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Monthly updates for Azure AI services: February 2021

Feb 24

We’re retiring the standard version of Custom Voice on 29 February 2024

Target retirement date: February 29, 2024

Upgrade to Custom Neural Voice.

  • Azure AI services
  • Retirements
Feb 24

We are retiring Azure Cognitive Services Text Analytics v2.x on 29 February 2024

Target retirement date: February 29, 2024

Transition to Azure Cognitive Services Text Analytics v3.

  • Azure AI services
  • Retirements
Feb 9

OCR support for 73 languages in the Cognitive Services Computer Vision public preview

IN PREVIEW

Computer Vision Read 3.2 API for Optical Character Recognition (OCR), part of Cognitive Services, announces its public preview with support for Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, and Korean, and several Latin languages, with option to use the cloud service or deploy the Docker container on premise.

  • Azure AI services
  • Azure AI Vision
  • Services
  • Features
Feb 3

General Availability: Custom Neural Voice, a Text-to-Speech capability within Speech Service

NOW AVAILABLE

Improve user experiences responsibly with Custom Neural Voice, a limited access capability within Speech Service. Custom Neural voice allows you to build a custom voice font consistent with your brand and use case.

  • Azure AI services
  • Features

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