[VoiceLive] Relocate azure-ai-voicelive to its own service directory

.github/CODEOWNERS

@@ -399,7 +399,7 @@
 
 # ServiceLabel: %Service Attention %Voice Live
 # PRLabel: %Voice Live
-/sdk/ai/azure-ai-voicelive/    @amber-yujueWang @emilyjiji @pankopon @rhurey @xitzhang
+/sdk/voicelive/                 @amber-yujueWang @emilyjiji @pankopon @rhurey @xitzhang
 
 # ServiceLabel: %AAD %Service Attention
 # ServiceOwners: @adamedx

sdk/ai/ci.yml

@@ -39,8 +39,6 @@ extends:
       safeName: azureaiprojects
     - name: azure-ai-agents
       safeName: azureaiagents
-    - name: azure-ai-voicelive
-      safeName: azureaivoicelive
     # These packages are deprecated:
     # - name: azure-ai-inference
     #   safeName: azureaiinference

sdk/voicelive/azure-ai-voicelive/_metadata.json

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{
+  "apiVersion": "2026-01-01-preview",
+  "apiVersions": {
+    "VoiceLive": "2026-01-01-preview"
+  }
+}

sdk/voicelive/azure-ai-voicelive/assets.json

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{
+  "AssetsRepo": "Azure/azure-sdk-assets",
+  "AssetsRepoPrefixPath": "python",
+  "TagPrefix": "python/voicelive/azure-ai-voicelive",
+  "Tag": "python/voicelive/azure-ai-voicelive_9c84c5d9c2"
+}

sdk/ai/azure-ai-voicelive/azure/ai/voicelive/models/_models.py → sdk/voicelive/azure-ai-voicelive/azure/ai/voicelive/models/_models.py

@@ -2722,22 +2722,34 @@ def __init__(self, *args: Any, **kwargs: Any) -> None:
 
 
 class RequestAudioContentPart(ContentPart, discriminator="input_audio"):
-    """An audio content part for a request.
+    """An audio content part for a request. This is supported only by realtime models (e.g.,
+    gpt-realtime). For text-based models, use ``input_text`` instead.
 
     :ivar type: Required. INPUT_AUDIO.
     :vartype type: str or ~azure.ai.voicelive.models.INPUT_AUDIO
-    :ivar transcript:
+    :ivar audio: Base64-encoded audio bytes, these will be parsed as the format specified in the
+     session input audio type configuration. This defaults to PCM 16-bit 24kHz mono if not
+     specified. Required.
+    :vartype audio: str
+    :ivar transcript: Optional transcript of the audio content. This is not sent to the model, but
+     will be attached to the message item for reference.
     :vartype transcript: str
     """
 
     type: Literal[ContentPartType.INPUT_AUDIO] = rest_discriminator(name="type", visibility=["read", "create", "update", "delete", "query"])  # type: ignore
     """Required. INPUT_AUDIO."""
+    audio: str = rest_field(visibility=["read", "create", "update", "delete", "query"])
+    """Base64-encoded audio bytes, these will be parsed as the format specified in the session input
+     audio type configuration. This defaults to PCM 16-bit 24kHz mono if not specified. Required."""
     transcript: Optional[str] = rest_field(visibility=["read", "create", "update", "delete", "query"])
+    """Optional transcript of the audio content. This is not sent to the model, but will be attached
+     to the message item for reference."""
 
     @overload
     def __init__(
         self,
         *,
+        audio: str,
         transcript: Optional[str] = None,
     ) -> None: ...
 

sdk/ai/azure-ai-voicelive/tests.yml → sdk/voicelive/azure-ai-voicelive/tests.yml

@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ extends:
     parameters:
       BuildTargetingString: 'azure-ai-voicelive'
       JobName: chat
-      ServiceDirectory: ai
+      ServiceDirectory: voicelive
       TestResourceDirectories:
-      - ai/azure-ai-voicelive
+      - voicelive/azure-ai-voicelive
       EnvVars:
         AZURE_TEST_RUN_LIVE: 'true'
         AZURE_TEST_USE_CLI_AUTH: 'true'

sdk/ai/azure-ai-voicelive/tests/test_unit_models_interim_response_foundry.py → sdk/voicelive/azure-ai-voicelive/tests/test_unit_models_interim_response_foundry.py

@@ -52,7 +52,9 @@ def test_static_interim_response_with_texts(self):
     def test_static_interim_response_with_triggers(self):
         """Test StaticInterimResponseConfig with triggers."""
         config = StaticInterimResponseConfig(
-            triggers=[InterimResponseTrigger.LATENCY, InterimResponseTrigger.TOOL], latency_threshold_ms=2000, texts=["Please wait..."]
+            triggers=[InterimResponseTrigger.LATENCY, InterimResponseTrigger.TOOL],
+            latency_threshold_ms=2000,
+            texts=["Please wait..."],
         )
 
         assert config.type == InterimResponseConfigType.STATIC_INTERIM_RESPONSE
@@ -251,7 +253,9 @@ class TestIntegrationScenarios:
 
     def test_session_with_interim_response_and_reasoning(self):
         """Test complete session with interim response config and reasoning effort."""
-        interim = LlmInterimResponseConfig(triggers=[InterimResponseTrigger.LATENCY, InterimResponseTrigger.TOOL], model="gpt-4o-mini")
+        interim = LlmInterimResponseConfig(
+            triggers=[InterimResponseTrigger.LATENCY, InterimResponseTrigger.TOOL], model="gpt-4o-mini"
+        )
         session = RequestSession(
             model="gpt-4o-realtime-preview",
             reasoning_effort=ReasoningEffort.MEDIUM,
@@ -292,7 +296,10 @@ def test_static_interim_response_serialization(self):
     def test_llm_interim_response_serialization(self):
         """Test LlmInterimResponseConfig serialization."""
         config = LlmInterimResponseConfig(
-            triggers=[InterimResponseTrigger.TOOL], model="gpt-4o-mini", instructions="Be brief", max_completion_tokens=50
+            triggers=[InterimResponseTrigger.TOOL],
+            model="gpt-4o-mini",
+            instructions="Be brief",
+            max_completion_tokens=50,
         )
 
         data = dict(config)

sdk/voicelive/ci.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+# NOTE: Please refer to https://aka.ms/azsdk/engsys/ci-yaml before editing this file.
+
+trigger:
+  branches:
+    include:
+    - main
+    - hotfix/*
+    - release/*
+    - restapi*
+  paths:
+    include:
+    - sdk/voicelive/
+    - sdk/core/
+
+pr:
+  branches:
+    include:
+    - main
+    - feature/*
+    - hotfix/*
+    - release/*
+    - restapi*
+  paths:
+    include:
+    - sdk/voicelive/
+    - sdk/core/
+
+extends:
+  template: /eng/pipelines/templates/stages/archetype-sdk-client.yml
+  parameters:
+    ServiceDirectory: voicelive
+    TestProxy: true
+    BuildDocs: true
+    TestTimeoutInMinutes: 60
+    Artifacts:
+    - name: azure-ai-voicelive
+      safeName: azureaivoicelive

sdk/voicelive/tests.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+trigger: none
+
+# NOTE: Service live tests are NOT enabled. This file only enables the analyze stage currently.
+extends:
+    template: /eng/pipelines/templates/stages/python-analyze-weekly-standalone.yml
+    parameters:
+      ServiceDirectory: voicelive