Microsoft Azure

Advanced Speech Recognition Technologies

Advanced speech recognition technologies from Microsoft that are used by Cortana, Office Dictation, Office Translator, and other Microsoft products.

Real-time Continuous Recognition

The speech recognition API enables users to transcribe audio into text in real time, and supports to receive the intermediate results of the words that have been recognized so far. The speech service also supports end-of-speech detection.

Customized Language and Acoustic Models

For user scenarios which require customized language models and acoustic models, Custom Speech Service allows you to create speech models that tailored to your application and your users.

Languages

The speech recognition API supports many spoken languages in multiple dialects.

Human Sounding Speech

Text is instantly synthesized into human-sounding speech and can be used for real-time conversion.

Languages

The text to speech API supports a variety of languages.

Voice Output Parameters

By supporting SSML 1.0, the API allows changing certain characteristics of generated voice output like speaking rate, volume and pronunciation.

Voices

The text to speech API supports a variety of different male and female voices.

LUIS

Designed to identify valuable information in conversations, Language Understanding interprets user goals (intents) and distills valuable information from sentences (entities), for a high quality, nuanced language model. Language Understanding integrates seamlessly with the Speech service for instant Speech to Intent processing.

Bot Service

Develop intelligent, enterprise-grade bots that let you maintain control of your data. Build any type of bot—from a Q&A bot to your own branded virtual assistant. Use a comprehensive, open-source SDK and tools to easily connect your bot across popular channels and devices. Give your bot the ability to speak, listen, and understand your users.