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Microsoft Azure Speech Services Review

Microsoft Azure Speech Services OUR SCORE 84%
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  1. What is Microsoft Azure Speech Services
  2. Product Quality Score
  3. Main Features
  4. List of Benefits
  5. Technical Specifications
  6. Available Integrations
  7. Customer Support
  8. Pricing Plans
  9. Other Popular Software Reviews

What is Microsoft Azure Speech Services?

Microsoft Azure Speech Services is a cloud-hosted cognitive speech services software that offers the ability to convert audio to text among many others. This transcription service provides you and your team access to a unified platform for all your cognitive speech needs. Considering its abilities, Microsoft Azure Speech Services can meet the needs of industries that rely on transcribed conversations, such as call center and researchers. Because it also offers SDK for multiple devices, this platform also meets the needs of those who participate in mobile work. Beyond its speech to text services, Microsoft Azure Speech Services also offers the ability to convert transcriptions and texts to audio. Furthermore, it can also be used to recognize various languages, which helps in real-time translations. Finally, this platform adapts to background noise, accents, and expressions to further improve its speech recognition services.

Product Quality Score

Features
8.5
Ease of use
8.4
Customer support
8.3
Value for money
8.4
8.4
TOTAL SCORE

Microsoft Azure Speech Services features

Main features of Microsoft Azure Speech Services are:

  • Speech-to-Text
  • Text-to-Speech
  • Speech Translation
  • Speaker Recognition
  • Speaker Identification
  • API Integration
  • Speech Devices SDK

Microsoft Azure Speech Services Benefits

Benefits

The main benefits of Microsoft Azure Speech Services are real-time speech to text, text-to-speech smart apps, neural machine translation, and extensive device support.

Real-Time Speech to Text

Microsoft Azure Speech Services is a voice recognition software that offers you and your team with the ability to add speech-to-text services to your apps. This feature allows your users to give voice commands, transcribe conversations, and analyze call center logs. Furthermore, the speech-to-text tool enables your apps to adapt according to the speaker’s accent and background noises among many others.

Text-to-Speech Smart Apps

Another benefit of Microsoft Azure Speech Services is text-to-speech smart apps. Similar to the previous feature, this capability improves your users’ experiences within the app. Specifically, you can use this platform to change the speech, pitch, and volume of the converted speech.

Neural Machine Translation

Through its neural machine translation, Microsoft Azure Speech Services enables you to access speech translation services. As it works in tandem with its ability to recognize speech, this benefit allows your apps and this platform to understand real-life speech, thereby yielding quality translations and transcriptions.

Extensive Device Support

To further improve its accessibility, Microsoft Azure Speech Services provides extensive device support. Whether you’re using your Windows computer or your Android and iOS devices, this platform ensures that you have access to its services anywhere and anytime. This feature is particularly useful for conversation-based interactions, such as call center activities and interviews.

Technical Specifications

Devices Supported

  • Web-based
  • iOS
  • Android
  • Desktop

Customer types

  • Small business
  • Medium business
  • Enterprise

Support Types

  • Phone
  • Online

Microsoft Azure Speech Services Integrations

The following Microsoft Azure Speech Services integrations are currently offered by the vendor:

  • API
  • SDK

Video

Customer Support

Phone
Online

Pricing Plans

Microsoft Azure Speech Services pricing is available in the following plans:

Free trial
Quote-based Plan
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