{"id":1350,"date":"2019-05-04T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-05-04T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/blog\/a-deep-dive-into-what-s-new-with-azure-cognitive-services"},"modified":"2025-06-22T19:33:46","modified_gmt":"2025-06-23T02:33:46","slug":"a-deep-dive-into-what-s-new-with-azure-cognitive-services","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/a-deep-dive-into-what-s-new-with-azure-cognitive-services\/","title":{"rendered":"A deep dive into what\u2019s new with Azure Cognitive Services"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>This blog post was co-authored by Tina Coll, Senior Product Marketing Manager, Azure Cognitive Services. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Microsoft Build 2019 marks an important milestone for the evolution of <a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/services\/cognitive-services\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Azure Cognitive Services<\/a> with the introduction of new services and capabilities for developers. Azure empowers developers to make reinforcement learning real for businesses with the launch of <a href=\"https:\/\/go.microsoft.com\/fwlink\/?LinkID=2084781\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Personalizer<\/a>. Personalizer, along with <a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/services\/cognitive-services\/anomaly-detector\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Anomaly Detector<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/services\/cognitive-services\/content-moderator\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Content Moderator<\/a>, is part of the new Decision category of Cognitive Services that provide recommendations to enable informed and efficient decision-making for users.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Available now in preview and general availability (GA):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"preview\">Preview<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Cognitive service APIs:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"wp-block-list-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/go.microsoft.com\/fwlink\/?LinkID=2084781\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Personalizer<\/a> \u2013 creates personalized user experiences<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-list-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/services\/cognitive-services\/speech-to-text\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Conversation transcription<\/a> \u2013 transcribes in-person meetings in real-time<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-list-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/go.microsoft.com\/fwlink\/?linkid=2083621\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Form Recognizer<\/a> \u2013 automates data-entry<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-list-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/go.microsoft.com\/fwlink\/?linkid=2084773\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ink Recognizer<\/a> \u2013 unlocks the potential of digital inked content<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Container support for businesses AI models at the edge and closer to the data:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"wp-block-list-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aka.ms\/speechcontainerspreview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Speech Services (Speech to Text &amp; Text to Speech)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-list-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aka.ms\/adcontainer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Anomaly Detector<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-list-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aka.ms\/FormRecognizerContainerRequestAccess\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Form Recognizer<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"generally-available\">Generally available<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"wp-block-list-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/services\/cognitive-services\/text-to-speech\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Neural Text-to-Speech<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-list-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/services\/cognitive-services\/computer-vision\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Computer Vision Read<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-list-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/services\/cognitive-services\/text-analytics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Text Analytics Named Entity Recognition<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cognitive Services span the categories of <strong>Vision, Speech, Language, Search, and Decision<\/strong>, offering the most comprehensive portfolio in the market for developers who want to embed the ability to see, hear, translate, decide and more into their apps.&nbsp; With so much in store, let\u2019s get to it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"decision-introducing-personalizer-reinforcement-learning-for-the-enterprise\">Decision: Introducing Personalizer, reinforcement learning for the enterprise<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Retail, Media, E-commerce and many other industries have long pursued the holy grail of personalizing the experience. Unfortunately giving customers more of what they want often requires stringing together various CRM, DMP, name-your-acronym platforms and running A\/B tests day and night. Reinforcement learning is the set of techniques that allow AI to achieve a goal by learning from what\u2019s happening in the world in real-time. Only Azure delivers this powerful reinforcement-learning based capability through a simple-to-use API with Personalizer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Within Microsoft, teams are using <a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/services\/cognitive-services\/personalizer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Personalizer<\/a> to enhance the user experience. Xbox saw a 40 percent lift in engagement by using Personalizer to display content to users that will most likely interest them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image has-custom-border\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/f7707be4-1e73-4a23-8e54-c2c78650a661.webp\" alt=\"A diagram that illustrates how Personalizer works to optimize towards business goals. \" style=\"border-radius:0px\" title=\"Personalizer diagram\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"speech-in-person-meetings-just-got-better-with-conversation-transcription\">Speech: In-person meetings just got better with conversation transcription<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/services\/cognitive-services\/speech-to-text\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Conversation transcription<\/a>, an advanced <a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/services\/cognitive-services\/speech-to-text\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">speech-to-text<\/a> feature, improves meeting efficiency by transcribing conversations in real-time, enabling all participants to engage fully, capturing who said what when so you can quickly follow up on next steps. Pair conversation transcription with a device integrating the <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/azure\/cognitive-services\/speech-service\/speech-devices-sdk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Speech Service Device SDK<\/a>, now generally available, for higher-quality transcriptions. It also integrates with a variety of meeting conference solutions including Microsoft Teams and other third-party meeting software. Visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/services\/cognitive-services\/directory\/speech\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Speech<\/a> page to see more details.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image has-custom-border\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/d8ed6fa9-7730-4427-9978-e8d9ae73080c.webp\" alt=\"Example of conversation transcription device and results.\" style=\"border-radius:0px\" title=\"Conversation transcription device and results\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"vision-unlocking-the-value-of-your-content-from-forms-to-digital-inked-notes\">Vision: Unlocking the value of your content \u2013 from forms to digital inked notes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/go.microsoft.com\/fwlink\/?linkid=2083621\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Form Recognizer<\/a> uses advanced machine learning technology to quickly and more accurately extract text and data from business\u2019s forms and documents. With container support, this service can run on-premises and in the cloud. Automate information extraction quickly and tailor to specific content, with only 5 samples, and no manual labeling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image has-custom-border\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/057b815c-5dcc-4556-9da6-9cb99b2b88c0.webp\" alt=\"An image showing a document with a chart on the left and the extracted key-value pairs from the document on the right. \" style=\"border-radius:0px\" title=\"Form recognizer\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/go.microsoft.com\/fwlink\/?linkid=2084773\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ink Recognizer<\/a> provides applications with the ability to recognize digital handwriting, common shapes, and the layout of inked documents. Through an API call, you can leverage Ink Recognizer to create experiences that combine the benefits of physical pen and paper with the best of the digital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image has-custom-border\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/88392304-0e1e-4437-b9ea-57cd0574db3a.webp\" alt=\"A diagram showing the ink stroke input on the left and the recognition tree on the right.\" style=\"border-radius:0px\" title=\"Ink Recognizer\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Integrated in Microsoft Office 365 and Windows, Ink Recognizer gives users freedom to create content in a natural way. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/microsoft-365\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/04\/New-in-April-PowerPoint.gif\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ink Recognizer in PowerPoint<\/a>, converts ideas to professional looking slides in a matter of moments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image has-custom-border\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/1c276720-c68a-4218-a912-3a1c6ede6008.gif\" alt=\"An animated GIF showing how Ink Recognizer is used in PowerPoint.\" style=\"border-radius:0px\" title=\"Ink Recognizer GIF\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"bringing-ai-to-the-edge\">Bringing AI to the edge<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In November 2018, we announced the Preview of Cognitive Services in <a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/blog\/bringing-ai-to-the-edge\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">containers<\/a> that run on-premises, in the cloud or at the edge, an industry first.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image has-custom-border\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/a964f7d0-bdce-4807-98c4-1b0840154b05.webp\" alt=\"A diagram showing the a representation of Cognitive Services on the left, and a representation of the ability to deploy Cognitive Services with containers on the right.\" style=\"border-radius:0px\" title=\"Intelligent cloud to the intelligent edge\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Container support is now available in <strong>preview<\/strong> for:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"wp-block-list-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aka.ms\/speechcontainerspreview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Speech Services (Speech to Text &amp; Text to Speech)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-list-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aka.ms\/adcontainer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Anomaly Detector<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-list-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aka.ms\/FormRecognizerContainerRequestAccess\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Form Recognizer<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With Cognitive Services in containers, ISVs and enterprises can transform their businesses with edge computing scenarios. Axon, a global leader in connected public safety technologies partnering with more than 17,000 law enforcement agencies in 100+ countries around the world, relies on Cognitive Services in containers for public safety scenarios where the difference of a second in response time matters:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u201cMicrosoft&#8217;s containers for Cognitive Services allow us to ensure the highest levels of data integrity and compliance for our law enforcement customers while enabling our AI products to perform in situations where network connectivity is limited.\u201d <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right wp-block-paragraph\">\u2013 Moji Solgi, VP of AI and Machine Learning, Axon<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"fortifying-the-existing-cognitive-services-portfolio\">Fortifying the existing Cognitive Services portfolio<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In addition to the new Cognitive Services, the following capabilities are generally available:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/services\/cognitive-services\/text-to-speech\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Neural Text-to-Speech<\/a> now supports 5 voices and is available in 9 regions to provide customers greater language coverage and support. By changing the styles using <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/azure\/cognitive-services\/speech-service\/speech-synthesis-markup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Speech Synthesis Markup Language<\/a> or the <a href=\"https:\/\/aka.ms\/voicetuning\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">voice tuning portal<\/a>, you can easily refine the voice to express different emotions or speak with different tones for various scenarios. Visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/services\/cognitive-services\/text-to-speech\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Text-to-Speech<\/a> page to \u201chear\u201d more on the new voices available.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/services\/cognitive-services\/computer-vision\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Computer Vision Read operation<\/a> reads multi-page documents and contains improved capabilities for extracting text from the most common file types including PDF and TIFF.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/9d9cf0d5-74c3-4cdf-b39d-38ee1f2e10ce.webp\" alt=\"An image showing the a sample PDF on the left, and the extracted JSON output from using Computer Vision on the right.\" title=\"Sample PDF and JSON Output\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In addition, <a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/services\/cognitive-services\/computer-vision\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Computer Vision<\/a> has an improved <a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/blog\/latest-enhancements-now-available-for-cognitive-services-computer-vision\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">image tagging model<\/a> that now understands 10K+ concepts, scenes, and objects and has also expanded the set of recognized celebrities from 200K to 1M. <a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/services\/media-services\/video-indexer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Video Indexer<\/a> has several enhancements including new <a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/blog\/azure-media-services-the-latest-video-indexer-updates-from-nab-show-2019\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AI Editor won a NAB Show Product of the Year Award<\/a> in the AI\/ML category at this year\u2019s event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aka.ms\/taentitylinking\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Named entity recognition<\/a>, a capability of <a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/services\/cognitive-services\/text-analytics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Text Analytics<\/a>, takes free-form text and identifies the occurrences of entities such as people, locations, organizations, and more. 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