Azure AI Speech

Overview
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Azure AI Speech
Score 8.2 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
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Azure AI Speech
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Azure AI Speech
Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
Yes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup fee
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Having used both this service and IBM Watson's Text to Speech, I can safely say that IBM's product comes out on top but this is a close call as both products are very good in their own right. That being said, this Azure service lacks some of the extra functionality that can be …
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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 …
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Price is the number one factor which stands out for Azure among its competitor's Number of languages supported esp from an Indian context also is quite remarkable as opposed to its competitors, the vocabulary and accent support therein also matters. Its cloud-first deployment …
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Yellow Messenger didn't have Speech to text capabilities. Azure Cognitive Speech Services was specifically selected because it had the capabilities of text to speech and speech to text both with the added convenience of it being deployed on the cloud. The integration and use …
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Just used this once but for me Azure is much easier since the company uses Office 365.
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User Ratings
Azure AI Speech
Likelihood to Recommend
8.6
(7 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
8.0
(1 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
8.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
Azure AI Speech
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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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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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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