From the course: Azure AI Services Essential Training (2023)

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Speech to text

Speech to text

- [Instructor] Now let's talk about the speech to text capabilities of Azure Cognitive Services. Well, the description is pretty easy. It allows you to easily convert audible speech into written text, like text you would type from your keyboard, copy-pastable text. How hard could it be? Well, for us it's actually quite easy. We just use a simple REST endpoint with a security mechanism, like a key in the header, but behind the scenes, something we thankfully don't have to worry about, it can get quite complicated. Let's play a little game. I'm going to say a little phrase, okay? And you pretend like you are a computer program like Azure Cognitive Services, and you tell me what you think I said. Ready? Okay. Wreck a nice beach. What do you think I said? Did you think I said recognize speech on the left side or did you think I said wreck a nice beach on the right side? Well, you are a human, and you understand things…

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