diff --git a/src/media-understanding/providers/azure/audio.ts b/src/media-understanding/providers/azure/audio.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9325dacbc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/media-understanding/providers/azure/audio.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+import type { AudioTranscriptionRequest, AudioTranscriptionResult } from "../../types.js";
+import { fetchWithTimeout, normalizeBaseUrl, readErrorResponse } from "../shared.js";
+
+export const DEFAULT_AZURE_SPEECH_REGION = "eastus2";
+
+function resolveRegion(region?: string): string {
+  const trimmed = region?.trim();
+  return trimmed || process.env.AZURE_SPEECH_REGION?.trim() || DEFAULT_AZURE_SPEECH_REGION;
+}
+
+type AzureSpeechResponse = {
+  RecognitionStatus: string;
+  Offset?: number;
+  Duration?: number;
+  DisplayText?: string;
+  NBest?: Array<{
+    Confidence?: number;
+    Display?: string;
+    Lexical?: string;
+  }>;
+};
+
+export async function transcribeAzureAudio(
+  params: AudioTranscriptionRequest,
+): Promise<AudioTranscriptionResult> {
+  const fetchFn = params.fetchFn ?? fetch;
+  const region = resolveRegion(params.baseUrl);
+  const language = params.language?.trim() || "zh-CN";
+
+  // Azure Speech REST API endpoint
+  const url = new URL(
+    `https://${region}.stt.speech.microsoft.com/speech/recognition/conversation/cognitiveservices/v1`,
+  );
+  url.searchParams.set("language", language);
+
+  if (params.query) {
+    for (const [key, value] of Object.entries(params.query)) {
+      if (value === undefined) continue;
+      url.searchParams.set(key, String(value));
+    }
+  }
+
+  const headers = new Headers(params.headers);
+  if (!headers.has("Ocp-Apim-Subscription-Key")) {
+    headers.set("Ocp-Apim-Subscription-Key", params.apiKey);
+  }
+  if (!headers.has("Content-Type")) {
+    // Azure accepts various audio formats
+    const contentType = params.mime ?? "audio/wav";
+    headers.set("Content-Type", contentType);
+  }
+  headers.set("Accept", "application/json");
+
+  const body = new Uint8Array(params.buffer);
+  const res = await fetchWithTimeout(
+    url.toString(),
+    {
+      method: "POST",
+      headers,
+      body,
+    },
+    params.timeoutMs,
+    fetchFn,
+  );
+
+  if (!res.ok) {
+    const detail = await readErrorResponse(res);
+    const suffix = detail ? `: ${detail}` : "";
+    throw new Error(`Azure Speech transcription failed (HTTP ${res.status})${suffix}`);
+  }
+
+  const payload = (await res.json()) as AzureSpeechResponse;
+
+  if (payload.RecognitionStatus !== "Success") {
+    throw new Error(`Azure Speech recognition failed: ${payload.RecognitionStatus}`);
+  }
+
+  const transcript = payload.DisplayText?.trim() || payload.NBest?.[0]?.Display?.trim();
+  if (!transcript) {
+    throw new Error("Azure Speech response missing transcript");
+  }
+
+  return { text: transcript, model: `azure-speech-${language}` };
+}
diff --git a/src/media-understanding/providers/azure/index.ts b/src/media-understanding/providers/azure/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..88e61d0fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/media-understanding/providers/azure/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+import type { MediaUnderstandingProvider } from "../../types.js";
+import { transcribeAzureAudio } from "./audio.js";
+
+export function buildAzureProvider(): MediaUnderstandingProvider {
+  return {
+    id: "azure",
+    transcribeAudio: transcribeAzureAudio,
+  };
+}
diff --git a/src/media-understanding/providers/index.ts b/src/media-understanding/providers/index.ts
index a20ba92fb..5ffe5fc27 100644
--- a/src/media-understanding/providers/index.ts
+++ b/src/media-understanding/providers/index.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { normalizeProviderId } from "../../agents/model-selection.js";
 import type { MediaUnderstandingProvider } from "../types.js";
 import { anthropicProvider } from "./anthropic/index.js";
+import { buildAzureProvider } from "./azure/index.js";
 import { deepgramProvider } from "./deepgram/index.js";
 import { googleProvider } from "./google/index.js";
 import { groqProvider } from "./groq/index.js";
@@ -14,6 +15,7 @@ const PROVIDERS: MediaUnderstandingProvider[] = [
   anthropicProvider,
   minimaxProvider,
   deepgramProvider,
+  buildAzureProvider(),
 ];
 
 export function normalizeMediaProviderId(id: string): string {
diff --git a/src/media-understanding/runner.ts b/src/media-understanding/runner.ts
index ffc6e4d64..432086f25 100644
--- a/src/media-understanding/runner.ts
+++ b/src/media-understanding/runner.ts
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ import {
 import { describeImageWithModel } from "./providers/image.js";
 import { estimateBase64Size, resolveVideoMaxBase64Bytes } from "./video.js";
 
-const AUTO_AUDIO_KEY_PROVIDERS = ["openai", "groq", "deepgram", "google"] as const;
+const AUTO_AUDIO_KEY_PROVIDERS = ["openai", "groq", "deepgram", "google", "azure"] as const;
 const AUTO_IMAGE_KEY_PROVIDERS = ["openai", "anthropic", "google", "minimax"] as const;
 const AUTO_VIDEO_KEY_PROVIDERS = ["google"] as const;
 const DEFAULT_IMAGE_MODELS: Record<string, string> = {