From the course: Microsoft Azure AI Essentials: Workloads and Machine Learning on Azure

Azure AI Speech demo

- [Instructor] Azure AI Speech Studio offers a no-code way to explore speech service features. To access it, search Azure Speech Studio in Bing and sign in. Once signed in, select the speech resource you'll use for demos. Realtime speech-to-text quickly test live transcription using your audio sample. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. - [Computer] The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. - [Instructor] Pronunciation assessment evaluates speech accuracy and fluency, and giving valuable feedback. Perfect if you're learning a new language or working in speech-related industries. Today was a beautiful day. We had a great time taking a long walk outside in the morning. The countryside was in full bloom, yet the air was crisp and cold. Towards the end of the day, clouds came in. Forecasting much needed rain. - [Computer] Today was a beautiful day. We had a great time taking a long walk outside in the morning. The countryside was in full bloom, yet the air was crisp and cold. Towards the end of the day, clouds came in, forecasting much needed rain. - [Instructor] Speech translation translates your recorded speech into other languages, displaying both text and an audio version of the translation. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. - [Computer] (speaks in foreign language) - [Instructor] Custom Voice lets you create a unique voice for text-to-speech apps using your audio recordings. I created a sample project with 20 scripts to train a model using my own voice. You can replay or rerecord your audio and check recording quality. Training takes about 20 minutes. Once the training is done, you can test the voice with provided scripts. - [Computer] Congratulations. You have successfully created your synthetic voice with Custom Neural Voice Light. To deploy your voice model and use it in your business applications, you must get the full access to Custom Neural Voice and the explicit consent from your voice talent. - [Instructor] To deploy your voice model, full access to Custom Neural Voice is required. In addition, your voice talent must also provide explicit consent recorded in the platform. Finally, text-to-speech avatar converts text into a video using AI generated avatars and voices. Here's a sample video. Note that you can change the voice and even add gestures for more dynamic presentations. - [Computer] Hello, this is a sample text-to speech avatar with a sample gesture. Try using Azure AI Speech today. - [Instructor] So as you can see, Azure AI Speech Studio is a powerful, easy-to-use platform to enhance your projects with advanced speech capabilities. Whether it's for real-time transcription, personalized voice models, or multilingual translation.

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