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# Global speech providers

*Global speech providers* are [speech providers](https://docs.cognigy.com/ai/administer/access/speech-and-telephony.md#speech-providers) at [organization level](https://docs.cognigy.com/ai/administer/access/admin-center/global-resources/overview). You can assign them to projects and share them across your organization.

## Prerequisites

* Have the `admin` [global role](https://docs.cognigy.com/ai/administer/access/admin-center/access-control.md).
* Have voice features activated for your organization.

## Work with global speech providers

In the Admin Center, go to **Resources > Speech Providers**. You can add, edit, clone, test, and delete global speech providers, and copy their reference ID.

The form is the same as for project-level speech providers. For the provider settings, see [Provider settings](https://docs.cognigy.com/ai/administer/access/speech-and-telephony.md#provider-settings). You can store the provider credentials in a [Connection](https://docs.cognigy.com/ai/platform-features/connections.md).

### Set vendor defaults

To make a global speech provider the default for a vendor, turn on the default setting in its form.

Calls in assigned projects use this credential when a flow names the vendor but no credential label. A project's own default for that vendor takes priority. Only one global credential per vendor can be the default.

## Assign to projects

To make a global speech provider available in a project, assign it to the project. For the steps, see [Assign global resources to projects](https://docs.cognigy.com/ai/administer/access/admin-center/global-resources/overview#assign-global-resources-to-projects).

## Use in projects

In **Manage > AI & Voice Providers > Speech Providers**, global speech providers appear with a **Global** badge. Projects can use them, for example in an endpoint.

Projects can't edit or delete global speech providers. Projects can also clone them, make them the project default, and test them.

## See also

* [Speech and telephony](https://docs.cognigy.com/ai/administer/access/speech-and-telephony.md)
* [Global resources](https://docs.cognigy.com/ai/administer/access/admin-center/global-resources/overview)