diff --git a/api/server/services/Files/Audio/getVoices.js b/api/server/services/Files/Audio/getVoices.js
index 56341cd2b0..6a543bb4a4 100644
--- a/api/server/services/Files/Audio/getVoices.js
+++ b/api/server/services/Files/Audio/getVoices.js
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+const { TTSProviders } = require('librechat-data-provider');
 const getCustomConfig = require('~/server/services/Config/getCustomConfig');
 const { getProvider } = require('./textToSpeech');
 
@@ -24,13 +25,16 @@ async function getVoices(req, res) {
     let voices;
 
     switch (provider) {
-      case 'openai':
+      case TTSProviders.OPENAI:
         voices = ttsSchema.openai?.voices;
         break;
-      case 'elevenlabs':
+      case TTSProviders.AZURE_OPENAI:
+        voices = ttsSchema.azureOpenAI?.voices;
+        break;
+      case TTSProviders.ELEVENLABS:
         voices = ttsSchema.elevenlabs?.voices;
         break;
-      case 'localai':
+      case TTSProviders.LOCALAI:
         voices = ttsSchema.localai?.voices;
         break;
       default:
diff --git a/api/server/services/Files/Audio/speechToText.js b/api/server/services/Files/Audio/speechToText.js
index 42d151e688..f6b52f8b7c 100644
--- a/api/server/services/Files/Audio/speechToText.js
+++ b/api/server/services/Files/Audio/speechToText.js
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
-const axios = require('axios');
 const { Readable } = require('stream');
-const { logger } = require('~/config');
+const axios = require('axios');
+const { extractEnvVariable, STTProviders } = require('librechat-data-provider');
 const getCustomConfig = require('~/server/services/Config/getCustomConfig');
-const { extractEnvVariable } = require('librechat-data-provider');
+const { genAzureEndpoint } = require('~/utils');
+const { logger } = require('~/config');
 
 /**
  * Handle the response from the STT API
@@ -24,12 +25,34 @@ async function handleResponse(response) {
   return response.data.text.trim();
 }
 
-function getProvider(sttSchema) {
-  if (sttSchema?.openai) {
-    return 'openai';
+/**
+ * getProviderSchema function
+ * This function takes the customConfig object and returns the name of the provider and its schema
+ * If more than one provider is set or no provider is set, it throws an error
+ *
+ * @param {Object} customConfig - The custom configuration containing the STT schema
+ * @returns {Promise<[string, Object]>} The name of the provider and its schema
+ * @throws {Error} Throws an error if multiple providers are set or no provider is set
+ */
+async function getProviderSchema(customConfig) {
+  const sttSchema = customConfig.speech.stt;
+
+  if (!sttSchema) {
+    throw new Error(`No STT schema is set. Did you configure STT in the custom config (librechat.yaml)?
+    
+    https://www.librechat.ai/docs/configuration/stt_tts#stt`);
   }
 
-  throw new Error('Invalid provider');
+  const providers = Object.entries(sttSchema).filter(([, value]) => Object.keys(value).length > 0);
+
+  if (providers.length > 1) {
+    throw new Error('Multiple providers are set. Please set only one provider.');
+  } else if (providers.length === 0) {
+    throw new Error('No provider is set. Please set a provider.');
+  } else {
+    const provider = providers[0][0];
+    return [provider, sttSchema[provider]];
+  }
 }
 
 function removeUndefined(obj) {
@@ -83,72 +106,63 @@ function openAIProvider(sttSchema, audioReadStream) {
 }
 
 /**
- * This function prepares the necessary data and headers for making a request to the Azure API
- * It uses the provided request and audio stream to create the request
+ * Prepares the necessary data and headers for making a request to the Azure API.
+ * It uses the provided Speech-to-Text (STT) schema and audio file to create the request.
  *
- * @param {Object} req - The request object, which should contain the endpoint in its body
- * @param {Stream} audioReadStream - The audio data to be transcribed
+ * @param {Object} sttSchema - The STT schema object, which should contain instanceName, deploymentName, apiVersion, and apiKey.
+ * @param {Buffer} audioBuffer - The audio data to be transcribed
+ * @param {Object} audioFile - The audio file object, which should contain originalname, mimetype, and size.
  *
- * @returns {Array} An array containing the URL for the API request, the data to be sent, and the headers for the request
- * If an error occurs, it returns an array with three null values and logs the error with logger
+ * @returns {Array} An array containing the URL for the API request, the data to be sent, and the headers for the request.
+ * If an error occurs, it logs the error with logger and returns an array with three null values.
  */
-function azureProvider(req, audioReadStream) {
+function azureOpenAIProvider(sttSchema, audioBuffer, audioFile) {
   try {
-    const { endpoint } = req.body;
-    const azureConfig = req.app.locals[endpoint];
+    const instanceName = sttSchema?.instanceName;
+    const deploymentName = sttSchema?.deploymentName;
+    const apiVersion = sttSchema?.apiVersion;
 
-    if (!azureConfig) {
-      throw new Error(`No configuration found for endpoint: ${endpoint}`);
+    const url =
+      genAzureEndpoint({
+        azureOpenAIApiInstanceName: instanceName,
+        azureOpenAIApiDeploymentName: deploymentName,
+      }) +
+      '/audio/transcriptions?api-version=' +
+      apiVersion;
+
+    const apiKey = sttSchema.apiKey ? extractEnvVariable(sttSchema.apiKey) : '';
+
+    if (audioBuffer.byteLength > 25 * 1024 * 1024) {
+      throw new Error('The audio file size exceeds the limit of 25MB');
+    }
+    const acceptedFormats = ['flac', 'mp3', 'mp4', 'mpeg', 'mpga', 'm4a', 'ogg', 'wav', 'webm'];
+    const fileFormat = audioFile.mimetype.split('/')[1];
+    if (!acceptedFormats.includes(fileFormat)) {
+      throw new Error(`The audio file format ${fileFormat} is not accepted`);
     }
 
-    const { apiKey, instanceName, whisperModel, apiVersion } = Object.entries(
-      azureConfig.groupMap,
-    ).reduce((acc, [, value]) => {
-      if (acc) {
-        return acc;
-      }
+    const formData = new FormData();
 
-      const whisperKey = Object.keys(value.models).find((modelKey) =>
-        modelKey.startsWith('whisper'),
-      );
+    const audioBlob = new Blob([audioBuffer], { type: audioFile.mimetype });
 
-      if (whisperKey) {
-        return {
-          apiVersion: value.version,
-          apiKey: value.apiKey,
-          instanceName: value.instanceName,
-          whisperModel: value.models[whisperKey]['deploymentName'],
-        };
-      }
+    formData.append('file', audioBlob, audioFile.originalname);
 
-      return null;
-    }, null);
+    let data = formData;
 
-    if (!apiKey || !instanceName || !whisperModel || !apiVersion) {
-      throw new Error('Required Azure configuration values are missing');
-    }
-
-    const baseURL = `https://${instanceName}.openai.azure.com`;
-
-    const url = `${baseURL}/openai/deployments/${whisperModel}/audio/transcriptions?api-version=${apiVersion}`;
-
-    let data = {
-      file: audioReadStream,
-      filename: 'audio.wav',
-      contentType: 'audio/wav',
-      knownLength: audioReadStream.length,
-    };
-
-    const headers = {
-      ...data.getHeaders(),
+    let headers = {
       'Content-Type': 'multipart/form-data',
-      'api-key': apiKey,
     };
 
+    [headers].forEach(removeUndefined);
+
+    if (apiKey) {
+      headers['api-key'] = apiKey;
+    }
+
     return [url, data, headers];
   } catch (error) {
-    logger.error('An error occurred while preparing the Azure API STT request: ', error);
-    return [null, null, null];
+    logger.error('An error occurred while preparing the Azure OpenAI API STT request: ', error);
+    throw error;
   }
 }
 
@@ -176,16 +190,16 @@ async function speechToText(req, res) {
   const audioReadStream = Readable.from(audioBuffer);
   audioReadStream.path = 'audio.wav';
 
-  const provider = getProvider(customConfig.speech.stt);
+  const [provider, sttSchema] = await getProviderSchema(customConfig);
 
   let [url, data, headers] = [];
 
   switch (provider) {
-    case 'openai':
-      [url, data, headers] = openAIProvider(customConfig.speech.stt, audioReadStream);
+    case STTProviders.OPENAI:
+      [url, data, headers] = openAIProvider(sttSchema, audioReadStream);
       break;
-    case 'azure':
-      [url, data, headers] = azureProvider(req, audioReadStream);
+    case STTProviders.AZURE_OPENAI:
+      [url, data, headers] = azureOpenAIProvider(sttSchema, audioBuffer, req.file);
       break;
     default:
       throw new Error('Invalid provider');
diff --git a/api/server/services/Files/Audio/textToSpeech.js b/api/server/services/Files/Audio/textToSpeech.js
index 49a0d4e2e7..d5d0fc41be 100644
--- a/api/server/services/Files/Audio/textToSpeech.js
+++ b/api/server/services/Files/Audio/textToSpeech.js
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 const axios = require('axios');
-const getCustomConfig = require('~/server/services/Config/getCustomConfig');
-const { getRandomVoiceId, createChunkProcessor, splitTextIntoChunks } = require('./streamAudio');
-const { extractEnvVariable } = require('librechat-data-provider');
+const { extractEnvVariable, TTSProviders } = require('librechat-data-provider');
 const { logger } = require('~/config');
+const getCustomConfig = require('~/server/services/Config/getCustomConfig');
+const { genAzureEndpoint } = require('~/utils');
+const { getRandomVoiceId, createChunkProcessor, splitTextIntoChunks } = require('./streamAudio');
 
 /**
  * getProvider function
@@ -91,6 +92,59 @@ function openAIProvider(ttsSchema, input, voice) {
   return [url, data, headers];
 }
 
+/**
+ * Generates the necessary parameters for making a request to Azure's OpenAI Text-to-Speech API.
+ *
+ * @param {TCustomConfig['tts']['azureOpenAI']} ttsSchema - The TTS schema containing the AzureOpenAI configuration
+ * @param {string} input - The text to be converted to speech
+ * @param {string} voice - The voice to be used for the speech
+ *
+ * @returns {Array} An array containing the URL for the API request, the data to be sent, and the headers for the request
+ * If an error occurs, it throws an error with a message indicating that the selected voice is not available
+ */
+function azureOpenAIProvider(ttsSchema, input, voice) {
+  const instanceName = ttsSchema?.instanceName;
+  const deploymentName = ttsSchema?.deploymentName;
+  const apiVersion = ttsSchema?.apiVersion;
+
+  const url =
+    genAzureEndpoint({
+      azureOpenAIApiInstanceName: instanceName,
+      azureOpenAIApiDeploymentName: deploymentName,
+    }) +
+    '/audio/speech?api-version=' +
+    apiVersion;
+
+  const apiKey = ttsSchema.apiKey ? extractEnvVariable(ttsSchema.apiKey) : '';
+
+  if (
+    ttsSchema?.voices &&
+    ttsSchema.voices.length > 0 &&
+    !ttsSchema.voices.includes(voice) &&
+    !ttsSchema.voices.includes('ALL')
+  ) {
+    throw new Error(`Voice ${voice} is not available.`);
+  }
+
+  let data = {
+    model: ttsSchema?.model,
+    input,
+    voice: ttsSchema?.voices && ttsSchema.voices.length > 0 ? voice : undefined,
+  };
+
+  let headers = {
+    'Content-Type': 'application/json',
+  };
+
+  [data, headers].forEach(removeUndefined);
+
+  if (apiKey) {
+    headers['api-key'] = apiKey;
+  }
+
+  return [url, data, headers];
+}
+
 /**
  * elevenLabsProvider function
  * This function prepares the necessary data and headers for making a request to the Eleven Labs TTS
@@ -225,13 +279,16 @@ async function getVoice(providerSchema, requestVoice) {
 async function ttsRequest(provider, ttsSchema, { input, voice, stream = true } = { stream: true }) {
   let [url, data, headers] = [];
   switch (provider) {
-    case 'openai':
+    case TTSProviders.OPENAI:
       [url, data, headers] = openAIProvider(ttsSchema, input, voice);
       break;
-    case 'elevenlabs':
+    case TTSProviders.AZURE_OPENAI:
+      [url, data, headers] = azureOpenAIProvider(ttsSchema, input, voice);
+      break;
+    case TTSProviders.ELEVENLABS:
       [url, data, headers] = elevenLabsProvider(ttsSchema, input, voice, stream);
       break;
-    case 'localai':
+    case TTSProviders.LOCALAI:
       [url, data, headers] = localAIProvider(ttsSchema, input, voice);
       break;
     default:
diff --git a/packages/data-provider/src/config.ts b/packages/data-provider/src/config.ts
index 58cbb4428f..220f5642f1 100644
--- a/packages/data-provider/src/config.ts
+++ b/packages/data-provider/src/config.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import { fileConfigSchema } from './file-config';
 import { specsConfigSchema } from './models';
 import { FileSources } from './types/files';
 import { TModelsConfig } from './types';
-import { speech } from './api-endpoints';
 
 export const defaultSocialLogins = ['google', 'facebook', 'openid', 'github', 'discord'];
 
@@ -234,6 +233,15 @@ const ttsOpenaiSchema = z.object({
   voices: z.array(z.string()),
 });
 
+const ttsAzureOpenAISchema = z.object({
+  instanceName: z.string(),
+  apiKey: z.string(),
+  deploymentName: z.string(),
+  apiVersion: z.string(),
+  model: z.string(),
+  voices: z.array(z.string()),
+});
+
 const ttsElevenLabsSchema = z.object({
   url: z.string().optional(),
   websocketUrl: z.string().optional(),
@@ -260,18 +268,27 @@ const ttsLocalaiSchema = z.object({
 
 const ttsSchema = z.object({
   openai: ttsOpenaiSchema.optional(),
+  azureOpenAI: ttsAzureOpenAISchema.optional(),
   elevenLabs: ttsElevenLabsSchema.optional(),
   localai: ttsLocalaiSchema.optional(),
 });
 
+const sttOpenaiSchema = z.object({
+  url: z.string().optional(),
+  apiKey: z.string(),
+  model: z.string(),
+});
+
+const sttAzureOpenAISchema = z.object({
+  instanceName: z.string(),
+  apiKey: z.string(),
+  deploymentName: z.string(),
+  apiVersion: z.string(),
+});
+
 const sttSchema = z.object({
-  openai: z
-    .object({
-      url: z.string().optional(),
-      apiKey: z.string().optional(),
-      model: z.string().optional(),
-    })
-    .optional(),
+  openai: sttOpenaiSchema.optional(),
+  azureOpenAI: sttAzureOpenAISchema.optional(),
 });
 
 const speechTab = z
@@ -846,6 +863,36 @@ export enum SettingsTabValues {
   ACCOUNT = 'account',
 }
 
+export enum STTProviders {
+  /**
+   * Provider for OpenAI STT
+   */
+  OPENAI = 'openai',
+  /**
+   * Provider for Microsoft Azure STT
+   */
+  AZURE_OPENAI = 'azureOpenAI',
+}
+
+export enum TTSProviders {
+  /**
+   * Provider for OpenAI TTS
+   */
+  OPENAI = 'openai',
+  /**
+   * Provider for Microsoft Azure OpenAI TTS
+   */
+  AZURE_OPENAI = 'azureOpenAI',
+  /**
+   * Provider for ElevenLabs TTS
+   */
+  ELEVENLABS = 'elevenlabs',
+  /**
+   * Provider for LocalAI TTS
+   */
+  LOCALAI = 'localai',
+}
+
 /** Enum for app-wide constants */
 export enum Constants {
   /** Key for the app's version. */