Azure AI Speech vs. IBM Watson Language Translator (discontinued)

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Azure AI Speech
Score 8.1 out of 10
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The Azure AI Speech service provides a range of speech recognition and generation capabilities including speech transcription, text-to-speech and speech translation. It provides a range of speech recognition and generation capabilities including speech transcription, text-to-speech, speech translation, and speaker recognition.
$1
per month
IBM Watson Language Translator (discontinued)
Score 7.0 out of 10
N/A
IBM Watson Language Translator allowed users of IBM Watson to translate news stories and documents from one language to another with neural machine translation. The product is EOL from June 2023, after which it will no longer be for sale, or supported.N/A
Pricing
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Offerings
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Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Community Pulse
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Top Pros
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Small Businesses
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Score 7.9 out of 10

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Medium-sized Companies
Zoom Contact Center
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Score 9.2 out of 10
Ginger
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Score 8.0 out of 10
Enterprises
Verint Speech Analytics
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Score 8.9 out of 10
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Score 8.0 out of 10
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User Ratings
Azure AI SpeechIBM Watson Language Translator (discontinued)
Likelihood to Recommend
8.6
(7 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
8.0
(1 ratings)
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Vendor pre-sale
8.0
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User Testimonials
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Likelihood to Recommend
Microsoft
This service is well suited for scenarios where you need to integrate text-to-speech and/or speech-to-text into applications. Within our organisation, it is primarily used by students for development purposes to enable said functionality but is also used to provide accessibility to students who have hearing-related issues. Its multi-language support is also beneficial for our international students who have English as a second language and are therefore able to rapidly translate any text or speech that they do not understand.
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Pros
Microsoft
  • APIs offered are very robust.
  • Languages supported is far greater than most of its competitors.
  • Integration with our custom apps was easy.
  • Speech models that we created using neural voices were quite impressive.
  • Translation services worked really well.
  • Built in machine learning opens it to a lot more business use cases for the future.
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  • It worked.
  • It is Pre-configured app.
  • It is useful.
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Cons
Microsoft
  • More support for India regional languages and the ability to interpret Indian dialect.
  • More detailed documentation with more coded examples to be available.
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Discontinued Products
  • Sometimes it doesn't work when it is configured to two or more services.
  • It should be working with more than two services.
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Alternatives Considered
Microsoft
Azure Cognitive Speech Services is simple and the interface is not complicated even for those getting started with these customer services tools and the best voice recognition. Setting the platform dashboard preferences is also an easy process and with the ability to manage workflow and document management the system functions are stable and effective.
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Return on Investment
Microsoft
  • It helps us catch requirements and make notes so that we don't forget when drawing out proposals.
  • Also helps us with targeted pitches and helps save time.
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Discontinued Products
  • Sometimes it worked.
  • It has some erratic problems.
  • It must be working with two or more services.
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