Azure text to speech engines are updated from time to time to capture the latest language model that defines the pronunciation of the language. After you train your voice, you can apply your voice to the new language model by updating to the latest engine version. When a new engine is available, you're prompted to update your neural voice model. NaturalReader. NaturalReader is a downloadable text-to-speech desktop software for personal use. This easy-to-use software with natural-sounding voices can read to you any text such as Microsoft Word files, webpages, PDF files, and E-mails. Available with a one-time payment for a perpetual license. Show 5 more. OCR or Optical Character Recognition is also referred to as text recognition or text extraction. Machine-learning-based OCR techniques allow you to extract printed or handwritten text from images such as posters, street signs and product labels, as well as from documents like articles, reports, forms, and invoices. Part of Microsoft Azure Collective. 1. I want to change the emphasis to a different word and SSML supports the element, but it isn't listed in the Microsoft documentation. It was ignored when I added it to the SSML markup. It seems like you could use the prosody-element to change the emphasis. Update: It looks like the following In azure cognitive services' text to speech python API, what is the parameter for setting the speech rate? There are two ways to change the speed rate for Text to Azure AI Video Indexer is a cloud and edge video analytics service that uses AI to extract actionable insights from stored videos. Enhance ad insertion, digital asset management, and media libraries by analyzing audio and video content—no machine learning expertise necessary. Multichannel pipeline orchestrates visual and auditory cues and 🐸💬 - a deep learning toolkit for Text-to-Speech, battle-tested in research and production - GitHub - coqui-ai/TTS: 🐸💬 - a deep learning toolkit for Text-to-Speech, battle-tested in research and production def speech_synthesis_word_boundary_event (): """performs speech synthesis and shows the word boundary event.""". # Creates an instance of a speech config with specified subscription key and service region. speech_config = speechsdk.SpeechConfig (subscription=speech_key, region=service_region) # Creates a speech synthesizer with a null output Dev focus. Alexa isn’t the only artificial intelligence tool created by tech giant Amazon as it also offers an intelligent text-to-speech system called Amazon Polly. Employing advanced deep text-embedding-ada-002. DALL-E (Preview) The DALL-E models, currently in preview, generate images from text prompts that the user provides. Whisper (Preview) The Whisper models, currently in preview, can be used for speech to text. You can also use the Whisper model via Azure AI Speech batch transcription API. JvbHqY.