Creating a more accessible world with Azure AI
Thursday, 16 January 2020
Today, advancing our commitment to enhancing accessibility through technology, we’re announcing the general availability of Immersive Reader, an Azure Cognitive Service.
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Combine the Power of Video Indexer and Computer Vision
Wednesday, 11 December 2019
We are pleased to introduce the ability to export high-resolution keyframes from Azure Media Service’s Video Indexer.
A year of bringing AI to the edge
Tuesday, 26 November 2019
In an age where low-latency and data security can be the lifeblood of a business, containers make it possible for enterprises to meet these needs when harnessing artificial intelligence (AI). Since introducing Azure Cognitive Services in containers this time last year, businesses across industries have unlocked new productivity gains and insights.
Multi-language identification and transcription in Video Indexer
Monday, 25 November 2019
Multi-language speech transcription was recently introduced into Microsoft Video Indexer at the International Broadcasters Conference (IBC). It is available as a preview capability and customers can already start experiencing it in our portal.
Start building with Azure Cognitive Services for free
Wednesday, 23 October 2019
Innovate at no cost to you with out-of-the box AI services that are newly available for Azure free account users. Join the 1.3 million developers who have been using Cognitive Services to build AI powered apps to date.
Leveraging Cognitive Services to simplify inventory tracking
Thursday, 10 October 2019
Who spends their summer at the Microsoft Garage New England Research & Development Center (or “NERD”)? The Garage Internship seeks out students who are hungry to learn, not afraid to try new things, and able to step out of their comfort zones when faced with ambiguous situations.
Beyond the printed form: Unlocking insights from documents with Form Recognizer
Tuesday, 3 September 2019
Data extraction from printed forms is by now a tried and true technology. Form Recognizer extracts key value pairs, tables and text from documents such as W2 tax statements, oil and gas drilling well reports, completion reports, invoices, and purchase orders.
New ways to train custom language models – effortlessly!
Thursday, 18 July 2019
Microsoft Azure Media Services Video Indexer (VI) enables the customization of language models by allowing customers to upload examples of sentences or words belonging to the vocabulary of their specific use case. Since speech recognition can sometimes be tricky, VI enables you to train and adapt the models for your specific domain.
Conversational AI updates for July 2019
Thursday, 18 July 2019
With the Bot Framework release in July, we are happy to share new releases of Bot Framework SDK 4.5 and preview of 4.6, updates to our developer tools, and new channels in Azure Bot Service. We’ll use the opportunity to provide additional updates for the Conversational AI releases from Microsoft.
Enable receipt understanding with Form Recognizer’s new capability
Monday, 8 July 2019
One of the newest members of the Azure AI portfolio, Form Recognizer, applies advanced machine learning to accurately extract text, key-value pairs, and tables from documents. With just a few samples, it tailors its understanding to supplied documents, both on-premises and in the cloud.