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Monthly updates for Azure AI services: February 2021
We’re retiring the standard version of Custom Voice on 29 February 2024
Target retirement date: February 29, 2024
Upgrade to Custom Neural Voice.
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.
OCR support for 73 languages in the Cognitive Services Computer Vision public 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.
General Availability: Custom Neural Voice, a Text-to-Speech capability within Speech Service
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.
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