{"id":1629,"date":"2019-02-28T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-02-28T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/blog\/cognitive-services-speech-sdk-1-3-february-update"},"modified":"2025-06-17T05:43:32","modified_gmt":"2025-06-17T12:43:32","slug":"cognitive-services-speech-sdk-1-3-february-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/cognitive-services-speech-sdk-1-3-february-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Cognitive Services Speech SDK 1.3 \u2013 February update"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Developers can now access the latest Cognitive Services Speech SDK which now supports:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"wp-block-list-item\">Selection of the input microphone through the AudioConfig class<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-list-item\">Unity in C# (beta)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-list-item\">Additional sample code<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Read the updated <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/azure\/cognitive-services\/speech-service\/\">Speech Services documentation<\/a> to get started today.<\/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\/02\/9656e219-f0dd-4978-95f3-46848a032875.webp\" alt=\"image\" style=\"border-radius:0px\" title=\"image\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"what-s-new\">What\u2019s new<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Speech SDK supports a selection of the input microphone through the AudioConfig class, meaning you can stream audio data to the Speech Service from a non-default microphone. For more details see the <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/azure\/cognitive-services\/speech-service\/\">documentation<\/a> and the how-to guide on <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/azure\/cognitive-services\/speech-service\/how-to-select-audio-input-devices\">selecting an audio input device with the Speech SDK<\/a>. This is not yet available from JavaScript.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Speech SDK now also supports Unity in a beta version. Since this is new functionality, please provide feedback through the issue section in the <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/Azure-Samples\/cognitive-services-speech-sdk\">GitHub sample repository<\/a>. This release supports Unity on Windows x86 and x64 (desktop or Universal Windows Platform applications), and Android (ARM32\/64, x86). 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