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Andy Beatman

Andy Beatman

Sr. Product Marketing Manager, Azure AI

Latest posts

Showing 1 – 7 of 7 posts found

AI + Machine Learning, Azure Cognitive Services, Best practices, Mobile, Speech to text, Text to speech

Published • 5 min read

3 Microsoft Azure AI product features that accelerate language learning 

By Sr. Product Marketing Manager, Azure AI

The Microsoft Azure Cognitive Speech Services platform is a comprehensive collection of technologies and services aimed at accelerating the incorporation of speech into applications and amplifying differentiation to the market as a result. Among the services available are Speech to Text, Text to Speech, custom neural voice (CNV) conversation transcription service, speaker recognition, Speech translation, Speech SDK, and Speech Device Development Kit (DDK).

AI + Machine Learning, Azure OpenAI Service, Best practices

Published • 4 min read

6 ways to improve accessibility with Azure AI 

By Sr. Product Marketing Manager, Azure AI

Microsoft and Azure AI offer a range of accessibility solutions to help organizations create more inclusive experiences for their users. These AI-powered tools can help individuals with disabilities better access and engage with digital content, whether it’s through speech-to-text transcription, image captioning, or text-to-speech translation.

AI + Machine Learning, Azure Cognitive Services, Azure Machine Learning, Azure OpenAI Service, Best practices

Published • 4 min read

From Teams to PowerPoint: 10 ways Azure AI enhances the Microsoft Apps we use everyday 

By Sr. Product Marketing Manager, Azure AI

Azure AI is driving innovation and improving experiences for employees, users, and customers in a variety of ways, from increasing workday productivity to promoting inclusion and accessibility. The…

AI + Machine Learning, Azure Cognitive Services, Thought leadership

Published • 4 min read

Improve speech-to-text accuracy with Azure Custom Speech 

By Sr. Product Marketing Manager, Azure AI

With Microsoft Azure Cognitive Services for Speech, customers can build voice-enabled apps confidently and quickly in more than 140 languages. We make it easy for customers to transcribe speech to text (STT) with high accuracy, produce natural-sounding text-to-speech (TTS) voices, and translate spoken audio.

AI + Machine Learning, Announcements, Computer Vision

Published • 2 min read

Image Analysis 4.0 with new API endpoint and OCR model in preview 

By Sr. Product Marketing Manager, Azure AI

We are thrilled to announce the preview release of Computer Vision Image Analysis 4.0 which combines existing and new visual features such as read optical character recognition (OCR), captioning, image classification and tagging, object detection, people detection, and smart cropping into one API.

AI + Machine Learning, Azure Cognitive Services, Developer Tools, Speech to text, Thought leadership

Published • 3 min read

3 ways Azure Speech transforms game development with AI 

By Sr. Product Marketing Manager, Azure AI

With Azure Cognitive Services for Speech, customers can build voice-enabled apps confidently and quickly with the Speech SDK. We make it easy for customers to transcribe speech to text (STT) with high accuracy, produce natural-sounding text-to-speech (TTS) voices, and translate spoken audio.

AI + Machine Learning, Announcements, Azure Cognitive Services, Mobile

Published • 3 min read

Announcing new voices and emotions to Azure Neural Text to Speech 

By Sr. Product Marketing Manager, Azure AI

Azure Neural Text to Speech (TTS), a powerful speech synthesis capability of Azure Cognitive Services, enables developers to convert text to lifelike speech using AI. Enterprises and agencies utilize Azure Neural TTS for video game characters, chatbots, content readers, and more. The Azure TTS product team is continuously working on bringing new voice styles and emotions to the US market and beyond.