**.
 * Navigate to the folder containing this sample, and select the solution file contained within it.
 * Edit the `helloworld.cpp` source:
   * Replace the string `YourSubscriptionKey` with your own subscription key.